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October 13, 2008 |
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NATIONAL
On Fringe of Forests, Homes and Wildfires Meet
Americans who live on the edge of government lands in the West are living out a dangerous experiment.
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New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody
Getting details about immigrants who have died in administrative custody is a difficult undertaking.
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28-Mile Virtual Fence Is Rising Along the Border
The Homeland Security Department is planning nine nearly 100-foot-tall towers with cameras and other equipment scanning 28 miles of the Arizona border with Mexico.
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In Case of Missing Trousers, Aggrieved Party Loses Again
A District of Columbia administrative law judge who filed a $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner over a pair of missing pants will not get a penny.
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Foundation Lets Public Help Award Money
A major foundation is offering the public a direct role in deciding who should receive some of its money.
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Inmate Kills Guard Watching Him at Hospital
A white supremacist prisoner who was taken to the hospital complaining of back pain stole a correctional officer’s gun and killed him.
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One Dead as Bus Carrying Family Leaves Roadway
A chartered bus carrying an extended family home from a reunion in Niagara Falls, N.Y., crashed on Monday in southern Kentucky.
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Study Says Chatty Doctors Forget Patients
A new study shows that many doctors waste patients’ time in office visits by interjecting irrelevant information about themselves.
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Racing Wildfire Destroys 165 Homes Near Lake Tahoe
Lower temperatures and light winds helped firefighters calm a fast-moving wildfire near here on Monday, but not before it destroyed more than 160 homes.
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Justices Loosen Ad Restrictions in Campaign Law
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling opened a significant loophole in the 2002 McCain-Feingold law and may affect the strategy of the 2008 campaigns.
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Vote Against Banner Shows Divide on Speech in Schools
The Supreme Court backed a principal’s decision to punish a student for unfurling a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” off school property but at a school-sponsored event.
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Justices Reject Suit on Federal Money for Faith-Based Office
The Supreme Court closed the door on a lawsuit challenging the Bush administration’s use of taxpayer money for a faith-based agency.
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Labor Coalitions Divided on Immigration Overhaul
When an immigration bill returns to the Senate, opposition from labor unions could doom the bill by putting pressure on Democrats to oppose it.
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Survey Finds 43.6 Million Uninsured in U.S.
About 14.8 percent of the American population had no health insurance in 2006, according to a survey.
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Ex-E.P.A. Chief Defends Role in 9/11 Response
In a hearing with political overtones, Christie Whitman said that charges that she or other E.P.A. officials misled the public were “utterly false.” .
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Romney to Tap Own Money for Campaign
Mitt Romney said he had once more turned to his personal fortune to help finance his presidential campaign, suggesting that his fund-raising has fallen off.
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Obama, in New TV Ads, Focuses on His Pre-Senate Years
In the first commercials of his campaign, Senator Barack Obama tells Iowa voters the story of his career before he arrived in the Senate.
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California: City Officials Are Told to Use Tap Water
Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco has issued an executive order barring city departments, agencies and contractors from using city money for bottled water.
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New Mexico: A Border Blunder
Part of a vehicle barrier built two years ago along the Mexican border was erected in the wrong country, Senator Jeff Bingaman said. .
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Oklahoma: Execution Set for Deathly Ill Convict
The state is scheduled today to execute a convicted murderer who is dying of cancer.
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Ohio: Bond Set for Officer Accused in Killings
A police officer accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her fetus has been ordered held on $5 million bond. .
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Georgia: Supporters Offer Bond for Prisoner
Businessmen have offered to post a $1 million cash bond to release a man in prison for having consensual oral sex with 15-year-old girl when he was 17. .
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Maine: Troop Greeters Resume Offering Treats
Bangor International Airport is again allowing a group that greets soldiers who pass through the airport to serve them treats: packaged cookies and candies.
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Students Protest Treatment in Terror Cases
President Bush was presented with a letter from high school seniors urging a halt to “violations of the human rights” of terror suspects held by the United States. .
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New Senator Is Sworn In
John Barrasso, a conservative Republican surgeon and recent state senator from Wyoming, was sworn in as a United States senator by Vice President Dick Cheney. Gov. Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming selected him to fill the seat of Senator Craig Thomas, a Republican, who died June 4. Mr. Barrasso, 54, will serve until the beginning of 2009. A special election in November 2008 will decide who will finish Mr. Thomas’s term, which runs to January 2013. Mr. Barrasso has said he intends to run. The Democrats control the Senate by 51 to 49. One Democrat, Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota, is absent from the chamber while recovering from a brain hemorrhage.
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