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September, 3-4, 2005 DAILY LOTTERY
A newspaper with issues
Volume 4, Issue 253
L.A. isn’t drain on SM Bay cleanup
Sun sets on Twilight
SUPER LOTTO 2 8 13 23 27 Meganumber: 15 Jackpot: $25 Million
FANTASY 5 4 28 30 31 36
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BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
NEWS OF THE WEIRD CHUCK
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In incidents two weeks apart in July, men in New York City and Trenton, Ohio, arrived for Internet-chat-roomarranged trysts with “teenage girls” (who were, of course, police officers operating stings), even though they apparently could not find baby sitters. Alan Schaefer, 43, was arrested in Greenwich Village while walking down a street with his 14-month-old son in one arm and holding the hand of a very young-looking policewoman. Wouldbe Clinton Township, Ohio, politician Hank Hill was arrested when he showed up to meet a “14-year-old girl,” and according to WEWS-TV, in his truck were Viagra, condoms, lubricant and his 22-month-old son.
TODAY IN HISTORY
On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain officially ended the Revolutionary War. In 1658, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, died.
INDEX Horoscopes Act on a wish, Scorpio
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Surf Report Water temperature: 68°
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Opinion Read between the lines
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Commentary U.S. leaders need to lead
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State 6
National Papa don’t play
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Comics Strips tease
Suspect being sought after attempted rape
Arrests in local terrorism case example of homegrown threat
By Daily Press staff
BY JEREMIAH MARQUEZ
LOCAL
Today is the 246th day of 2005. There are 119 days left in the year.
What a gas!
Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Bass player Prescott Niles of the Knack jams before a captive audience Thursday night on the Santa Monica Pier. The band’s lively set marked the season finale of the 21st Annual Twilight Dance Series concerts.
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ARCADE TERRACE — A man who attempted a rape and failed is wanted by the Santa Monica police for assault. At 9:50 p.m. on Sept. 1, the Santa Monica police responded to Arcade Terrace regarding an attempted sexual assault. After officers arrived on the scene, they concluded the suspect entered the residence through a partially open door. Once inside the residence, the suspect attempted to sexually assault the victim. The suspect took the victim’s purse before fleeing the location.
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LOS ANGELES — An alleged plot targeting military facilities, synagogues and other Los Angeles-area sites — including a Santa Monica recruitment center — has highlighted what experts say is a growing terrorist threat: homegrown American militants operating with little or no help from Islamic extremists abroad. Four suspects were charged this week with conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government through terrorism. Named in the federal indictment were Levar Haley Washington, 25; Gregory Vernon Patterson, 21; Kevin James, 29; and Hammad Riaz Samana, 21, believed to be a for-
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mer Santa Monica College student. All but Samana, a Pakistani national, are American born and Muslim converts. Counterterrorism officials have found no evidence directly connecting the group — described as the cell of a California prison gang of radical Muslims — to al-Qaida or other foreign terror networks. Law enforcement officials and terrorism experts said it could represent one of the first Islamic terrorism cases involving U.S. natives without those connections. Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror strikes, an international dragnet has broken up training camps, disrupted finances and sent terrorist leaders underground, making it all
SANTA MONICA BAY — A local environmental watchdog group has concluded that a sewage settlement for $2 billion against Los Angeles did the most to preserve the Santa Monica Bay and other coastal areas last year. Environment Now, a Santa Monica-based non-profit group, announced in an August report that the victorious settlement involving the Santa Monica Baykeeper against the city of Los Angeles was the most impressive legal action to further the cause of coastal protection in 2004. According to the group, Los Angeles is fulfilling its obligations under the agreement. Terry O’Day, chief operating officer for Environment Now, said the sewage settlement is a landmark achievement that will have
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