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Clinton wins Puerto Rico but Obama gains delegates (U.S., 74 articles)
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Before cheering supporters Sunday, she predicted she would have more combined votes than her rival when the primaries end Tuesday night, claimed victories in key swing states and said that no contender will command enough delegates to claim the nomination. Obama wants to formally kick off his general election campaign against Republican John McCain in a victory speech Tuesday night as the final primary campaign polls close in South Dakota and Montana. With voting Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota marking the end of the primary elections, Clinton aides discussed a plan for her to continue campaigning later this week in states that will be important in the general election. IN THE HEADLINES Clinton weighs next step as Obama moves toward nomination... Clinton wins most Puerto Rico delegates, but Obama moves closer to nomination... Once freewheeling, McCain's campaign more conventional these days In a separate interview, Clinton campaign chair Terry McAuliffe said that Sen. Hillary Clinton will not get out of the race until either candidate obtains the 2,118 delegates needed to win the nomination. Delegates from both states had been barred from voting because state party officials held presidential primary elections earlier than party rules allowed.
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Judge bars media from R. Kelly files :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (U.S., 25 articles)
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One week after news organizations asked the Illinois Supreme Court to unseal court documents and proceedings in R&B star R. Kelly's child pornography case, the court said no. A woman testified today that the female who appears in a sex video is her best friend from childhood who was 13 or 14 at the time the tape was made - and that the man in the tape is R&B superstar R. Kelly. The judge in the R. Kelly child pornography case brushed off defense lawyers' request Friday to delay the trial because of stories in the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Senator Kennedy to have brain surgery this morning at Duke (U.S., 18 articles)
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is out of surgery, and his doctor says a procedure to treat his cancerous brain tumor " was successful. "The surgery lasted roughly three-and-a-half hours and is just the first step in Senator Kennedy's treatment plan Freidman said, adding he was awake during the procedure and," should experience no permanent neurological effects from the surgery.. The 76-year-old senator now faces chemotherapy and radiation to treat his malignant glioma, a lethal type of brain tumor, Freidman said.
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Texas sect children return home (U.S., 9 articles)
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A Texas judge ordered hundreds of children from a polygamous religious sect who have been held in state custody for more than a month returned to their parents beginning today, ending legal wrangling between lawyers for the state and sect mothers. In order to be reunited with their children, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints parents must agree that the children will stay in the state, must have their fingerprints taken and must take parenting classes. The judge ordered parents not to interfere with ongoing child abuse investigations, and said CPS workers may take children away from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado for interviews if needed.
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Man killed, teen wounded in Bellwood shooting :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime (U.S., 13 articles)
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A woman was shot in the head and a man was wounded at a Calumet Heights stoplight Saturday night on the South Side. Huge narcotics probe nets gang prince police say Three shot sitting on South Side porch Man found slain on South Side Autopsy: Pregnant woman died from gunshot wound to the head Hit-and-run driver causes multi-vehicle accident on Ike. Police are searching for two men following a Thursday night South Side shooting that left three men, between the ages of 17 and 19, injured.
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Tourists return as Universal Studios reopens, still smoldering after spectacular fire (U.S., 15 articles)
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - A large fire erupted early Sunday at NBC Universal s studio lot here, destroying a video vault full of movie and television images and parts of a popular studio tour. The fire did not delay a live broadcast on Sunday evening from an adjacent amphitheater of the MTV Movie Awards, which was scheduled to fill the area with celebrities. The world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California, has re-opened to visitors, a day after a blaze tore through sets and exhibits.
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Survey of Medical Schools Is Critical of Perks (U.S., 10 articles)
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Most medical schools in the United States fail to police adequately the money, gifts and free drug samples that pharmaceutical companies routinely shower on doctors and trainees, according to a ranking by the American Medical Student Association. P San Francisco Superintendent Carlos Garcia took a first stab at putting his mark on city schools Tuesday with a plan that pushes the district to face racism and classism head on. The district's strategic plan adopted by the school board 6-0 Tuesday night focuses on reversing the typical academic outcomes for black, Hispanic and poor students.
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illegal immigration search results on washingtonpost.com (U.S., 11 articles)
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Why the Canadiens can win: Skilled forwards Alex Kovalev, Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kostitsyn are the driving force behind Montreal s top-ranked power play (24.2 percent). It might be the Bruins' only hope against a Montreal offense that scored 3.13 goals on average during the regular season, second only to Ottawa s 3.15. Player to watch: Patrice Bergeron was cleared to return Monday, six months after suffering a concussion that forced him to miss 72 games 2 Pittsburgh vs. 7 Ottawa.
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Post 200 (U.S., 8 articles)
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He's also the author of "National Pastime: Sports, Politics, and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C."
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Fantasy baseball leagues can use real players' names, Supreme Court agrees (U.S., 7 articles)
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PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL thrives because of the passion of its fans, and the statistics junkies who build their own fantasy teams are among the most dedicated fans of all. WASHINGTON Major League Baseball struck out in the Supreme Court today as the justices let stand a ruling that gives for-profit "fantasy" leagues on the Web a free-speech right to use the names of real players without paying a licensing fee. The high court declined to hear the appeal of a lower-court ruling that a St. Louis-based company called C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing Inc. has a free-speech right to use the names and performance statistics of famous athletes.
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6 Stroger nominees OK'd for hospital board :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (U.S., 13 articles)
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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger says his nine choices to sit on a new county hospital board represent " the cultural, gender and racial diversity of our county. The kind of board that would give confidence to taxpayers that the nearly $1 billion each year going to county health care is money well spent. Stroger originally agreed to appoint an independent health-care board to oversee the county's nearly $1 billion health-care system, in exchange for a sales tax increase of more than $400 million a year.
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Smithsonian TV Contract Spurs Panel To Cut Funds (U.S., 13 articles)
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Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence M. Small defended the Smithsonian's television development deal with CBS/Showtime Networks yesterday, saying the agreement was not reached in secret and that restrictions in the contract would affect only a very small number of filmmakers. The federal investigation into the tribal art collection of Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small started with a telephone call in November 2000 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service saying that published pictures of the artifacts showed feathers from endangered species. A federal board ordered the Smithsonian Institution yesterday to reinstate a whistle-blower who was fired in retaliation for reporting that ranking officials of the National Air and Space Museum had misused the institution's world-class aeronautical restoration facility in Maryland for personal projects.
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This weekend on BBC Sport (U.S., 5 articles)
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The report, commissioned by the BBC's governing body, the BBC Trust, drew attention to the salaries paid to presenters in national radio or in news and current affairs. The BBC is not overpaying its staff, an independent report said today, as the corporation still refused to divulge the wages of its top stars. We have another fantastic selection of sport on BBC TV, radio, interactive and online this weekend Saturday 7 June and Sunday 8 June.
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Tiny Bit of Cancer in Lymph Nodes Leads to Debate on How to Proceed (U.S., 13 articles)
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P (06-01) 04:00 PDT Chicago A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. White children had the highest incidence of all cancers, the researchers found, and youngsters in the Northeast were diagnosed with cancer more often than children in other parts of the country. Actor Patrick Swayze star of the 1987 hit movie " Dirty Dancing has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by his publicist.
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Raucous debate begins in Senate on climate-change bill (U.S., 12 articles)
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WASHINGTON - From higher electric bills to more expensive gasoline, the possible economic cost of tackling global warming is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress. Legislation set for Senate debate today would require a reduction in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from power plants, refineries, factories and transportation. P (06-02) 19:43 PDT Washington - As senators began a raucous debate over climate change legislation today, even its sponsors admitted their chances of passing the bill this year are, at best, a long shot.
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Drew Peterson faces gun charge in Bolingbrook :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Search for Stacy Peterson (U.S., 12 articles)
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A day after Drew Peterson was arrested on a weapons charge, a Will County judge ordered State Police to release eight guns owned by Peterson. Thursday's ruling by Judge Richard Schoenstedt doesn't mean the former Bolingbrook police officer will get back the guns seized last fall by police after Peterson wife, Stacy, disappeared last October. Those weapons part of a trove of 11 guns taken by police will go instead to his son Stephen, a suburban police officer.
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Texas gay couples heading to California for licensed marriages (U.S., 11 articles)
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Opponents of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples are decrying the governor for signing two bills extending rights and protections to "domestic partners" in health care and taxation in Maryland. Paterson insisted he wasn't making "an end run around the Legislature" - which has refused to legalize gay marriage. P (05-15) 12:38 PDT SAN FRANCISCO The California Supreme Court struck a historic but possibly short-lived blow for gay rights Thursday, overturning a state law that allowed only opposite-sex couples to marry.
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Chief Medical Officer to advise parents on sensible drinking for children (U.S., 6 articles)
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Parents are to be given guidelines on how much alcohol their children can safely consume, in a bid to encourage teenagers to drink more responsibly. The government's youth alcohol action plan will crack down on off-licences which sell alcohol to under 18s and aim to reduce drinking in public. What does such a ban say about British attitudes to public drinking and what's the law in other countries? The weekend's Circle Line party was an unforeseen consequence of Boris Johnson's election pledge to curb antisocial behaviour.
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Inside the Dallas Stars Newsletter (U.S., 6 articles)
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A high-priced free agent? Keep all of the character guys who helped the team with its postseason success? Mike Heika takes a look at these questions and more in this week's Inside the Dallas Stars newsletter. Instead of chasing players in their 30s and on the back ends of their careers, the Stars put together a group of 20-somethings who are just reaching their prime. The Dallas Stars didn't have a chance of beating the Detroit Red Wings in March, but that's changed now, writes Mike Heika in this week's Inside the Dallas Stars newsletter.
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How green is your mountain? Ski resorts rated on environment (U.S., 6 articles)
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P Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts are winding down the season as higher temperatures melt the Sierra snowpack and lure people away from the slopes to other recreation. Christine Horvath, marketing director for Squaw Valley USA, agreed, saying the resort still holds 100 inches of snow on its upper mountain. Chasing the young ones around the mountain on skis and snowboards for several days can be one of a family's more life-enhancing experiences.
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Overhaul of labeling rules stirs up wine wars (U.S., 11 articles)
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P At the top of Napa Valley, vintner James "Bo" Barrett wanted to use Calistoga, the location of his historic Chateau Montelena vineyards, on his wine labels. The impish co-owner of the boutique winery pours wine for visitors from behind a small wooden bar; red wine stains dot his ragged T- shirt. P Scientists are still debating whether wine is good for the heart, but there's little argument about this: Prices in the Napa Valley can make your blood pressure soar.
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News for Dallas, Texas (U.S., 7 articles)
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The dream scenario for someone selling his or her home is a long line of prospective buyers shouting at the top of their lungs in a protracted bidding war for the home. Real estate agents generally have a variety of standard forms, including residential purchase agreements that are kept up to date and made available to those who use the services of an agent. Though there are other avenues available, experts consider it critical that someone interested in selling a home locate a Realtor to make sure the matter runs smoothly.
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Daley's 'not angry' about summer home arson :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime (U.S., 6 articles)
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Did cougar kill spark arson at Daley's Mich. home? MICHIGAN Fire apparently targeted Daley summer home but burned 2 others, 10 days after cops killed big cat on N. Side. Police reopened the investigation after learning that a threatening note was sent to Daley's City Hall office, Berrien County Sheriff J. Paul Bailey said. Bailey refused to release the contents of the note but said it led to the probe that eventually ruled the fire an arson.
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Daley blasts 'Hatfields and McCoys' in Springfield :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (U.S., 6 articles)
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SPRINGFIELD In an undeniable shot at Gov. Blagojevich, the Illinois House on Saturday overwhelmingly passed and sent him legislation banning state contractors from contributing to the particular officeholders who sign off on their deals. Blagojevich intends to rewrite portions of the bill borne out of many revelations that state contracts were doled out by his administration to companies that donated heavily to his campaign fund. The bill bans companies with $50,000 or more in state business from giving money to the political fund of the officeholder who awarded the contract.
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Safeguard finances after Alzheimer's diagnosis (U.S., 5 articles)
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Q. How do researchers today differentiate between the brain effects of normal aging and Alzheimer's disease? A. This is really fundamental to one of our major problems in Alzheimer's research. Laid on these are changes in cognition that are part of normal aging and that indicate that at some point later in time, the person is going to develop Alzheimer's disease. For a perfectly healthy woman, Dianne Kerley has had quite a few medical tests in recent years: M.R.I. and PET scans of her brain, two spinal taps and hours of memory and thinking tests.
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Cops find hair, prints at Lane Bryant :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (U.S., 4 articles)
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Sunday, an event dubbed Carrie-Fest will celebrate the life of one of the shooting victims , Carrie Hudek Chiuso, 33, who was a social worker at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. " The whole process has been one amazing thing after another said Chiuso's brother , Mike Hudek. After breaking free from her bindings, Lane Bryant manager Rhoda McFarland could have escaped through a rear door, but instead she chose to call 911 to seek help for herself and five other women inside, authorities said.
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Reagan Budget Head Stockman Is Charged With Fraud (U.S., 4 articles)
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NEW YORK, March 26 David A. Stockman, a chief architect of President Ronald Reagan's economic revolution turned Wall Street money man, was indicted Monday on charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and obstruction of justice. The SEC has been probing the records of Collins & Aikman, the Southfield, Mich., auto parts business that Stockman led as chairman and later chief executive from 2002 until his ouster in May 2005. Under pricing pressure from the three domestic auto makers, the company filed for bankruptcy protection days after Stockman was shown the door for allegedly failing to inform board members about its mounting financial woes.
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Gas prices hold steady; oil climbs (U.S., 10 articles)
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Never mind the fact that official US figures show that speculative bets on rising oil prices actually peaked last July - while oil prices reached their historic high of $135 only last week. A call for global agreement on preventing manipulation of the crude oil market is to be made by John Hutton at a meeting of G8 energy ministers in Japan this weekend. NEW YORK - Retail gas and diesel prices reached new records Monday, adding to the pressure on drivers planning road trips for the coming holiday weekend, while oil prices stalled following last week's record highs.
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If Landlord Doesn't Fix Radiator, Turn Up the Heat by Going to the County (U.S., 9 articles)
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Q: You have mentioned that the burden is on renters to prove that any apartment damage found on move-out is not their responsibility, but that seems like backward logic. The professionals should have to prove that renters caused damage, either by insisting on an apartment check before the renters move in or otherwise documenting that damage took place after the rental. Long-term renters often decide to remain so to enhance the quality of their lives by not having to deal with home repairs or potentially risky or poor financial investments.
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Zell rejects state-Wrigley deal; Thompson still trying :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (U.S., 4 articles)
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Today, the same day the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Zell had rejected the untested concept of " equity seat rights Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney acknowledged that the creative financing plan devised by the Thompson-chaired Il. " Any transaction transferring ownership of Wrigley Field to the public must satisfy the interests of Tribune, the Cubs and the public. In a telephone interview, Kenney was pressed to describe the middle ground between Thompson's failed proposal and an earlier version modeled after tax-increment-financing.
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Suspected serial bank robber arrested, charged :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime (U.S., 4 articles)
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Chicago Police have always responded to bank robberies, and our patrol officers will continue to respond to bank robberies or any other calls for police service without hesitation. (SKOKIE) A 34-year-old South Side man is being held on $100,000 bond after being charged with robbing a north suburban bank last week. Jason Eric Roden of the 12000 block of S. Wallace St. in Chicago, is charged with three counts of aggravated robbery, Evanston police said Tuesday.
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Chicago Police officer charged in beating :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (U.S., 4 articles)
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Gerald Callahan is charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly beating a 61-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman about 1:50 a.m. Saturday at the lounge of Chambers restaurant, 6881 N. Milwaukee, Niles. " From what I understand, he the officer was sitting at the bar, not saying anything said Niles police Sgt. Robert Tornabene. A Chicago Police officer has been relieved of his police duties after allegedly beating two patrons at a north suburban lounge early Saturday.
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Exonerated by DNA, they still await justice :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Other Views (U.S., 4 articles)
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Fourteen years ago, a police sketch in the Sun-Times led to the arrest of Dean Cage for raping a 15-year-old girl on her way to school on the South Side. Cage was exonerated after prosecutors agreed with the New York-based Innocence Project to perform tests that show DNA evidence left on the victim's body and clothing belonged to someone else. Today, authorities said they 're preparing to free Cage from Illinois River Correctional Center in Downstate Canton after DNA tests cleared him.
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Why you shouldn't buy Scott McClellan's book (U.S., 9 articles)
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WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday rejected a suspension of the federal gasoline tax as proposed by his party's presumptive presidential nominee , Sen. John McCain. President Bush's former press secretary, Scott McClellan, confirms what a dribble of inside information and government reports have revealed about how the White House sold the Iraq war. P The uproar about former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's disloyal memoir about his time in the service of President George W. Bush has been the source of the latest white noise emanating from cable news talk shows.
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Couple killed by Metra train :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (U.S., 5 articles)
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An eastbound Metra commuter train struck and killed a man lying on the tracks outside of the Lisle train station early Monday afternoon. The train was in the process of stopping at the station about 12:40 p.m. when the man was struck, said Sgt. Ron Wilke A train slammed into a bus carrying schoolchildren at a railroad crossing in the French Alps on Monday, killing seven children and injuring 24 people, regional officials said.
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South Korea delays return of US beef imports :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (U.S., 8 articles)
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Farming Minister Chung Woon-chun said Seoul had asked the US to stop exports from cattle aged more than 30 months, in a effort to ease health fears. SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) South Korea is delaying its planned resumption of U.S beef imports in the face of mounting protests, state media said Monday. The government has put off the final administrative step needed to resume imports after a request from the ruling party, the news agency Yonhap said.
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42-day detention; a fair solution (U.S., 7 articles)
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Confidence is growing among ministers that the threat of a government defeat over plans to extend detention without charge in terror cases may be receding. At a meeting with Labour MPs on Monday, Ms Smith said safeguards would ensure the proposed 42-day limit would be used only in exceptional circumstances. Brown wants to give police up to 42 days to detain suspects before charges are filed extending the current limit of 28 days to give investigators time to unravel increasingly complex terrorist plots.
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Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal arrested for buying crack cocaine (U.S., 7 articles)
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal, the former child star who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a 2004 memoir, has been arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the streets of New York City. NEW YORK (CNN) Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal was released after an arraignment at a Manhattan courtroom Monday after her weekend arrest for buying crack cocaine. The 44-year-old actress, who penned a 2004 memoir about her long road to sobriety, was arrested around 7:30 p.m. Sunday on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after she was seen making a purchase from a drug dealer, police said.
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European Union treaty approved in Germany :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (U.S., 6 articles)
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BERLIN The German parliament's upper house approved the European Union's new treaty on Friday the document's last legislative hurdle in the 27-nation bloc's most populous country. Mr Wheeler, who made a fortune from IG Index, a City spread-betting company, said the poll showed " the vast majority of the British public believe the government has broken its promise to hold a referendum. " People died for your freedom declares one of the signs that have popped up in this agricultural town as Ireland prepares to vote June 12 on the European Union's new constitution.
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Challenges for the food summit (U.S., 6 articles)
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Politicians struggling to solve the current world food crisis need to find long-term solutions that feed the poorest without reproducing the ills of the recent "cheap food era". In the late 1990s, the wheat price was at a record low - driven down by inexpensive fuel and taxpayers' farm subsidies in the EU and America. World leaders will be urged today to cut EU and US biofuel targets immediately and divert more grain to tackle the global food crisis.
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Children's Museum design shines light on critics :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics (U.S., 6 articles)
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Mayor Richard M. Daley said his father , Richard J. Daley, would be smiling down from heaven over his controversial plan to re-locate the Chicago Children's Museum to Grant Park. Daley's comments seemed to echo earlier remarks the mayor has made that opponents to having the museum in the park don't want poor, minority children in Grant Park. Reilly: Kids museum would grow after OK GRANT PARK DEBATE Museum chief insists, Those are the plans we intend to build The Chicago Children's Museum has presented five revisions of its proposed facility in Grant Park, but opponent Ald.
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Religious and Political Icons Join Thousands Mourning Falwell in Va. (U.S., 6 articles)
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The Baptist minister who brought fundamental Christianity into the mainstream of American life, transforming the nation's politics and culture, was eulogized as a man of warmth, faith and principle. Nearly 10,000 mourners began arriving as early as 3:30 a.m. After the sanctuary filled, people were directed to overflow seating at Liberty University's football stadium and basketball arena, where images of the funeral were beamed in. Falwell, who started out doing local radio and television in Lynchburg, became president of a media empire.
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Latin's park perk might well serve the public :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (U.S., 5 articles)
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LIMA, Peru European and Latin American leaders gathering for their fifth summit in a decade this week plan to tackle climate change, high food prices and poverty. Under pressure by a neighborhood group, the Chicago Park District is poised to drop a controversial plan that allowed the Latin School to build a soccer field in Lincoln Park in exchange for prime playing time. The district will reimburse Latin School for money it spent on the field, which is about 80 percent finished, and will pay the complaining neighborhood group $40,000 to settle a lawsuit, said board President Gery Chico.
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Entwistle trial could feature a long list of witnesses (U.S., 5 articles)
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Neil Entwistle from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, is charged with killing his wife Rachel and daughter Lillian Rose in Massachusetts in 2006. The trial of Neil Entwistle, the Hopkinton man accused of killing his wife and his 9-month-old daughter in 2006, could include the testimony of 163 witnesses. On Friday, Judge Diane Kottmeyer said no to a defense request to move the trial to Martha's Vineyard because of all the pre-trial publicity.
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Water Is a New Battleground in Spain (U.S., 4 articles)
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Murcia, traditionally a poor farming region, has undergone a resort-building boom in recent years, even as many of its farmers have switched to more thirsty crops, encouraged by water transfer plans, which have become increasingly untenable. City testing of Chicago's drinking water has turned up small amounts of a man-made drug and the insect repellent DEET, but officials said Friday that city water is safe to drink. The city testing found a trace amount of the drug gemfibrozil, typically used to treat blood triglycerides, in both treated and untreated water.
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Writer Oakley Hall dies at age 87 (U.S., 4 articles)
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A Lombard man was sentenced today to 23 years in prison for shaking his infant son so severely he left the child permanently disabled - then the judge sentenced the man to five more years for fathering the child with an underage girl. Hall violently shook his 8-week-old son in his Lombard apartment in February 2006, causing permanent neurological injuries that have left the boy blind, unable to speak, walk or stand, DuPage County prosecutors said. When Hall and his girlfriend brought the youngster to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital for medical help, investigators probing how the boy was hurt also determined the baby's mother was 15 years old.
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Mosley's fate finally to be decided by FIA vote Tuesday after sex scandal (U.S., 4 articles)
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Max Mosley will find out on Tuesday if he will carry on as president of motorsport's governing body, the FIA, after a vote of confidence in Paris. An extraordinary general meeting of the FIA's 222 members has been called to decide Mosley's future after lurid allegations about his private life. The situation has reached this stage after Mosley was accused of taking part in a "Nazi-style orgy" with prostitutes by the News of the World.
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Mortgage and Refinance Direct Lenders (U.S., 4 articles)
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RMI Mortgage Licensing LLC holds the following state licenses, approvals or exemptions to operate as a mortgage lender or broker. To help with this, two federal agencies have proposed risk-based pricing alert procedures that would cover all lending situations - home mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, among others. After a three-month comment period open to the general public and affected industry groups this summer, the FTC and the Fed could adopt the plan later this year.
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Justices Narrow Money-Laundering Law (U.S., 4 articles)
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The Supreme Court narrowed the application of the federal money-laundering statute on Monday, ruling for criminal defendants in two cases in which prosecutors had employed broad definitions of two of the law's major provisions. The two rulings are likely to crimp the government's ability to bring money-laundering cases, although not necessarily to the degree that an initial reading of either might suggest. WASHINGTON (CNN) The Supreme Court dealt federal prosecutors dual setbacks Monday in efforts to prosecute the laundering of drug ring and organized crime profits.
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Too Dry for Okra to Flower (U.S., 4 articles)
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To grow well, citrus plants need winter temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees, making for chilly conditions in the room where they are kept. The fact that you are staking it suggests that the plant isn't getting enough light and that the stems may be weak from a growing environment that is too warm. Pests and diseases are unusual on Norway spruce, and spraying your tree is not only an unnecessary expense, it may also be a detriment to the environment.
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A 'green' home for oil & gas (U.S., 4 articles)
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The India-focused metals group is to pay $2.6 billion for bankrupt copper miner Asarco in its first move into the US Tempus analysis: Copper bottomed. New customers help SSE to a 14 per cent increase in profits but margins under pressure as fossil fuel costs soar. DOHA, Qatar (CNN) At the age of just 36, Hesham Al Emadi is at the helm of an ambitious plan to create up to ten "Energy Cities" around the world.
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Why all the potholes? City blames the state :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Transportation (U.S., 4 articles)
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Why is this pothole still here? HORRIBLE No time set to repair deep craters, flooding on stretch of Cicero Avenue at I-55. Chicago is fighting a losing battle against potholes because arterial street re-surfacing has been put on hold for the last two years, aldermen were told Monday. First Deputy Transportation Commissioner Tom Powers blamed a shortage of state funding, apparently tied to the Illinois General Assembly's failure to approve a capital plan.
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Class action giant Melvyn Weiss to serve 30 months (U.S., 4 articles)
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Melvyn Weiss, one of America's most feared class-action lawyers, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and hit with $10 million ($5.1 million) of penalties over an illegal kickbacks scam with plaintiffs involved in securities lawsuits. The sentencing is the most severe yet handed out to the four partners who once worked alongside each other at Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach (Milberg Weiss). LOS ANGELES - Prominent attorney Melvyn Weiss was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison after authorities accused him of helping orchestrate a lucrative lawsuit kickback scheme targeting some of the largest corporations in the nation.
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