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Getting names right is focus for commencement
A week from today, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar.
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Glenn Close's business is going to the dogs
Glenn Close's signature characters have boiled a bunny, plotted the skinning of Dalmatian puppies and helped arrange the killing of a pet dog to leverage a balky witness.
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Burning calories
The Mayo Clinic compiled this list of the number of calories burned in an hour of sports, recreation or during a workout.
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Crackdown on electronic bingo begins
SACRAMENTO – More than 20 years after the state first warned that electronic bingo games are illegal, Attorney General Jerry Brown has launched a crackdown to halt a proliferation of the machines.
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Hezbollah is in control of chunk of west Beirut
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Heavily armed Hezbollah fighters seized control of much of western Beirut yesterday, patrolling deserted streets in a show of force that underscored the Shiite militia's refusal to back down in its confrontation with the U.S.-backed government.
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- Governor orders defensible space cleared, or else
SACRAMENTO – Citing an inspection of his own Brentwood property that exposed serious fire dangers, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday directed state fire officials to crack down on property owners who don't clear defensible space around their homes and businesses.
- Dig at Manson family hide-out OK'd
FRESNO – The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said yesterday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.
- REGION UPDATE
Salmon fishing restrictions OK'd
MONTEREY – State wildlife regulators yesterday voted to ban almost all recreational fishing of salmon in California rivers this year to protect declining chinook stocks.
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- Cremation of troops, animals at same facility draws concern
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is recommending changes in the handling of service members' remains after it was revealed that a crematorium contracted by the military handles both human and animal cremations.
- Mortgage rescue bill hits hurdle
WASHINGTON – Even as the housing foreclosure crisis deepens, legislation to rescue homeowners and their lenders appears to be in significant political jeopardy.
- 83 arrested in marriage-for-citizenship sting
ORLANDO, Fla. – A federal sting of four companies accused of arranging fraudulent marriages for U.S. citizenships, complete with wedding photos of brides in gowns and elaborate fake cakes, has netted more than 80 arrests, authorities said yesterday.
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Obama picks up nine superdelegates
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates yesterday as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.
- South African leader in Zimbabwe for talks
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday for talks with President Robert Mugabe as fresh evidence emerged that forces sponsored by Mugabe's government are accelerating their attacks on the political opposition.
- Ex-Guantanamo leader won't get post in Pakistan
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military has dropped plans to assign the former commander of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Pakistan, after sharp criticism of his Guantanamo command in Pakistani media, The New York Times reported yesterday.
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Political detainee freed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A provincial leader who was one of the most prominent politicians jailed by President Pervez Musharraf was freed yesterday by the newly elected government, fulfilling one of its major promises to release political detainees.
- Mine-resistant vehicles to get sides fortified
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its top-line mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, officials say.
- Rockets launched at Green Zone apparently miss their targets
BAGHDAD – Shiite militants launched rockets toward the fortified Green Zone yesterday, taking advantage of a sandstorm that gave cover from attacks by U.S. aircraft. Some rockets fell short, including one that damaged the British Broadcasting Corp. bureau.
- 7-year-old Iraqi boy is recovering from heart surgery in Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A medical journey of more than 6,000 miles turned out better than an Iraqi mother named Salwa dared to hope.
- Blackwater criminal charges not likely in deaths
WASHINGTON – Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor blamed by an angry Iraqi government for the shooting deaths of 17 civilians, is not expected to face criminal charges – all but ensuring the company will keep its multimillion-dollar contract to protect U.S. diplomats.
- Daily developments
Pfc. Aaron J. Ward, 19, of San Jacinto, died Tuesday in Anbar province of wounds suffered from small arms fire. He was assigned to the 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.
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