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var singleTopic = true;




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new sa('Mehserle to be tried in downtown L.A.;  THE BART POLICE SHOOTING', 
       '', 
       'November 20, 2009 Friday', 
	   'l:1078370906',
       ' The San Francisco Chronicle (California)', 
       '2083',
       'Home Page news', 
       '', 
       '100005246', 

       ''),
  
	

new sa('Officer plans to appeal ruling regarding retaliation', 
       '', 
       'November 18, 2009 Wednesday', 
	   'l:1078372892',
       ' The Beach Reporter (Manhattan Beach, California)', 
       '2083',
       'Home Page news', 
       '', 
       '100005246', 

       ''),
  
	

new sa('Decision in lawsuit favors city', 
       '', 
       'November 19, 2009 Thursday', 
	   'l:1078372579',
       ' The Times (Munster, Indiana)', 
       '2083',
       'Home Page news', 
       '', 
       '100005246', 

       ''),
  
	

new sa('BRIEF: Crank gets three years for student loan scam', 
       '', 
       'November 19, 2009 Thursday', 
	   'l:1078372532',
       ' Tahlequah Daily Press (Oklahoma)', 
       '2083',
       'Home Page news', 
       '', 
       '100005246', 

       ''),
  
	

new sa('Local man sentenced in downtown stabbing', 
       '', 
       'November 19, 2009 Thursday', 
	   'l:1078372348',
       ' The Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, New York)', 
       '2083',
       'Home Page news', 
       '', 
       '100005246', 

       ''),
  


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