Tax Free Clothing Spree Lifts New York Retail sales
Niagara Falls shoppers and stores benefit as New York exempts clothing and shoes under 500 dollars from sales tax through Friday. Gov Pataki and retailers report strong weekend traffic with expectations of possible expansion and higher purchases like multiple pants per shopper.
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Niagara Falls
Danette Bradley
Brooks Brothers Clothing
Bradley
Niagara International Factory
New Jersey
Nia
Gara County
New York City
Ted Petrikus
Retail Council of
New York State
George Pataki
Macy's
Pataki
Zillar Rahaman
Bloomingdale's
Joe Gordon
Summations Begin in Simpson Civil Trial
The plaintiffs seek to make history and the defense hopes to repeat it as summations start in the J. Simpson wrongful death case in Santa Monica. Four lawyers present two days of rhetoric as jurors prepare to decide if Simpson is liable for the 1994 killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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Calif
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Loyola University
Law School
Laurie Levenson
Flash
Daniel Petrocelli
Goldman
Du Pont Insanity Plea Faces Tough Legal Test
In MEDIA Pennsylvania John du Pont faces a stringent insanity defense as his lawyers argue severe paranoid schizophrenia rendered him unable to realize his wrongdoing when he killed Olympic wrestler David Schultz. Experts say guilt hinges on his mental state before during and after the shooting and juries may choose guilty but mentally ill or insanity verdict.
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Media
John du Pont
Dalai Lama
Jesus Christ
David Schultz
Thomas Bergstrom
U.S
Schultz
Edward Ohlbaum
Temple University Law
Ohlbaum
Pennsylvania
Astronaut Blaha Details Stress at Mir Station
John Blaha, aboard Mir for four months, describes cultural isolation and privacy loss as he waited to return to Earth with Atlantis crew. He says he could have stayed longer but missed his wife, amid stress from trained cosmonauts being replaced last minute.
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Houston
Russia
Space Station
John Blaha
Blaha
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Atlantis
Earth
Johnson Space Center
John
International Space Station
Last of six convicts who tunneled to freedom caught
The six inmates who escaped from the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh were captured in a Pasadena Motel Inn room near Houston. FBI and local officers tracked them after a tip, subduing two who left for sodas and arresting the others inside. The breakout used a power saw and hydraulic jack on January 8. The first two were seized earlier in Houston locations.
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Pennsylvania
Texas
FBI
Pasadena Motor Inn
Houston
Pasadena
Rudy Amador
State Correctional Institution At
Pittburgh
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