New McMartin Judge Picked
Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg replaces Judge William Pounders in the McMartin Buckey case. The three-year trial cost over 15 million dollars. Buckeys were acquitted on 53 counts, with retrial set for Raymond Buckey on 13 counts. Weisberg, 47, previously spent 18 years as a Los Angeles County prosecutor.
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Ver Am de Nates
Superior Court
Stanley Weisberg
Wiliam Pounders
Peggy McMarin Buckey
Raymond
Buckeys
Gary Klausner
Les Superior Court
Central Criminal Division
Weisberg
Klausner
Pounders
Michael Hoff
Los Angeles
Vicky Morgan
Nightmarish testimony in Exxon Valdez case at anchorage
Expert witness Greiner Jr. described a nightmare scenario of flooding and deaths from Hazelwood’s attempt to free the Exxon Valdez from Bligh Reef. He testified the ship could have flooded crew below and risked lives by driving the tanker off the reef as defense argued the vessel could not move after striking the reef. The oil spill, nearly 11 million gallons, devastated Prince William Sound wildlife and coastline. Hazelwood, 43, faces charges of drunken and reckless conduct for leaving the bridge before the accident and attempting to move the ship afterward.
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Alaska
Joseph Hazelwood
Exxon
Exxon Valdez
Prince William Sound
Hazelwood
Huntington
N.Y
Rocky Statue Battle Sparks Philly Tug of War
Philadelphia activists race to keep the 800 pound Rocky statue on the Art Museum stairs as lawyers and politicians weigh the prop versus tourism. James Binns supports Stallone backed by Mayor Goode while Museum President Scott opposes.
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Rocky Balboa
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Spectrum Sports Arena
South
Philadelphia Palooka
Sylvester Stallone
Stallone
Rocky
Museum
Robert Montgomery Scott
James Binns
Binns
W. Wilson Goode
Durable Goods Orders Plunge in January Report
Washington reports January durable goods orders fell sharply with total shipments at $118.2 billion, led by transportation equipment including aircraft and parts. Excluding transportation, orders declined 3.4 percent as high interest rates curb spending and investment. Non defense capital goods rose 18.7 percent after prior gains.
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Washington
U.S
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Federal Reserve
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Commerce Department
Revelers Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS Revelers fill the French Quarter for Gras a week of parades street parties and revelry before Lent. Thousands arrived for dozens of parades as Zulu planned coconut giveaways and Comus the oldest krewe prepared to close the day. Deputy Police Chief Arnesta Taylor said crowds looked larger than in recentCarnival seasons with over 1 million locals and visitors expected.
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Cindy Summers
Ruth Wiese
Bourbon Street
New Orleans
Comus
Arnesta Taylor
All Drug Use Immoral Survey Finds 61 Percent Support Illegality
A Drug Policy Foundation survey shows 61 percent believe all drug use is immoral and should be illegal while 35 percent oppose that view. About 68 percent favor treatment and counseling over fines and imprisonment, even if drugs were legal, with 21 percent supporting punitive approaches.
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Drug Policy Foundation
Ameri
One in Four Young Black Men In Jail Says Report
A Sentencing Project study says 609,690 black men aged 20 to 29, about 23 percent, were in prison or on probation or parole mid 1989, sparking calls for reform. White men in the same age range totaled 1,054,508 in custody or supervision, with 238,255 Hispanic men also in the system.
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John Conyers
D-Mich
House Government Operations Committee
Conyers
General Accounting Office
Congressional
Criminal
NASA Eyes Sixth Atlantis Launch Amid Dim Weather
NASA aimed for a sixth attempt to launch Atlantis on a secret military mission from Cape Canaveral. Forecasters gave a 40 percent chance of liftoff due to high winds and clouds. The 4 day mission reportedly seeks a $500 million satellite for detailed imagery and signals intelligence.
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Fla
NASA
Air Force
Space Agency
Bruce Buckingham
Atlantis
John O. Creighton
Navy
Houston
Forbes Funeral Marks End of an Extravagant Era
Malcolm Forbes, noted balloonist and publisher of the Forbes magazine, was buried in a pine coffin after a funeral at Church of St. John on the Mountain in Bernardsville New Jersey. The service reflected a restrained ceremony after a life of lavish parties and public attention.
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N.J
Malcolm Forbes
St. John
Forbes
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