Relatives lash out as Nichols jury deadlocks on sentence
Oklahoma City bombing victims' relatives criticize the jury after 13 hours of deliberations, with cries for death, while U S District Judge Matsch prepares to sentence Nichols. Survivors express grief for 168 victims in the 1995 blast and call for justice.
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Nichols
Oklahoma City
Darlene Welch
Terry Nichols
Welch
Frank Keating
U.S
Richard Matsch
Timothy McVeigh
Denver
Matsch
Jim Denny
Brandon
Rebecca
Bono funeral prep amid Palm Springs crowd readied
Palm Springs mourns Sonny Bono with a vigil and a funeral Mass planned for Friday as the city and Wiesels & Son Mortuary prepare for large crowds. Separately at Hill AFB Utah two F-16s collided but both pilots survived and avoided serious injuries. In Washington an American charged with espionage in Russia will not be sent back due to lack of extradition. Russia allowed Richard Bliss to stay home for Christmas.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Sonny Bono
Mark Mathews
Wiesels & Son Mortuary
Bono
Lake Tahoe
Wm Washington
Russia
Clinton
Richard Bliss
U.S
James Collins
Georgi Mamedov
Bliss
AT&T Settles Antitrust Case By Divesting Bell System
In 1982 AT&T agreed to end the Justice Department antitrust suit by divesting the 22 Bell System companies, restructuring the U S communications landscape.
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American Telephone and Telegraph
Justice Department
Bell System
Walking Helps Elderly Live Longer, Study Finds
A major study of 707 Japanese American men on Oahu links daily walking to longer life. Over 12 years, walking two miles a day cuts death risk by about half, with each extra mile per day lowering death rate by 19 percent.
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Boston
Amy Hakim
University of Virginia
Robert Abbott
Jody Wilkinson
Cooper Institute For Aerobics Research
Dallas
Wilkinson
New England Journal of Medicine
Honolulu
Oahu
Explosions destroy Nevada plant and workers missing
Two blasts at the Sierra Chemical Co. plant near Lockwood leveled the facility hours before 8 a.m. Four men were missing and six injured as twelve employees were inside. Officials reported no bodies found yet and planned further searches. The explosions registered magnitude 2 on local seismographs.
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Sierra Chemical Co
Lockwood
Nev
Reno
Washoe County
Dick Kirkland
Kirkland
Fernley
Bill Petty
University of Nevada-Reno
Biotech firm charged in nicotine conspiracy
The U S Justice Department accuses California based DNAP DNA Plant Technology of conspiring with Brown and Williamson to produce high nicotine tobacco for controlled nicotine levels in cigarettes. DNAP faces a misdemeanor export seed charge with a 200000 fine or double profits. The case signals potential wider indictments in the federal probe of the tobacco industry.
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. Justice Department
Brown & Williamson
Department
Oakland
U.S
Texas
Minnesota
Justice Department
DNAP
U.S. Tobacco Company
B&w
Justice Departent
Congress
Clifford Douglas
Ann Arbor, Mich
Drivers increasingly distracted by cellular phones and laptops
Washington reports that cell phones and laptop computers distract drivers on US roads. Officials say driver inattention now factors into about half of all crashes and warn the trend will worsen without further research.
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Washington
America
Ricardo Martinez
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Martinez
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Secret Service
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Air Force
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New Orleans
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Elvis Presley
Tupelo
Miss
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France
Johnson
Associated Press
Rontier
Andar Aals
der J
Elle
Iams— Science
Diet
Excel
Sensible Choice
Wayne Pet Foods
Lindale Mall
Happy Joe's
Cedar Rapids
Nevada
Skogman Realty
Pat Murphy
Biotech
Norwest
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