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He was a regular vacuum cleaner out there
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHorse racing announcer Kurt Hoover, a regular on HRTV who is also the inter-track television host for Hollywood Park, has hit more than a few daily doubles. But he experienced a different kind of double at Angel Stadium last week -- catching two foul...Tags: Eric Chavez, Rafael Furcal, Tony Stewart, Pete Rose, Armed Forces
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Couple who died in Oceanside car crash remembered
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comRobert and Betty Rowe were inseparable. Married for nearly 60 years, the Baldwin Harbor couple was known as kind, outgoing and, most of all, close to each other. The Rowes died together Saturday in Oceanside when a woman drove through a red light and...Tags: Oceanside, Family, Armed Forces, Long Island, Forest Hills
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Colombia leaders call ransom story 'absolutely false'
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersColombian authorities sought over the weekend to discredit a Swiss academic and former intermediary in talks with a left-wing rebel group who has been linked to a disputed report that officials paid $20 million for last week's release of 15 high-profile...Tags: Electronics, Government, Fiction, Radio, National Government
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Despite nearby shootings, Taste of Chicago is still toast of town
Chicago Tribune reportersThe Taste of Chicago wrapped up its 27th run Sunday, a 10-day party marked by steady attendance and multiple shootings, which prompted police to swarm Grant Park and use new high-tech surveillance equipment to monitor the event. The festival drew 3.56...Tags: Taste of Chicago, Firearms, Festive Event, Prosecution, Grant Park
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Freed Colombian hostages urge hope
Associated Press WriterFreed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent messages of hope in a radio broadcast Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps. The former hostages appeared...Tags: Radio, Terrorism, Armed Forces, Kidnapping, Guerrilla Activity
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Zimbabwe youth militias accused of holding women as sex slaves
From a Times Staff WriterShe has to call the young men her "comrades." She cooks food for the comrades and serves them. She sweeps the comrades' floor and cleans up after them. And whenever any of the comrades wants sex, she is raped. Asiatu, 21, is a prisoner of the comrades...Tags: Government, Demonstration, Armed Forces, Rape, Prosecution
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AP IMPACT: US wavered over S. Korean executions
Associated Press WritersThe American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining...Tags: Government, Armed Forces, University of Chicago, Death and Dying, Douglas MacArthur
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Israel TV shows work at cemetery for prisoner swap
Associated Press WriterIsrael TV on Sunday showed tractors working at a cemetery where Lebanese and Palestinian fighters are buried, part of a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah. Israeli military officials said the exhumation of bodies would begin Monday, and...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions, Prisons
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McCain goes to church, visits VA hospital
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown. The senator and his wife Cindy took part in the 75-minute service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church and shook hands with...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Elections, Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Christianity
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Special court for vets addresses more than crime
Associated Press WriterThe first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts. Judge Robert Russell steps down from his bench and from the aloofness of his black robe. He walks into...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Health Treatments, Theodore Roosevelt, Metal and Mineral, Trials
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