Opposition party wins Aguascalientes governor race
Televisa and TV Azteca exit polls show the National Action Party capturing the central state of Aguascalientes ahead of the 2000 elections, while the Institutional Revolutionary Party trails by about four points. PRI also leads in Veracruz and Oaxaca with results due later.
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Mexico
National Action Party
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Televisa
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Oaxaca
Hospital mix up secrets two newborns with wrong families
In Charlottesville Virginia two newborns were exchanged at birth with a criminal act suspected. DNA tests reveal a 3-year-old girl raised by Paula Johnson is not her biological daughter and bracelets were not placed in the birth room. Virginia University police pursue investigation.
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Thomas Massaro
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University of Virginia
Paula Johnson
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Napoleon era flagship L Orient found off Alexandria coast
French marine archaeologist Franck Goddie reports salvaging L Orient and two frigates from a bay 15 miles off Alexandria. The 120 cannon flagship burned and exploded after Aug 1 1798 battle with Nelson’s fleet, killing all 1000 aboard.
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Puerto Rico votes and statehood bid hit roadblock in Congress
Gov Pedro Rossello urged a December vote on Puerto Rico's future while noting Congress will not push self determination. Senate leaders show no rush to act on a binding plebiscite as analysts blame Senate opposition to statehood for Puerto Rico.
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Incarceration Surges as Prison Population Tops 1.2 Million
The 1997 U S adult prison population rose 5.2 percent to 1,244,554 inmates as longer terms for violent crimes and tougher sentencing kept inmates serves longer. State prisons held 1,131,581 and federal 112,973, with California and Texas accounting for over a quarter of state inmates. Hawaii led gains at 23 percent while Oregon and others posted declines.
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Banned newspaper publishes under new name The Sun Today
In Tehran a pro democracy newspaper defied closure and started issuing as Aftab'e Emrooz The Sun Today led with a report on Saturday's attack on its offices by alleged ultra conservative supporters. The editor Mahmoud Shams noted similarities to Tous, ordered closed by the Justice Department, after its predecessor Jameah was shut on July 25.
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JFK autopsy notes questioned by records board
The Assassination Records Review Board says Kennedy's 1963 autopsy records are incomplete and notes and the first draft were destroyed by Navy doctor James Humes to protect the president family. The board cites Humes testimony and other autopsy witnesses about Addison's disease and lost handwritten notes while reconstructing events.
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Assassination Records Review Board
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James Humes
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Records Review Board
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Addison
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Bethesda
Leonard Saslaw
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