Global Teen Describes Pressures From School
Portage Michigan teen Arline Burgess age 16 told a congressional panel that high school is the hardest time due to constant cruelty at home and at school. She sobbed as she described name calling and social pressures that led to personal crisis and warned that more protection is needed to prevent violence.
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Indictments widen in Louima case in New York
A federal grand jury indicted two more officers Rolando Aleman and Francisco Rosario for lying to investigators about the Aug 9 1997 assault on Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. The move follows a prior conviction of patrolman Charles Schwarz and guilty plea by officer Justin Volpe.
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Blast claims four soldiers in Kosovo firefight
In Kosovo near Pristina a blast while clearing ammunition from a deserted schoolhouse killed four soldiers two Gurkhas and two other allied troops. Two civilians also died and another was wounded as protests by Serbs demanding UN protection erupted in Belgrade.
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Clinton in Kosovo Warfront Urges Reconciliation and Rebuild
President Clinton appeals to war weary refugees in muddy Kosovo border tents to seek reconciliation over revenge. He says ethnic cleansing is defeated and calls for rebuilding, not retaliation, during a frontline stop after securing EU aid for Kosovo reconstruction. He heads to Skopje to push for a Europe without frontline states.
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JFK slaying files handed to US could shed new light
Washington historians say declassified KGB records on Lee Harvey Oswald, handed over by Russia as a gift to President Clinton, may reveal Oswald s thoughts and plans before Kennedy s 1963 Dallas murder. The six volume Minsk file and surveillance context could clarify whether Oswald plotted to shoot Kennedy.
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Stephen King Faces Months of Rehab After Van Collision
Get details on Stephen King's serious car accident near Lovell Maine. The 51 year old author underwent extensive surgeries for leg and hip injuries and will require major rehabilitation over the coming year. Officials note injuries from shoulders down but mental state remains strong. King was hit by a minivan while walking along Route 5 on a rural country road.
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Video poker compromise faces court battles in South Carolina
A late compromise on video gambling regulations in South Carolina is likely to trigger court challenges. Lawmakers and operators expect lawsuits as the conference committee stayed late to finish a package, with a vote anticipated this week. Fred Collins of Greenville warns residents won’t tolerate the new rules.
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One Weaver quintuplet dies in Irma family
One of the two remaining Weaver quintuplets born to Marion and Julie Weaver in Irma died Sunday at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. Maggie Weaver, born May 3 with siblings who died near birth, weighed under two pounds and remained on a ventilator. DeAnn Weaver remains critically ill in NICU as doctors warned conditions could quickly change.
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Names Versace Pal Opens Own Fashion Line
Two years after Gianni Versace was murdered Antonio D Amico has launched his own fashion line. He left Versace's company where he led Istante and Versus Sport and set a new design HQ in a former Milan music school courtyard.
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Antonio D'Amico
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Milan
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