Drkoop com faces cash crunch after audit warning
Austin based health information site drkoop com founded by former Surgeon General C Everett Koop risks going out of business after auditors cite substantial doubt. The company posted a 56.1 million loss on 9.4 million revenue last year and remains short of cash as executives seek financing.
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Six-year-old testifies in Detroit area shooting case
In Flint Michigan a 6-year-old boy denied shooting classmate Kayla Roll and blamed another boy for the Feb. 29 death during a preliminary hearing for Jamelle James 19. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly storeing a semiautomatic handgun found by the child.
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Maryland House panel OKs bill to require handgun locks
The Maryland House committee approved a measure to require built in locks on all new handguns starting 2003. The bill already cleared the Senate and heads to the full House. Gov. Glendening supports it as a national gun safety standard. It also tightens juvenile felon rules and adds ballistic fingerprints and minimum sentences for some felons.
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Judge Johnson faces inquiry into case assignments
A special panel investigates Chief U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson for bypassing random case assignment in 1998 and 1999. Appeals Judge Stephen Williams selected four judges, three Republicans and a Clinton appointee, to review why six Whitewater and campaign fund raising prosecutions were sent to Clinton nominees.
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Massachusetts bans disposal of cathode ray tubes in landfills
Massachusetts implements the nations first rule banning disposal of CRTs in landfills and incinerators. Six collection centers will accept old computers and TVs for refurbishing or recycling, reducing lead runoff and airborne emissions from discarded CRTs.
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