2008 Woodie Awards
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Woman involved in Spitzer sex scandal pleads guiltyJune 4, 2008ByA young woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that she ran an international prostitution ring that authorities say set up a sexual liaison between former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and a call girl. Cecil Suwal, 23, of the Bronx, admitted to U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones in Manhattan that for more than three years she took part in the conspiracy to run the Emperors Club VIP and launder the sex business' money. |
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Teen killed by tiger had drugs, alcohol in his system, report showsJune 4, 2008BySAN JOSE, Calif. _ The 17-year-old San Jose teen mauled to death by a San Francisco Zoo tiger on Christmas Day had some alcohol and pot in his bloodstream, according to a coroner's toxicology report. Carlos Sousa Jr. had .04 percent ethanol and 6.6 nannograms of Delta-9 THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in his blood stream, according to a report performed almost six months ago by NMS Labs in Willow Glen, Pa. |
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Pakistani nuclear scientist denies selling bomb secrets, technologyJune 4, 2008ByISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ A.Q. Khan, the renegade nuclear scientist from Pakistan who once admitted helping Iran and Libya obtain nuclear-weapons technology, said Tuesday that he'd only introduced those two "rogue" regimes to Western businessmen who provided the technology and the know-how for their fledgling nuclear-weapons program. |
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Obama clinches nomination, turns to face McCainJune 4, 2008ByWASHINGTON _ Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, seizing a place in American history on the final day of a grueling five-month primary that forced him to battle rival Hillary Clinton to the very end. The 46-year-old senator from Illinois becomes the first African-American ever to win a major political party presidential nomination and lead it into a general election. |
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New satellite photos show Amazon rainforest shrinkingJune 4, 2008ByRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ New satellite photographs show that the destruction of Brazil's fragile Amazon rainforest has exploded this year, fueling fears that the government's efforts to stop deforestation have been fruitless. Brazil's DETER real-time monitoring system found that more than 430 square miles of forest, an area a bit smaller than the city of Los Angeles, vanished in the month of April, while about 2,300 square miles, larger than the state of Delaware, were destroyed between last August and April. |
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General Motors to cease production at 4 factoriesJune 4, 2008ByWILMINGTON, Del. _ General Motors Corp. will idle four truck plants and boost production of cars as part of a plan to respond to a rapidly changing U.S. auto market and align the business for a return to profitability in North America, Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said this morning in advance of the corporation's annual meeting. |
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'Catholic guilt' may be a thing of the pastJune 4, 2008ByRALEIGH, N.C. _ This just in from the myth-busting department: Roman Catholic teens feel no more guilty than other U.S. teenagers. If they cheated on an exam, lied to their parents or engaged in serious petting, it's not bearing down on their conscience, according to a study by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers. |
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New dangers from ban on drivers licenses for illegalsJune 3, 2008ByBENSON, N.C. _ Luz Gonzalez used to take spur-of-the-moment trips to the beach. Now, she is afraid to drive to the doctor for checkups on her new pregnancy. She and her husband, Ismael, can no longer have a savings account or a car registered in their names. |
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