Lawyers open rival hotline on physicians
Los Angeles lawyers launch a competing hotline to warn the public about doctors with malpractice suits. The LA Trial Lawyers Association expects the service to start by Jan 15, charging $5 per query and mailing a report of a doctor’s suits.
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Los Angeles
Gary Paul
Samuel Shore
Los Angeles County
Shore
Physicians Alert
Paul
David Zeitlin
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Zeitlin
Taiwan leader rules out family as successor
President Chiang Ching kuo told Taiwan's National Assembly there will be no family or military rule in a future presidency. He said the next president will be elected by National Assembly members, ending any talk of a dynastic succession.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
National Assembly
China
Foundling Joy Noel Rescued From Christmas Morning Cold
A newborn girl born two months early and found in 13 degree weather in a parking lot was named Joy Noel by nurses at Arkansas Children's Hospital. She was stable in NICU with pulmonary stress and expected to stay about two months before state Social Services placement.
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Little Rock
Ark
Joy Noel
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Teresa Luneau
Luneau
Richard Fulks
Laneau
State Social Services Department
Court strikes New Jersey moment of silence law
An appeals court ruled 2 to 1 that New Jersey’s 1982 law requiring a daily moment of silence in public schools had a religious purpose and violated church state separation. Backers may appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Jeffrey May of Edison praised the ruling as protecting public schools from religious observance.
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Newark
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit of Appeals
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Jeffrey May
Edison
Basques claim killing of general in Pamplona
ETA claimed responsibility for the shooting death of retired Civil Guard General Juan Azares Pena in Pamplona on Monday. The Basque group said the act avenged Mikel Zabaltza, arrested during a raid in a San Sebastian suburb and found dead in the Bidasoa River.
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Bilbao
Spain
ETA
Juan Azares Pena
Pamplona
Navarre
Mikel Zabaltza
San Sebastian
Bidasoa
Billions Lost From Poor Federal Accounting Controls
Federal investigators say 226 of 427 accounting systems across 18 agencies fail to meet standards or lack clear status. Weak internal controls contribute to overcharges, overruns, and mismanagement, eroding public trust and enabling fraud. The GAO critiques misleading assurances and omitting weaknesses in agency reports.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Congress
Charles Bowsher
White House
GAO
Congressional Watchdog
Last direct Lincoln descendant dies at 81 in Virginia
Beckwith, Abraham Lincoln's last surviving descendant and great grandson, died on Christmas Eve at 81 after living in a Saluda nursing home. He was childless, previously married three times, and recalled sailing, cattle raising, and car racing in youth.
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Hartfield
Beckwith
Abraham Lincoln
Saluda
Richmond
Life Magazine
Chesapeake
Virginia
Mary Todd
Edward
William Wallace
Thomas
Robert Todd Lincoln
Chicago
James Garfield
Court of St. James
Pullman Company
Mary
Abraham Lincoln II
Europe
Jessie
Warren Beckwith
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Riverside, Ill
Pakistan protests martial law echo across major cities
In Lahore Karachi and Rawalpindi police clashed with protesters marking the founder's birthday as 200 or more demonstrators were detained. The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy led the protests demanding end to martial law and return to free elections.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Lahore
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Movement For the Restoration of Democracy
Karachi
Rawalpindi
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
Gazette subscription rates and mailing details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists subscription options for Morning Editions and Sunday, with weekly carrier rate at 2.25 and mail options at 10.40 for 4 weeks or 110.00 for 52 weeks in state. Rates for other states run 140.00 for 52 weeks. mail not offered in carrier areas. The AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news. Postage and address updates go to The Gazette Company.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
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