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Saturday, January 15, 2005
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No strangers to tragedy
January 15, 2005 in City on Page A1 MULLAITTIVU, Sri Lanka – On a spit of land along the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, this town is slowly being burned to the ground. With its main street only …
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First images beamed from Titan after Huygens probe lands safely
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 After a seven-year trip through outer space, the Huygens space probe successfully completed the last leg of its epic voyage to Titan on Friday, releasing initial black and white images …
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Powell calls on Abbas to stop attacks
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Faced with a sudden setback to Middle East peace prospects, Secretary of State Colin Powell insisted Friday that new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas bring under control terror groups …
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Loan helps revive hospital
January 15, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 KELLOGG – When it was built nearly 50 years ago, Shoshone Medical Center offered not only the latest health care technology, including a state-of-the-art telephone system, but the building’s 18-inch …
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Armed AirTran pilot charged with intoxication
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 LAS VEGAS – An armed AirTran Airways pilot was charged with operating an aircraft under the influence after a federal screener at McCarran International Airport smelled alcohol, authorities said Thursday. …
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Lottery numbers
January 15, 2005 on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Daily Game: 9-6-8. Friday’s Washington Lucky for Life: 11-15-19-54.
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Bush has few regrets – choice of words is one
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – In a rare, reflective look back on his first term, President Bush said Thursday that he learned a lesson about “the unintended consequences of my words,” recalling two …
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Canadian minister resigns over charges she offered asylum for pizza
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 TORONTO – Canada’s embattled immigration minister, who once called herself the “minister of hopes and dreams,” resigned Friday amid allegations that she promised an Indian pizzeria owner asylum if he …
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Yushchenko sure he’ll be sworn in
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 KIEV, Ukraine – The winner of Ukraine’s presidential election ordered his supporters Friday to raze the tent camp in Kiev that had become a dramatic symbol of his victory over …
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Justice probes detainee abuse charges
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 MIAMI – The Justice Department has launched an investigation into complaints by FBI agents that U.S. military interrogators abused inmates at the Pentagon’s detention center for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo …
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FCC to probe pay to commentator
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A3 Washington The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission ordered an investigation Friday into whether conservative commentator Armstrong Williams broke the law by failing to disclose he was paid by the …
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Australian tour guide found ‘grossly negligent’ in croc attack
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 DARWIN, Australia – A tour guide who invited foreign tourists to swim in crocodile infested waters in northern Australia in 2002 acted in a “grossly negligent” manner that led to …
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China still ‘repressive,’ human rights group says
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 BEIJING – China remains “highly repressive,” with routine violations of basic rights and widespread corruption, despite promises of legal and political reform, the U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch said Friday. …
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German designer murdered
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A4 BERLIN – German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer, known in celebrity pages and on talk shows for his black bouffant and mischievous smile, was slain early Friday in his villa outside …
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DUI case lawyer charged with DUI
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 McKEAN, Pa. – An attorney was arrested for drunken driving as he left a hearing for a client accused of the same thing, state police said. During Wednesday’s hearing in …
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Eighth-graders get adult career advice
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 SAN FRANCISCO – The principal of a Palo Alto middle school may not invite a popular speaker back to an annual career day after he told girls they could earn …
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Law dictates level of care for SF’s dogs
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A6 San Francisco In this famously dog-friendly city, dog owners are “pet guardians,” the local shelter keeps strays in “apartments” – and, as of Tuesday, man’s best friend is entitled to …
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Police seek more elderly victims of crime ring
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 PHILADELPHIA – Police are looking for more victims of a ring of women who, in the past seven months, are accused of cheating more than a dozen elderly men in …
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Endangered whales die, causing worry
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A7 Boston Four endangered whales have been found dead in the past six weeks – including two just this week, scientists said. A dead North Atlantic right whale was spotted off …
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DVD players the prime distraction
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A8 FALLUJAH, Iraq – Placing his portable DVD player on an empty ammunition can, Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Smith, 20, of Powder Springs, Ga., is set to watch his favorite movie: …
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Nine lay claim to orphan
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A9 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The infant dubbed “Baby 81” nurses from a bottle of milk and kicks playfully at a pink blanket as nine desperate, heartbroken women quarrel over him …
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U.S. to upgrade warning system
January 15, 2005 in Nation/World on Page A9 WASHINGTON – The administration will spend $37.5 million over the next three years to expand the nation’s tsunami detection and warning system, U.S. officials said Friday, so the nation will …
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Aid workers warned not to evangelize
January 15, 2005 on Page A9 Tsunami aid How to help
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Boeing to end 717 production
January 15, 2005 in Business on Page A10 CHICAGO — Boeing Co. will end production of the 717 jet, its smallest passenger plane, next year, and plans to charge $615 million against earnings before taxes related to that …
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