Calif. killer turned anti-gang author executed
SAN QUENTIN, California (Reuters) - California prison
officials executed Stanley Tookie Williams, 51, the ex-leader of the Crips gang who brutally killed four people in 1979, early on Tuesday after top courts and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected final appeals to spare his life.
Iraqis Living Abroad Vote, Express Hope
LONDON - Iraqi expatriates turned out to vote Tuesday in national elections, leaving voting stations with ink-stained fingers and expressing hope for the violence-torn country many fled during Saddam Hussein's brutal regime.
Hike in Interest Rates Is Expected Today
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates another quarter point today. But after 18 months in which the Fed has been pushing rates higher to keep inflation under control, the central bank appears to be getting close to the end of its rate increase campaign.
Politician assassinated as Iraq election nears
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen assassinated a high- profile
Sunni Muslim politician in western Iraq on Tuesday, two days
before the nation votes for its first full-term parliament
since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
UN Council considers action on killings in Lebanon
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 15-nation Security Council
weighs its response on Tuesday to a U.N. investigation that
accused Syria of hindering its probe into the slaying of former
Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Lebanon in turmoil after anti-Syrian campaigner slain
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon was grappling with fresh political turmoil as it mourned the killing of leading anti-Syrian journalist and lawmaker Gibran Tueni.
Mice Created With Human Brain Cells
SAN FRANCISCO - Add another creation to the strange scientific menagerie where animal species are being mixed together in ever more exotic combinations. Scientists announced Monday that they had created mice with small amounts of human brain cells in an effort to make realistic models of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Microsoft, MCI Plan PC-To-Phone Service
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. and MCI Inc. said Monday they'll soon offer a service that lets customers place calls from their personal computers to regular phones.
Australian Unrest Spreads to Other Cities
SYDNEY, Australia - The racial unrest that broke out in Sydney's beachside suburbs over the weekend has spread to two other large Australian cities, where people of Middle Eastern descent were assaulted by whites, police said Tuesday.
Bush Estimates 30,000 Iraqis Killed in War
PHILADELPHIA - In a rare, unscripted moment, President Bush on Monday estimated 30,000 Iraqis have died in the war, the first time he has publicly acknowledged the high price Iraqis have paid in the push for democracy.
Earthquake Strikes Northeast Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - A strong earthquake struck remote northeastern Afghanistan early Tuesday, shaking the ground for hundreds of miles and bringing frightened survivors of October's devastating quake out of their tents across the border in Pakistan.
Iraq troop pull-out could begin in 2006: report
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain could
start withdrawing troops from Iraq as early as March 2006, a
British newspaper reported on Tuesday.
WTO Protesters Try to Break Roadblock
HONG KONG - Several dozen protesters struck security forces with bamboo sticks and tried to ram through a police roadblock Tuesday as the World Trade Organization meeting opened in Hong Kong. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Judge: Federal Vioxx Case to Be Retried
HOUSTON - A jury's inability to reach a unanimous verdict in the nation's first federal Vioxx trial after more than 18 hours of deliberations prompted a judge to declare a mistrial and aim for a second try.
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St. Pete Police search for restaurant manager's killer
WTSP
ST. PETERSBURG - Durango co-workers say a job they love will never be the same. Stephen Holmes, a family man who had recently just been promoted from server to assistant manager, was murdered after the steakhouse closed for the night Sunday.
Redner out of the closet
970 WFLA
As part of his federal lawsuit to stop the Hillsborough county crackdown on Gay Pride, Tampa strip club tycoon Joe Redner says he's a homosexual.
Investigators know teen was strangled, but little else
WFTS
TAMPA - Investigators now know how Hillsborough County teenager Stephen Tomlinson died, but they still have no suspects in his murder.
'Bizarre' defense means new trial
St. Petersburg Times
LARGO - Former Tampa police Officer Ernesto Hedges, convicted of molestation, gets a second chance. The judge cites his lawyers' "horrifying conduct."
Theft of historic statue investigated
Bay News 9
Cesar and Adela Gonzmart ran the historic Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City since the 1950s, and had a major impact on the area.
Huge mullet catch seized
St. Petersburg Times
Tipped about illegal gill netting, authorities were searching the shoreline near the Courtney Campbell Parkway late Sunday when they encountered a lookout boat. Moments later, powering across the choppy waters, they caught a glimpse of a blacked-out mullet skiff, silhouetted against the moonlight.
$1 Million In Cash Found Hidden In Fla. Truck
Local 6
LIVE OAK, Fla. - State agriculture agents seized more than $1 million in U.S. currency they found hidden in the trailer of a truck hauling marble to Las Vegas.
The road to economic prosperity
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TAMPA - Downtown Tampa businesses encouraged about reopening of Franklin Street to traffic.
Former Principal Guilty in Sex Case
Lakeland Ledger
BARTOW - The former principal of Santa Fe Catholic High School has pleaded guilty to soliciting two undercover detectives to commit a lewd act on each other.
At home on Florida range, pachyderms learn to be stars
Ocala Star-Banner
POLK CITY - At just 7 months old, Aree is already a natural. She will stop and move over on command, and almost lies all the way down when told.
Elderly woman fights of armed home invaders
Bay News 9
LAKELAND - A 76-year-old woman thwarted three teens who tried to break into her Lakeland home on Friday. Martha Fabian's garage door on Athens Court was halfway open to let in the breeze. She thought her screen door was locked, but the teens walked into her kitchen and pointed a gun at her.
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