Governors use science to review death row cases
Two Republican governors moved to let DNA testing guide potential outcomes. Virginia’s Jim Gilmore approved new DNA tests to confirm a 18 year old rape murder conviction. Texas’s George W Bush halted an execution to permit DNA testing. Illinois’s George Ryan ordered a moratorium while death penalty procedures are reevaluated amid concerns of wrongful convictions.
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Jim Gilmore
Texas
George W. Bush
Gilmore
Bush
Illinois
George Ryan
Frontier a geopolitics exercise across Israel Lebanon
Moshe Bar helps build a new fence at Medulla, Israel as troops retreat on May 24. US cartographers redraw the colonial frontier from the Mediterranean to the Solan Heights using maps and satellite data, splitting yards, orchards, and a village as they redefine borders.
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Israel
Moshe Bar
Lebanon
New England
Robert Frost
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Final push for Census 2000 as counts loom
Baltimore AP notes census takers return to large cities gated communities and farms to locate unread households. They aim to reach 8.6 million homes by early July relying on persuasiveness to gather answers on race ownership and rent. Census Director Kenneth Prewitt says the bureau can knock on every door.
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Kenneth Prewitt
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FAA moves to strip Alaska Airlines maintenance authority
The FAA flagged nearly 150 undocumented maintenance cases and proposed revoking Alaska Airlines ability to perform aircraft maintenance. The step could force grounding and grounding of flights as FAA officials demand corrective actions within seven days to avoid loss of maintenance authority.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Alaska Airlines
Nick Lacey
FAA
Cruise Sings Publicly in Taiwan At News Conference
Tom Cruise defied limits by singing live in Taipei at a promo event for Mission: Impossible II. He chose You've Lost That Loving Feeling and admitted he could not sing well, saying he could not sing then and cannot sing now. The moment followed a reporter’s prompt during a media briefing.
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Taiwan
Tom Cruise
Righteous Brothers
Clinton urges Russia to become fully part of Europe
In Aachen Clinton proposes NATO and EU embrace of Russia to form a Western partnership. He argues no doors should close to Moscow and links this to plans for missile defense cooperation despite treaty concerns.
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State news Grocery sales tax plans yield political uproar
South Carolina governor and House Republicans clash over plans to end grocery sales tax. The debate centers on education funding losses vs tax relief with a 90 0 House vote to protect education. Voters in Forest Acres split on the issue as shoppers weigh pennies against broader budget costs.
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South Carolina
House
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Hodges
Ways and Means
Bobby Harrell
Morton Brilliant
Jarrell
Forest Acres
Dorothy Grooms
Kroger
New York
Bill Oakland
Harris ‘Teeter
Hope Improves in Hospital After Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Entertainer Bob Hope showed signs of improvement Friday during hospitalization in Rancho Mirage California after gastro intestinal bleeding. Dr Gary Annunziata said the 97 year old was awake alert and shaking his hand while doctors noted bleeding had stopped without surgery and a one week stay with possible step down from intensive care.
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Bob Hope
Gary Annunziata
Eisenhower Regional Medical Center
Hope
Annunziata
Annunzia
Sone
South Carolina operators seek circuit court hearing in video gambling case
South Carolina video gambling operators ask a Greenville judge to hear their challenge to a July 1 ban in circuit court, arguing the matter should follow ordinary procedure and allow a full record. A noon June 12 hearing is set before Circuit Judge Victor Raw unless the Supreme Court takes the case. Operators say the ban, upheld by the state Supreme Court, unlawfully takes property and violates equal protection, seeking removal of machines. SLED prepares to seize illegal contraband after July 8 if not removed, with warehoused machines and coordinated local enforcement plans underway.
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South Carolina
State Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
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Victor Raw
Greenville
Condon
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Phelix
Ree Byrd
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