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Guinea-Bissau sees salvation in Whoopi Goldberg
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau – When the government of one of the world's poorest nations learned that Whoopi Goldberg had taken a DNA test showing her ancestors hail from here, the news reverberated through the halls of parliament.
- PUBLIC EYE
Who's to blame?
The fight between Ryan O'Neal and his son Griffin that led to the actor's arrest at his Malibu home last weekend turned into a war of words in law offices yesterday as their attorneys each accused the other side of being responsible for the fight in which a fireplace poker was swung and a gun was fired.
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Gotta Love the name
Romance plays a role in the names of many U.S. towns.
- Russert testifies in CIA leak trial, contradicts Libby
WASHINGTON – NBC newsman Tim Russert testified yesterday that he never discussed a CIA operative with vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, contradicting Libby's version to a grand jury in the CIA leak investigation.
- NASA to review how it assesses astronauts' emotional well-being
WASHINGTON – NASA will immediately begin two formal reviews of its procedures for assessing the emotional and psychological well-being of astronauts in response to Monday's arrest of a member of the elite corps, Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping in connection with an apparent love triangle.
- Austrians uncover 'worst kind' of child porn
PARIS – Austrian authorities have gathered information on more than 2,360 people from 77 countries who tried to view child pornography through a Russian Web site stored on a Vienna computer, the country's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
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- Lettuce, spinach handlers develop safety program
SAN FRANCISCO – State agriculture officials gave California lettuce and spinach processors the go-ahead yesterday to move forward with a voluntary inspection program that would allow participants to put a food safety seal of approval on their products.
- Changes in policy on delta are urged
The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the source of much of the state's drinking water, faces economic and environmental collapse, according to a public policy group that yesterday recommended a radical shift away from the water-management policies of the past 70 years.
- State worker accused of falsifying expenses
SACRAMENTO – Police say a state worker responsible for buying staplers, binders and furniture falsified at least $320,000 worth of expense reports, loading up her home with a flat-screen TV, hot tub, gazebo and iPods.
- Bills target growers, workers hit by freeze
FRESNO – Federal lawmakers announced bills yesterday to provide more than $1.2 billion in grants, low-interest loans and assistance to growers and workers affected by a recent crop freeze, last year's heat wave and flooding.
- REGION UPDATE
2 divers die during aqueduct inspection
SACRAMENTO – Two divers who were inspecting a treacherous segment of the California Aqueduct near a pumping station died yesterday after being submerged about 30 feet below the surface in murky, fast-moving water.
- Edwards criticized for luxurious home
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Democrat John Edwards, who has made an anti-poverty message the theme of his 2008 presidential campaign, is taking heat for the lavish home he has constructed in Orange County, N.C.
- Homeland Security: Staff misspoke about jailed border agents
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security yesterday retracted staff members' comments that two Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug smuggler had told investigators they intended “to shoot Mexicans.”
- Bush wants to pump green into parks
WASHINGTON – President Bush traveled to Shenandoah National Park yesterday to promote his proposal to increase funding for national parks by $258 million next year, the first step in a plan to spend as much as $3 billion in public and private money on the popular attractions over the coming decade.
- NATION UPDATE
Lawmakers' kin are tapped as lobbyists
WASHINGTON – The railroad industry is hiring relatives of Capitol Hill lawmakers and staff members as it faces tighter federal safety legislation, employing a tactic untouched by the Democrats' new ethics proposals: lobbying by congressional family members.
- Pelosi requests plane, and charges fly
WASHINGTON – Everybody, including the woman who is at the center of Washington's latest tempest in a teapot, agrees on this much: The Pentagon was considering a request to give House Speaker Nancy Pelosi access to a bigger Air Force jet than previous speakers had.
- 6-nation talks start on N. Korea nuclear issue
BEIJING – All six heads of delegations to the North Korea nuclear talks began meeting today at the start of the latest round of negotiations, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
- In Berlin, money talks and keeps spending local
BERLIN – A 10-euro bill buys a fine organic Riesling at the Alles Fliesst wine shop in Berlin's bustling Kreuzberg neighborhood. Or, as some regular customers do, you can hand the cashier something else: 10 locally printed Berliners.
- WORLD UPDATE
Palestinian leaders to continue summit
MECCA, Saudi Arabia – The leaders of the two main Palestinian political groups ended their first day of an emergency summit meeting yesterday promising to stay until they agreed on a new government to end a wave of violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Britain on alert after a string of letter bombs injures 6
LONDON – At least six people have been injured by seven letter bombs in Britain over the past three weeks, in what police said could be a campaign by animal rights extremists or disgruntled motorists fed up with this country's automobile laws – or both.
- Task force on Iraqi refugees welcomed
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants said yesterday that it welcomed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's creation of a high-level State Department task force to deal with the Iraqi refugee issue.
- Iraqi envoys, families make asylum request of Australian officials
CANBERRA, Australia – Three Iraqi diplomats and their families have asked for humanitarian asylum in Australia, refusing orders to return to their conflict-wracked country, Australian government officials said today.
- 7 Republican senators now support war debate
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.
- Daily developments
Lance Cpl. Brandon J. Van Parys, 20, of New Tripoli, Pa., died Monday in Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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