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Judge won't let killer's sister intervene
May 10 2005 11:13PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A Superior Court judge Tuesday rebuffed an attempt by a sister of serial killer Michael Ross to intervene in the case and stop her brother's execution this week, which would be the first in New England in 45 years.
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Jesse Jackson speaks at Florida school
May 10 2005 10:45PM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Tuesday spoke at the Florida school where a 5-year-old girl was handcuffed and a 6-year-old boy was hit by a car, calling the incidents "acts of terrorism against citizens."
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Six injured after plane clips another
May 10 2005 10:25PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Northwest Airlines DC-9 that had reported hydraulic problems collided with another aircraft Tuesday on the ground at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, injuring six people, officials said.
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Father arrested in slaying of two girls
May 10 2005 10:19PM (CT)
ZION, Ill. (AP) - A man was arrested on murder charges Tuesday in the Mother's Day stabbings of his 8-year-old daughter and the little girl's best friend, who were killed after they went biking in a park.
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Six bodies found at Calif. ranch home
May 10 2005 10:18PM (CT)
GARNER VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - An investigator for the district attorney's office was found dead Tuesday in his sprawling ranch home along with five other people, including three children, who were all shot to death in their beds in the middle of the night, authorities said.
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Former Los Alamos scientist dies
May 10 2005 10:04PM (CT)
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - A former Los Alamos nuclear lab scientist, fired last year in a security scandal that shut down the lab for several weeks, has died.
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Ind. gov. restricts cold medicine access
May 10 2005 9:58PM (CT)
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation Tuesday requiring many stores to keep cold medicines in a locked case or behind a counter if they contain ingredients used to make methamphetamine.
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Pastor accused of running out Dems quits
May 10 2005 9:50PM (CT)
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A Baptist preacher accused of running out nine congregants who disagreed with his Republican politics resigned Tuesday, two days after calling the issue "a great misunderstanding."
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Chicago mayor proposes bar ordinance
May 10 2005 8:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's bars and liquor stores should have to prove they aren't hurting the neighborhood if residents say otherwise and want to shut them down, Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday in announcing plans for a new ordinance.
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Man stands trial in death of 6-year-old
May 10 2005 8:45PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A man went on trial Tuesday for smothering his girlfriend's 6-year-old son and stuffing the body in an unlit oven, with prosecutors urging jurors to reject the defendant's insanity plea and send him to prison.
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Calls for Spokane mayor's ouster increase
May 10 2005 8:36PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Mayor James West began a temporary leave Tuesday as calls continued for his resignation over allegations of child molestation and claims he offered city jobs to men he met in gay online chat rooms.
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Panel recommends no parole for Green Beret
May 10 2005 8:21PM (CT)
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - A federal panel recommended no parole Tuesday for former Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald, whose conviction in the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters was dramatized in the best-selling book and TV miniseries "Fatal Vision."
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Investigators find evidence of voter fraud
May 10 2005 8:04PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A task force looking into potential voter fraud on Election Day said Tuesday that it found more than 200 felons voted illegally and more than 100 instances of people voting twice or using fake names and addresses.
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N.Y. mayor orders police, fire cooperate
May 10 2005 7:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A day after police and fire officials clashed over how to respond to biological, chemical or radiological attacks, Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned that anyone who doesn't follow the city's new emergency protocol will be out of a job.
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Car found in in case of missing toddler
May 10 2005 7:48PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Police in Mexico on Tuesday found a car belonging to a man suspected of strangling his wife and fleeing with her 16-month-old boy.
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Lawsuit in L.A. seeks return of art
May 10 2005 7:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An 84-year-old man filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a museum and the government of Spain demanding the return of an Impressionist painting that was allegedly taken from his family by the Nazis.
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Judge enters pleas in 'Precious Doe' case
May 10 2005 7:33PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge entered not-guilty pleas Tuesday for the mother and stepfather charged with murdering a little girl found beheaded in Kansas City four years ago.
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Calif. panels reject gay marriage ban
May 10 2005 7:25PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Two legislative committees on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages and strip away a long list of rights granted to domestic partners in recent years.
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Officer accused of sending home Iraq arms
May 10 2005 6:52PM (CT)
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - An Air Force officer denied responsibility for shipping home AK-47 assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other illegal souvenirs from Iraq as his court-martial began Monday.
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Philanthropist lobs complaint about Mont.
May 10 2005 6:20PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The University of Montana received a terse letter recently from a rich man: Until Montanans start showing a little more appreciation for out-of-state landowners like him, don't expect a donation.
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Judge suggests new corruption, ethics laws
May 10 2005 5:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A day after Philadelphia's former treasurer and two bankers were convicted on corruption charges, the judge in the case suggested new laws and tougher enforcement of ethics rules are needed to clean up city government.
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Ex-Gov. Cuomo settles libel suit
May 10 2005 5:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Gov. Mario Cuomo settled a $15 million libel lawsuit he filed against the author and publisher of a book that said Cuomo improperly influenced a federal judge to toss out a multibillion-dollar verdict against a utility company.
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Crimes, complaints involving Muslims rise
May 10 2005 5:48PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The number of reported bias crimes and civil rights violations committed against Muslims in the United States soared to its highest level last year since the period immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a new report finds.
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S.C. governor doubts black will be elected
May 10 2005 5:45PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Gov. Mark Sanford said that it might be a long time before a black candidate is elected to statewide office in South Carolina, raising a few eyebrows but prompting agreement from some black leaders.
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Ridge: Homeland cautious on alert level
May 10 2005 5:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Homeland Security Department usually has been the federal agency most reluctant to raise the national terror alert level, former Secretary Tom Ridge said Tuesday.
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Virginia to send snipers to Md. for trial
May 10 2005 5:16PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo will stand trial next in Maryland, where six of the 10 slayings that terrorized the Washington area in the fall of 2002 took place, Virginia's governor decided Tuesday.
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GM recalling 300,000 trucks, SUVs
May 10 2005 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - General Motors Corp. is recalling more than 300,000 trucks and sport utility vehicles because of problems with the turn signal on some vehicles, the company said Tuesday.
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Navy probing how man boarded U.S. carrier
May 10 2005 4:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy is investigating how a man was able to sneak on board an American aircraft carrier in port in England last month.
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Defrocked Mo. priest to stay in prison
May 10 2005 4:46PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A defrocked priest whose sexual misconduct conviction was thrown out wants to stay behind bars for fear he will be a "sitting duck" to vigilantes, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Virginia to send snipers to Md. trial
May 10 2005 4:45PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo will stand trial next in Maryland, where six of the 10 slayings that terrorized the Washington area in the fall of 2002 took place, Virginia's governor decided Tuesday.
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New York's Museum of Biblical Art opens
May 10 2005 4:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Museum of Biblical Art, one of the few in America to explore the theme, opens Thursday with a striking show of works on scriptural motifs by self-taught, Southern folk artists.
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Baltimore airport renamed for Marshall
May 10 2005 4:39PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The governor signed a bill Tuesday renaming Baltimore-Washington International Airport for Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Vietnam vets' remains buried in Arlington
May 10 2005 4:37PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - As a Marine band played taps and a hawk circled overhead, Phillip Dale Tycz said he felt his brother had finally come home.
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Judge bars discussion of Mideast conflict
May 10 2005 4:31PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys for a former college professor accused of raising money for a Palestinian terrorist group may not introduce the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of their defense at his upcoming trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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Trial begins for San Diego councilmen
May 10 2005 4:21PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two city councilmen, including the man in line to become interim mayor, went on trial Tuesday on federal charges that they took money in exchange for trying to ease restrictions on touching dancers at strip clubs.
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GOP faces division over role of government
May 10 2005 4:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans tend to agree that government's role in Americans' lives should be limited, but issues like the Terri Schiavo case have exposed cracks in GOP unity, pitting traditional conservatives against those who intervened on her behalf, according to a polling analysis.
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Runaway bride enters treatment program
May 10 2005 3:50PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks has checked herself into an inpatient medical treatment program to deal with "physical and mental issues" that drove her to skip town just days before her wedding, a spokesman for her family's church said Tuesday.
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U.N. may move to Brooklyn temporarily
May 10 2005 3:37PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - United Nations delegates, welcome to ... Brooklyn? U.N. planners have found commercial space across the East River in Brooklyn that could serve as a temporary home while the United Nations' iconic glass-and-steel headquarters in Manhattan gets a long-overdue renovation, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report Tuesday.
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Possible voter fraud found in Milwaukee
May 10 2005 3:17PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - About 4,500 more ballots than registered voters were cast in the election last November in Milwaukee, investigators said Tuesday.
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Business, government debate climate change
May 10 2005 3:13PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In a daylong brainstorming "summit," a dozen U.S. state treasurers and hundreds of financiers and other major investors debated ways Tuesday to pressure more U.S. companies into dealing openly with the financial risk of climate change and with ways to reduce it.
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Blix criticizes U.S. nuclear policy
May 10 2005 2:58PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Washington isn't taking "the common bargain" of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as seriously as it once did, and that's dimming global support for the U.S. campaign to shut down the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs, the former chief U.N. weapons inspector said.
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Maryland developer to restore slave cabin
May 10 2005 1:57PM (CT)
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - A tumbledown shack that may have been a slave cabin in the mid-1800s has been discovered in a field and will be restored where it stands in a soon-to-be-built neighborhood of million-dollar homes _ most of which will probably be owned by blacks.
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Pa. War College could be closed
May 10 2005 1:41PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - Far from the front lines, Tommy Franks, Norman Schwarzkopf and other generals have found a peaceful place to study on the bucolic grounds of the U.S. Army War College.
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Federal agents seize 1,000 fake badges
May 10 2005 1:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man has been charged with possessing an illegal cache of about 1,000 counterfeit law enforcement badges, authorities said Tuesday.
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Missouri hailed for juvenile justice plan
May 10 2005 12:55PM (CT)
FULTON, Mo. (AP) - Cynthia Cheever did her time at a juvenile detention center with strict rules but no cells, no guards, no electric fences. There was frozen pizza in the fridge, and the right to call other offenders into a circle to talk about problems before they could erupt into violence.
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Nevada brothels want to be good neighbor
May 10 2005 12:48PM (CT)
MOUND HOUSE, Nev. (AP) - Nevada's legal brothels are feeling like the wife who slips into her sexiest negligee and still can't get her husband to put the newspaper down.
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Correction: Religion-Today story
May 10 2005 12:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a May 6 story about the debate between the religious right and left on political matters, The Associated Press erroneously characterized a quote by R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
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Amusement park manager faces murder trial
May 10 2005 11:55AM (CT)
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The manager of a roadside amusement park in a Great Smoky Mountains tourist town is to stand trial for murder this week, accused in the death of a woman who plunged 60 feet from a whirling carnival ride.
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Runaway bride enters treatment program
May 10 2005 11:55AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks has voluntarily entered an inpatient medical treatment program, a spokesman for her family's church said Tuesday.
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Highway shooter won't risk death penalty
May 10 2005 11:30AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday said they will not seek the death penalty when they retry the man who admitted to a highway shooting spree that left one woman dead and terrorized commuters.
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Investigation vowed in L.A. shooting
May 10 2005 10:00AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities promised a full investigation Tuesday into why deputies riddled a sport utility vehicle and a Compton neighborhood with 120 bullets after the driver led them on a chase, wounding an unarmed driver and possibly striking a deputy.
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Dallas fake drug scandal examined
May 10 2005 9:50AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Prosecutors and police had a "them against us" attitude that contributed to dozens of innocent people being sent to jail after fake drugs consisting of crushed billiards chalk were planted on them, a report found.
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Man accused of stealing from ATM users
May 10 2005 9:34AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man with ties to the Russian mob used secretly installed bank card readers and spy cameras to record passwords and steal at least $400,000 from ATM users over the past two years, authorities said.
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Sheriff's office faulted in doctor death
May 10 2005 8:25AM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - The sheriff's office was partly to blame for the death of a psychiatrist who was strangled by a jail inmate during a mental evaluation conducted in a soundproof room, a jury found.
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U.S. judge OKs Calif. antismog enforcement
May 10 2005 7:39AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a Southern California clean-air agency may impose its antismog rules on city buses, waste haulers and other public fleet vehicles.
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Ohio death-penalty foes seek moratorium
May 10 2005 7:25AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Seven men were put to death in Ohio last year _ second only in the nation to Texas. That number _ along with the fact that 16 men have been executed since Ohio resumed executions in 1999 _ is being used by skeptics of the state's death penalty system to call for a moratorium, citing findings by The Associated Press.
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Americans aren't planning for hurricanes
May 10 2005 7:17AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Most residents along the East and Gulf coasts don't plan to take even simple steps to protect themselves and their homes from hurricanes, despite the devastation caused by five hurricanes that struck the United States last year, according to a new poll.
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Families back reopening of Ga. murder case
May 10 2005 7:11AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Some relatives of children who were killed in a series of slayings that terrorized the Atlanta area more than 20 years ago believe the wrong man was blamed for most of the killings, and they are hopeful a new investigation will uncover the real culprit.
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Fired worker kills one at Calif. clinic
May 10 2005 7:03AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man who was fired from a mental health center last year returned to the office Monday and opened fire with a handgun, killing one employee. Two others tackled the gunman as he reached for a shotgun, police said.
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School bus crash in Mo. kills two in cars
May 10 2005 5:25AM (CT)
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - A school bus slammed into two vehicles at an intersection, killing two people in the cars and injuring 23 elementary students who were headed to class in the morning.
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Fisher-Price recalls pogo sticks, push toys
May 10 2005 5:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Toy maker Fisher-Price Inc. is recalling about 150,000 defective Grow-to-Pro Pogo Sticks and about 50,000 Lil' Wagster Dragster push toys because they pose an injury risk to children, government regulators said Tuesday.
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U-Haul renter charged in airport scare
May 10 2005 4:59AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man who disrupted travel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport earlier this month when he abandoned a stolen rental truck at the curb has surrendered to airport police.
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Poll: Villaraigosa leads LA mayor's race
May 10 2005 4:08AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mayor James Hahn has reduced rival Antonio Villaraigosa's lead over the past month but remains 11 points behind with the election a week away, according to a Los Angeles Times poll released Tuesday.
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Hospital's ties to medical school at risk
May 10 2005 2:38AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - County health officials have issued an ultimatum to a medical school affiliated with a troubled inner-city teaching hospital: shape up or risk having ties severed.
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College recruitment targets new immigrants
May 10 2005 2:15AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Jesus Gaytan is one of only a few dozen Hispanic students on the Doane College campus, and he wants that to change. So do college administrators.
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Court favors U.N. on oil-for-food papers
May 10 2005 12:46AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.S. federal judge granted lawyers for the U.N. oil-for-food probe a temporary restraining order that bars a former investigator from turning over secret documents to a pair of U.S. congressional committees.
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