Relatives sue over Philadelphia story alleged theft
The family of New York lawyer Geoffrey Bowers sues Tri Star Pictures director Jonathan Demme and producer Scott Rudin in federal court demanding 10 million dollars for allegedly ripping off his AIDS related life story. Tri Star says the film drew on many cases.
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Harding Clings To Innocence In Kerrigan Case
Tonya Harding maintains she did not authorize the attack on Nancy Kerrigan as Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty to racketeering and Tucker Eckardt and two others face charges. The U S Figure Skating Association mulls a possible disciplinary hearing while Gillooly faces 24 months in prison and a $100000 fine under a plea deal.
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Weaver Said Here the Case ‘‘Would Never Get To That Point.” Committee
Bill Hubl
U.S. Olympic Committee
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Shawn Eckardt
Kerrigan
U.S
Detroit
Leafdesk
Ron Hoover
Whitney Boise
US drug prices higher than UK claims GAO study
GAO report says major brand drugs cost 60 percent more in the United States than in Britain with Nordette 17 times higher, Valium 10 times, and Inderal nearly nine times. Rep. Waxman says prices burden the elderly and calls for cost controls while industry counters that comparisons pit the best system against a weaker one.
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Investigative Army Congress
Henry A. Waxman
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Waxman
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee On Health and the Environment
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
GAO
Smoking in 20s Raises Colorectal Cancer Risk
Studies of 165000 people link cigarette smoking to colon or rectal cancer in both men and women. Risk persists even after quitting, rising with greater cigarette exposure. Harvard and Brigham and Women’s researchers emphasize a dose related causal connection and note quitting lowers other smoking related diseases.
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Tuan Nguyen
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American Cancer Society
Journal of the
National Institute of Cancer
Michael J. Thun
Atlanta
Thun
Washington
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Edward Giovannucci
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston
Channin Laboratory
Harvar School of Public Health
Giovannucci
Jonathan E. Fielding
University of California At Los Angeles Schools of Public Health and Medicine
Harvard School of Public Health
Brigham and Women
Names In The News and Public Figures Trivia
A mishmash of celebrity notes and legal items, including a settled trademark suit between Clover-Storne tta Farms and the Cousteau Society over a billboard featuring a diving cow named Jacques Cousteau. Sophia Loren eyes Walk of Fame star celebration and Jay Leno comments on job security amid NBC executive talks.
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Jay Leno
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Leno
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Huck Finn
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