Police break up a vicious Jamaican narcotics ring in N Y
Federal and local agents dismantled the Galleymen Posse in raids across Brooklyn Hempstead Uniondale Albany N Y and Dallas. Leader Eric Vassell fled. 18 of 42 suspects were arrested. The ring allegedly earned over 100 million in five years and carried out at least 10 murders.
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FBI New York
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Hempstead
Uniondale
Albany
N.Y
Dallas
Vassell
Andrew Maloney
Whistling Cityspire Tops New York Noise Complaints
City officials traced a loud whistling from the Cityspire dome at Seventh Avenue and West 56th Street to wind gusts around 23 to 30 mph. A noise code summons could bring a fine up to 880 dollars if found guilty.
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Matthews
Anthony Mazzola
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Howard Hornstein
Ian Bruce Eichner
Hornstein
Sam Saccia
Murphy-John
Chicago
Nader Urges Gingrich to Reject Pay Raise
Ralph Nader urged Newt Gingrich to reject a $25,000 plus congressional pay raise set to take effect next month. Nader notes Gingrich previously opposed raise but as minority whip supported swift passage, a stance that angered voters in his district and nearly cost him election.
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Cox News Service
Washington
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Newt Gingrich
House of Representatives
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Gingrich
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California lottery king Tom Tehee avoids spotlight after $45.3 million win
Tom Tehee, a 34 year old Upland security dispatcher, becomes California's largest single lottery winner with a $45.3 million prize. He speaks little, insists on continuing work, and plans to support relatives while his wife Kathy weighs a new house and travel. The win nets him $1.8 million yearly for 20 years amid media glare.
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Los Angeles
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Corinthian
Tom Tehee
Tehee
Upland
Kathy
Justin
Ulysses Carter
Woman seeks guardianship of paralyzed lover in Minneapolis hearing
In Minneapolis a tearful Karen Thompson urged Judge Robert Campbell to end a five year fight and grant guardianship of Sharon Kowalski, a brain damaged woman left paralyzed by a 1983 accident. The case, drawing national attention from gay rights advocates, tests Kowalski’s future care and the lovers’ life together.
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