Security breach probes training program for foreign police tutors
Justice Department inspector general Michael Bromwich leads an inquiry into whether officials and agents who train foreign policemen and prosecutors compromised US intelligence secrets and misused contractors. The program, begun in 1986, has trained police from South America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.
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Justice Department
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Justice
South America
Caribbean
Europe
Gingrich touts Contract With America wins at Lungren fund raiser
House speaker Newt Gingrich defends the Contract With America as Republicans say they won a referendum in last year’s elections. He cites tax cuts and a balanced budget deal with Clinton and notes two terms in the House for the first time since 1928.
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Rampage Shatters Rural Quiet in Colebrook NH
In Colebrook New Hampshire the quiet town of 2400 residents was shattered when Carl Drega 67 shot dead Judge Vickie Bunnell 44 and two state troopers Scott Phillips 32 and Leslie Lord 45 after a traffic stop escalated into a 45 minute gun battle ending with Drega killed and reporter Dennis Joos 51 fatally wounded as the mob scene unfolded outside a newspaper office.
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Vickie Bunnell
Ea ‘Bunnell
News and Sentinel
Drega
Kenn Stransky
Stransky
Carl Drega
New Hampshire
Scott Phillips
Leslie Lord
Pittsburg
Bunnell
Columbia
Bunell
Dennis Joos
Barney teams with Bill Gates in new interactive toy launch
Microsoft debuts a 2 000 word vocabulary Barney doll priced at 99 with 60 video and CD ROM accessories in a push to make electronic learning fun. The NY FAO Schwarz display drew mixed reactions from parents and toy experts as QVC sold 6,000 units in 36 minutes.
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Microsoft Corp
Barney
Redmond
Microsoft
Rick Thompson
Stacey Lewis
FAO Schwarz
Joanne Oppenheim
Doreen Giampiola
Haverhill
Mass
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Court fight over retirement hike ends for officers
Four Spartanburg County police officers lost a bid to collect 446 million dollars in retirement pay claimed for more than 32 000 state employees. Circuit Judge Luke Brown ruled that 1986 amendments to the retirement law did not entitle workers to higher benefits. The court found the Legislature did not intend a significant increase in retirement benefits. The officers plan to appeal.
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Spartanburg
Luke Brown
Brown
Mike Spears
Citadel hazing case dropped amid political pressure
Charleston prosecutors drop charges in hazing of two women aiming to join The Citadel after pressure from attorneys and political figures. Divergent cases follow including Lexington murder prosector denying secret neotape exists and media ban on 1995 conversations. Bamberg to host Nash Produce plant with up to 25 jobs, year round goal. MUSC HCA suit cited as deal collapses, society says case off.
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Charleston
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Schwacke
Jeanie Mentavlos
Dick Harpootlian
Harpootlian
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Lexington
Jack Duncan
Bamberg
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Clemson
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Nash Produce
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Nash
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MUSC
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Medical University of South Carolina
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation
Medical Society of South Carolina
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James B. Edwards
Muller
Edwards
Aiken Standard Publishing Details and Subscription Rates
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes weekday afternoons and weekend mornings by Aiken Communications Inc. Address box 456 Rutland Drive Alien SC 129802. Postmaster changes to box 456 Aiken SC 20002. Home delivery and mail rates listed with multiple monthly and yearly options. Advance payments accepted.
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Aiken Communications Inc
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