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A change you can't believe: 'Barack Osama' on absentee ballots in upstate NY county
Associated Press WriterTROY, N.Y. (AP) _ Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two...Tags: Osama bin Laden, New York, Voting, Referenda, Terrorism
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Mistakes Get Costlier
Medicare's refusal to reimburse hospitals for medical mistakes is likely to make hospitals extra-diligent in avoiding so-called "never" events — preventable situations that should never happen in a hospital, such as doing surgery on the wrong body...Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Health Organizations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Private Health Care
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Dad steps in for debit-card disaster
E All parents want to protect their children from harm and failure. That was Alan Zulich's first instinct when his 24-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, ran into a mysterious financial mishap. It came after a three-day stay at the Fenwick Inn in Ocean...Tags: Rooms and Sublets, Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure, Rentals, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Officials of Metrolink operator comment on deadly crash
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTop officials with the firm that contracts to run Metrolink trains made their first public comments Sunday night about last month's deadly head-on collision of a passenger train with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth. "Words cannot express...Tags: Public Transportation, Chatsworth, Transportation, Engineering, Transportation Accidents
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Rays say no bad blood with White Sox
Tribune staff reporterA.J. Pierzynski's ploy that helped the White Sox earn a 6-5 victory in 10 innings on Aug. 24 rattled Tampa Bay. But the Rays insisted Wednesday they hold no grudges against the Pierzynski, who initially was ruled to have been obstructed on the base paths...Tags: U.S. Cellular Field, Major League Baseball, American League, A.J. Pierzynski, Baseball
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Longoria: No bad-blood clash
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A.J. Pierzynski's ploy that helped the White Sox earn a 6-5 victory in 10 innings on Aug. 24 rattled Tampa Bay. But the Rays insisted Wednesday they hold no grudges against Pierzynski, who initially was ruled to have been...Tags: U.S. Cellular Field, Major League Baseball, A.J. Pierzynski, Baseball, Chicago White Sox
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Judge sends jury home, considers ordering mistrial in Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption case
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ A federal judge angrily halted the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens on Thursday after the Alaska lawmaker's attorney accused prosecutors of withholding evidence that would help their case. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan...Tags: Ethics, Witnesses, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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Judges weighs mistrial in Stevens case after defense says government withheld evidence
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) _ The government's high-profile prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens appeared in jeopardy Thursday after his lawyers persuaded a judge to suspend the senator's corruption trial for the day and consider throwing out the charges. The defense, in...Tags: Court Administration, Witnesses, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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Metrolink adding second engineer to some trains
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUnder new pressure to swiftly increase safety measures, Metrolink will begin adding a second engineer to some of its commuter trains in the first visible reform since a deadly crash in Chatsworth. Chief Executive David R. Solow made the announcement...Tags: Barbara Boxer, Parliament, Trials, Police, Injuries
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Paper ballots won't be the panacea Broward County hoped for
On paper, the return to paper ballots seems a good idea. In reality, it amounts to logistical torture by a million paper cuts. Every step of the way, from printing to counting to sorting to storing, something can go wrong. The August debut of optical...Tags: Law Enforcement, Broward County, Voting, Political Candidates, Police
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California's rail tragedy unlikely to happen in Central Florida
The recent collision of a commuter-rail train and a freight train in California has raised some questions about the proposed Central Florida commuter-rail system. In developing infrastructure, the Florida Legislature's first and foremost concern must...Tags: Lower House, Parliament, Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad, Orange County (Florida)
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Detroit mayor, police chief close city's crime lab after errors found in evidence collection
Associated Press WriterDETROIT (AP) _ The Detroit police crime lab was shut down by the city's new mayor and police chief after an outside audit found errors in some evidence used to prosecute cases involving murder and other crimes, officials said Thursday. Wrongful...Tags: Witnesses, Punishment, Kwame Kilpatrick, Police, Murder
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