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What Cost, Running Down 'White Trash'?
Thursday July 26 6:00 PM: ABC News : Police say high-powered Manhattan publicist Lizzie Grubman cursed bouncers, then ran down 16 people at a Hamptons nightclub. Some of the victims say their broken bones are worth tens of millions. Maybe a jury will agree, but critics say such lawsuits show how the justice system is being abused.
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Iraq fires on American U-2 spy plane
Thursday July 26 6:00 AM: Iraq fired a surface-to-air missile at an American U-2 spy plane over southern Iraq on Wednesday, reflecting a significant change in Iraqi strategy as it targets U.S. and British planes patrolling its airspace, U.S. officials said. The U.S. plane was not hit.
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House votes to lift Cuba travel ban
Thursday July 26 6:00 AM: The House voted Wednesday to lift restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, which sponsors said would be a first step toward ending the communist nation's economic isolation and hastening democratic reforms.
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British fighter jet crashes in Alaska
Thursday July 26 6:00 AM: A British military jet crashed on a training mission in a remote area of Alaska on Wednesday, killing the pilot, officials said.
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Katherine Harris to allow computer inspection
Thursday July 26 6:00 AM: Secretary of State Katherine Harris said Wednesday she will allow the news media to inspect computer hard drives in her office related to the 2000 Florida election recount of the presidential race.
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New details on Condit's polygraph
Thursday July 26 5:53 AM: A private polygraph administered to Rep. Gary Condit asked 10 questions, four dealing with Chandra Levy, The Associated Press has learned.
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WashPost: Condit-Levy story fits classic pattern
Thursday July 26 3:27 AM: Chandra Levy's disappearance has evolved into a full-blown feeding frenzy of speculation, leaks, pundits and hand-wringing. Two months into it, and Washington still can't seem to get enough.
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Blistering Heat Takes Deadly Toll
Thursday July 26 2:43 PM: ABC News : Above-normal summer temperatures are reaching well into the 100s, and have contributed to the deaths of infants and the elderly.
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Ruling Frees Colorado Sex Offenders
Thursday July 26 1:58 PM: ABC News : A Colorado Supreme Court ruling means that more than 100 sex offenders will be released from prison by the end of the week and another 250 will be released from parole restrictions. The high court decided that laws passed in 1993 and 1996 to require parole for sex offenders were confusing.
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U.S. rejects germ warfare treaty
Wednesday July 25 10:47 PM: The United States, again standing alone against most world opinion, on Wednesday rejected as unworkable a proposed international plan for enforcing a 30-year ban on using germs in warfare.
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Delay in patients rights vote eyed
Wednesday July 25 5:05 PM: House GOP leaders said Wednesday they might put off a vote on a patients bill of rights until September or later as they scramble to build support for a version favored by President Bush.
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France Marks Concorde Crash Anniversary
Wednesday July 25 11:33 AM: ABC News : In France today, several ceremonies are planned for remembering the 113 victims of the Concorde crash, which happened one year ago. In Detail
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China Deports U.S.-Based Academics
Wednesday July 25 11:27 PM: ABC News : Beijing has deported at least two U.S.-based Chinese scholars convicted of spying, one day after deporting a Chinese-born American citizen convicted of similar charges. Poll: China Greatest Threat to Peace
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Land Divers of Vanuatu
Wednesday July 25 5:26 PM: ABC News : It's exciting, it's dangerous, and they've been doing it for generations. In a practice that inspired the global sport of bungee jumping, young Pacific Islanders dive from wooden towers for tradition -- and in recent years for tourists. Video
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NATO brokers new Macedonia truce
Tuesday July 24 11:58 PM: NATO brokered a renewed truce deal in Macedonia late Wednesday after a night of anti-NATO riots and an accusation by the Macedonian government that Western peace negotiators were abetting Albanian guerrillas.
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China expels 2nd scholar
Tuesday July 24 7:00 AM: China on Thursday expelled a U.S.-based Chinese sociologist convicted of spying. A senior U.S. official said that Gao Zhan was put on a plane headed to the United States.
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