Jackson Crew Paid Off Drug Traffickers in Rio Film Shoot
Rio papers report Michael Jackson production crew paid protection money to a cocaine kingpin to film scenes for They Don t Care About Us in a city slum. The claim centers on bribes to secure filming access as officials and locals reacted to the production.
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Michael Jackson
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Kevorkian trial delayed over juror questions on law
The Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted death case was delayed while a three judge panel reviews juror voir dire on opinions about the law. Circuit Judge Jessica Cooper reversed a prior ruling and barred jurors from answering about the expired state law or religion and banned questionnaires by either side.
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Jack Kevorkian
Jessica Cooper
Haitians Impatient With Selection in Haiti
Nearly a week after Rene Preval became president, no one runs his government. Investors and ruling party members grow impatient as Preval negotiates with Parliament over a new premier. Bailly warns that hesitation widens investor wariness about funding Haiti’s economy.
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Rurt-Au-Rrinve
Haiti
Rene Preval
Preval
Gerard Bailly
Haitian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates and Details
Subscription rates listed for HOME DELIVERY COUNTY MAIL and OTHER MAIL. The Aiken Standard, SSN 0893 2557, established 1067, is published weekday afternoons and weekend mornings by Aiken Communications Inc. mailing address and postmaster details included.
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Flood cleanup begins after Northwest flood losses surge
Oregon Governor Kitzhaber cited uninsured losses around 400 million as flood cleanup starts in Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana face hundreds more in damage. Shelters hold up to 2000 people as Vernonia and surrounding areas haul away mud filled debris while livestock losses and hatchery fish deaths mount. Road repairs on I 84 across the Columbia Gorge face months or years of work.
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Portland
Ore
Northwest
Oregon
John Kitzhaber
Washington
Idaho
Montana
American Red Cross
Salem
Columbia Gorge
Oregon Department of Transportation
Hidden balm arc revealed at Ein Gedi watchtower
Archaeologists Yizhar Hirschfeld and Jonathan Rosenfeld uncovered a 4th to 6th century watchtower and village at Ein Gedi. They say a rare balsam oil from persimmon trees, used to anoint kings, was produced in two stone vats connected by a canal. The tree species is now extinct.
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Ein Gedi
Israel
Dead Sea
Hebrew University
Yizhar Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld
Jonathan Rosenfeld
University of Hartford
Associated Press
Jericho
Government Moves To Speed Vaccine Search
Bethesda Md AP The government aims to speed AIDS vaccine development by partnerships with drug companies starting with a two dose vaccine tested in about 500 volunteers. Dr Anthony Fauci of NIH says industry and government must cooperate. Even with cooperation vaccines are years away and initial vaccines will be less than ideal. He warns of 85 percent effectiveness and frames it as a preventive approach.
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Bethesda, Md
Anthony Fauci
National Institutes of Health
Fauci
Vaccine testing faces human nature and infection risk
Researchers note that behavior may change if people believe vaccination lowers infection risk. About 25 experimental HIV vaccines are in human testing worldwide, mostly in early phase trials, amid cautious optimism and ongoing study.
Comatose Rochester Woman Pregnant Faces Tragic Birth
A six month pregnant comatose woman, in a 29 year life marked by trauma, carried to term after a rape while in a nursing home. Her parents refuse abortion as doctors monitor the fragile pregnancy. The story traces her early promise, illness, and ongoing condition.
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Cornell University
Ithaca
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
Boston
Westfall
Brighton
Rochester
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