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Engineer Becomes First Sentenced Under Economic Espionage Act

SAN JOSE, Calif. – An engineer who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese Navy was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in federal prison, in the first sentencing for a newly defined intellectual property crime. Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 44, was sentenced on the rare charge of …

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Severe Storms Across Country Blamed for Three Deaths

ANNANDALE, Va. – Severe storms that downed power lines and trees across a large swath of the country Wednesday were blamed for three deaths. A woman died Wednesday afternoon when a tree fell on a vehicle in Annandale, a Washington, D.C., suburb, a fire department spokesman said. Earlier Wednesday, authorities …

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Elton John Is Belle of This Year's Oscar Party Circuit

LOS ANGELES – With Vanity Fair sitting out this year’s celebrations, the belle of the Oscars parties was a piano playing Elton John. The 60-year-old singer’s 16th annual viewing dinner and after-party benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation topped other bashes Sunday, with 750 guests and a bevy of A-list …

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