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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - After two months of zig-zagging across Canada by plane, frequent flyer Marc Tacchi has reached his goal of accumulating one million miles of credits -- and become something of an Internet celebrity in the process. On his blog "The Great Canadian Mileage Run 2005," Tacchi reported on Wednesday that he had racked up 1,003,625 mileage points and spent 56 of the last 61 days in an airplane. "I myself need to get to bed in a prone position for some serious rest," he wrote. The 30-year-old embarked on his venture using Air Canada's North America...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A judge will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him stay on the bench after a commission that oversees judges ordered him dismissed because he has three wives. Those pursuing the case against Judge Walter Steed say his plural marriage creates a conflict: After taking an oath to uphold the law, he shouldn't be breaking it. "You can't have it both ways," said Colin Winchester, the executive director of the state's Judicial Conduct Commission. The commission issued an order seeking Steed's removal from the bench in February, after a 14-month investigation...

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Aug 12, 2003 Family, Friends Stunned at Discovery of Millionaire's Double Life By Vickie Chachere Associated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - While their wives drove Rolls Royces and moved among Tampa's elite, Douglas S. Cone and Donald Carlson always seemed busy with business. Cone, the 74-year-old millionaire owner of a Tampa highway construction company, was gone most weekdays. Carlson was also frequently away from home - an absence his family attributed to a sensitive government job that required him to travel for long stretches. But those business trips masked a shocking secret: Douglas S. Cone was Donald Carlson. Cone...

<p>December 29, 2002 -- JERUSALEM - Sen. Joseph Lieberman said yesterday he would probably seek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, following former Vice President Al Gore's decision not to join the race.</p> <p>Lieberman, in the Middle East after visiting U.S. troops in the Gulf, said he would be making a final decision by mid-January.</p>