Border Patrol accused of violating human rights
A 17 year old Honduran migrant traveled 1300 miles to Laredo Texas when he says a US Border Patrol agent kicked him in the stomach and dragged him to a detention center. He was held 24 hours with no food and only water. Amnesty International says such treatment is common despite humane treatment rules.
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Mexico City
Honduras
Laredo
Texas
Border Patrol
Amnesty International
World roundup nurses freed by Saudi king commutes sentences
Two British nurses Debo rah Parry and Lucille McLauchlan were freed by Saudi Arabia's King Fahd after the king commuted their sentences to time served. Ambassador Algosaibi said the women imprisoned since December 1996 would fly home within days following petitions from their families.
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London
Saudi Arabia
Britain
Fahd
Deborah Parry
Lucille McLauchlan
Ghazi Algosaibi
Algosaibi
Man slips from cuffs ends in deadly spree at Tampa area
Hank Earl Carr, 30, carried his dying 4 year old stepson to a Tampa fire station then killed two officers during a drive to police HQ. He hijacked a truck, killed a rookie trooper James Crooks, wounded a driver, and held a clerk hostage at a Shell station before fatally shooting himself after a four hour standoff. Local officers mourn as a half staff flag honors the slain detectives Randy Bell and Ricky Childers.
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Randy Bell
Ricky Childers
Hank Earl Carr
Carr
Brooksville
Fla
Tampa
Florida Highway Patrol
James Crooks
Hernando County Sheriff's
Deanna Dammer
Slow-cracking justice risks Microsoft antitrust case obsolescence
The government accuses Microsoft of stifling competition by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. Analysts warn that rapid tech progress and new computing paradigms could outpace a slowly moving antitrust lawsuit, potentially making the case moot before a ruling. The piece recalls IBM and AT&T cases to emphasize how long legal battles can last.
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New York
Microsoft Corp
Creaky Justice System
Microsoft
Peter Krasilovsky
Arlen Communications Research and Consulting Firm
Bethesda
IBM
At&t
Justice Department
New design targets counterfeiting of twenties
The twenty dollar bill will gain a new design with an off center portrait cleaner lines and more blank space similar to the redesigned hundreds and fifties Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said on NBCs Today. A separate fire aid program funds equipment for up to 3000 Mexican firefighters as part of a 5 million package.
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Yorktown
Bill Surgi
Laney Chouest
Ellen Stanley
National Geographics Television
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