Firestone settles suit over crash in Texas
Bridgestone/Firestone agrees to pay about 7.5 million to the Rodriguezes after a Ford Explorer rollover in Mexico left Marisa Rodrigueza paralyzed and brain-damaged. The settlement ends the first Firestone trial since the tire recall amid a federal $1 billion case. Ford earlier settled for 6 million.
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Utah polygamist sentenced to five years in bigamy case
Tom Green, 53, with five wives and 30 children, received a five year prison term in Utah's largest polygamy case in decades. He must repay 78000 dollars in welfare fraud scheme proceeds. He testified with no regrets after declaring his "original Mormonism" on TV.
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Air Transat A330 lands emergency in Azores with engines shut
A Canadian Air Transat Airbus A330 carrying 291 passengers glided for several minutes to an emergency landing at Lajes airport in Terceira Azores. Both engines were shut down on touchdown and tires burst, injuring ten people as passengers and crew panicked during the landing.
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Condit faces sharp criticism over Levy interview
House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt assailed Gary Condit's remarks as evasive and not candid. Calls to consider action against Condit, including removal from the Intelligence Committee, followed his televised interview about his relationship with Chandra Levy.
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Mild spankings OK for kids study finds no lasting harm
A San Francisco AP report notes researchers from UC Berkeley and Diana Baumrind analyzed 100 white families from 1968 to 1980 and found mild to moderate spanking of preschoolers did not impair cognitive social or behavioral development versus nondiscipline.
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University of California At Berkeley
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