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States Use Spending Spree on Tax Cuts, New Programs

Tax cuts, new cash to health care programs, blueprints for new roads and schools — states have jumped into 2006 with ambitious plans to spend the money pouring into their coffers, a windfall that’s just in time for governors and legislators as they start re-election campaigns. The spending spree is …

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Lawyer Pleads Not Guilty in Hollywood Wiretapping Probe

LOS ANGELES – A prominent attorney who represented billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian pleaded not guilty Tuesday in connection with a Hollywood wiretapping scandal. Terry Christensen, 65, of Beverly Hills is among 13 people facing federal charges in an alleged wiretapping scheme involving Hollywood celebrities and executives. Christensen appeared in court …

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Bush Admin. Accuses Belarus' Govt. of Involvement in Murders

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Monday accused Belarus‘ authoritarian government of involvement in the murders of a pro-democracy businessman and an independent journalist. To underscore U.S. disapproval of the ex-Soviet republic’s behavior, Bush and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley met with the victims’ widows, Svyatlana Zavadskaya and Irina Krasovskaya. …

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