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Sushi chef, restaurant charged with serving endangered whale

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered Sei whale, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

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Lockheed cost overruns to spark review: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 program, the Pentagon’s biggest acquisition ever, is crashing through a cost-growth threshold that will spark a thorough review of the program, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer told Congress on Thursday.

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U.S. judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp may pursue an international arbitration claim over environmental pollution allegations in Ecuador, a judge ruled on Thursday, part of a long-running case that carries a potential $27 billion liability for the second-largest U.S. oil company.

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NY AG Cuomo says has removed himself from gov probe

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he had “removed himself” from two ethics probes of his fellow Democrat, Governor David Paterson.

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Gang member convicted of murdering Broncos player

DENVER (Reuters) - A member of a Denver-area Crips street gang was convicted on Thursday in the 2007 murder of Denver Broncos football player Darrent Williams after an altercation at a local nightclub.

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U.S. weighs post-Toyota "black box" for cars

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators are weighing whether to make “black boxes” mandatory for all new vehicles in response to recent unintended acceleration problems in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles.

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U.S. weighs post-Toyota "black box" for cars

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators are weighing whether to make “black boxes” mandatory for all new vehicles in response to recent unintended acceleration problems in Toyota Motor Corp vehicles.

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U.S. children turn to inhaling to get high: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More 12-year-olds in the United States admit to using potentially deadly inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

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More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.

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Ex-policeman pleads guilty in Katrina killing case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former New Orleans police detective who now works as a U.S. immigration agent has pleaded guilty to helping cover up the shooting deaths of two people by police days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

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