Branstad faces budget crisis and tax debate
Governor Branstad argues a temporary sales tax hike would only buy time and urges spending reforms to balance the budget. He faces opposition from Cedar Rapids residents and defends vetoes on state worker raises to preserve funds for human services. He will work one day a week without pay until the crisis ends.
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Branstad
Vivian Northrup
Cedar Rapids
Jeff Pettebaum
Bedding linked to infant sleep deaths study
A study argues ordinary bedding materials may cause suffocation in sudden infant death syndrome cases. Researchers Kemp and Thach presented in Anaheim finding five bedding types can trap exhaled carbon dioxide around an infant face, suggesting many crib deaths may involve suffocation rather than unexplained causes.
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Los Angeles
James Kemp
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Bradley Thach
Washington University
Kemp
Anaheim
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
United States
Thach
Ex-chief testifies on harassment claims within police trials
Former chief testifies at trial about sexual harassment by fellow officers including pranks and comments that began in early 1988 after she cooperated in an investigation. She describes pressure, interference with radio transmissions, and a mix of supportive and hostile remarks from command staff.
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Jeff Illen
Bartelme
Ilten
Hinzman
Jaeger
Bud Byrne
John Erger
EEO
Hurley Bassett
Clinton On Track for Democratic Nomination as Primaries Lock In
Clinton widens delegate lead after winning New York Kansas Wisconsin and Minnesota prompting calls that he will secure the nomination despite scrutiny over integrity and past record. Tsongas comments on the campaign and possible resume of active pursuit. Bush leads in GOP contests with a path to nomination.
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Ron Brown
Clinton
Tom Donilon
New York
Brown
Kansas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pat Buchanan
Eral
Tsongas
Lowell
Mass
Geoffrey Garin
Bill Clinton
George Bush
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