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<p>A group that helped pull the plug on explicit adult movies at three Cincinnati-area hotels met Monday in Washington, D.C., with 14 other grassroots organizations in hopes of X-ing out such entertainment at lodgings nationwide.</p> <p>"We're going to put on a full-court press ... to educate people that hotels are distributing hard-core pornography," says Phil Burress, president of the Cincinnati-based Citizens for Community Values, one of the groups in the coalition that he says represents at least 20 million families and meets regularly.</p>

<p>U.S. diplomats posted around the world have been sent the following electronic warning from Secretary of State Colin L. Powell in the wake of numerous internal e-mail memos, contents of which, as disclosed by this column, were deemed disrespectful to President Bush and certain members of Congress.</p>

<p>NEW YORK — Many Muslim Americans have faced discrimination since Sept. 11, but one Muslim cleric is working to change the terror-link perception while also working with the community to prevent further terror from within.</p> <p>Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani addressed his followers recently in New Jersey, just miles from Ground Zero, and called for action and change amongst Muslim Americans.</p>

<p>MADRID, Spain -- Morocco is demanding the immediate withdrawal of Spanish forces from a tiny disputed island off the Moroccan coast.</p> <p>Elite Spanish troops evicted Moroccan soldiers from the island during a lightning daybreak operation on Wednesday. Six Moroccan troops were captured. No shots were fired, and no-one was injured.</p>

House OKs life sentences for hackers But time may run out for computer crime bill in Senate WASHINGTON, July 15 — The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday to create a new punishment of life imprisonment for malicious computer hackers. By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime bill that also expands police ability to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order.

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. Army lieutenant whose jaw is wired shut from a bullet wound he received in Afghanistan claims screeners at San Francisco International Airport denied him permission to pass through security with wire clippers used to snap open his jaw in an emergency.</p>

Warrants Served to Religious Sect Written By: Ian Stinson Reported By: Karyn Greer Last Modified: 5/8/2002 5:37:54 PM Federal agents and local police approached the complex of a religious sect in central Georgia. Agents moved into the complex in late afternoon. By 5: 30 p.m., 30 to 35 law enforcement vehicles had moved into the complex at approximately 5:30 p.m. Dozens of law enforcement officers could be seen in the complex. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Putnman County sheriff deputies went to the compound Wednesday to serve warrants. The U.S. Attorneys Office in Macon, Ga., and Putnam County Sheriff...