TB outbreak at La Quinta High spreads fear and exposure
A tuberculosis outbreak at La Quinta High School in Westminster has caused fear of ostracism among students and exposure among 1,350 pupils. Rushed misdiagnosis led to hundreds exposed. 292 had positive skin tests in 1993 and 87 more recently, with 17 active cases including 14 antibiotic resistant.
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Lund
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Rodney King L A to end legal fight after settlement
Rodney King and Los Angeles reach a settlement to end three years of civil litigation over his police beating. King will drop two pending appeals in exchange for the city and a former officer waiving part of trial costs. King previously won 3.8 million dollars in compensation.
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Jury finds Koon Powell acted with malice in beating King
In the second phase the jury decided that former Sgt Stacey Koon and former Officer Laurence Powell acted with malice or reckless disregard of King's rights. It awarded King no punitive damages and found no wrongdoing by the other four officers.
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Stacey Koon
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NASA robot descends into Spurr volcano crater
Dante II, an 1700 pound eight legged NASA CMU designed robot, is lowered from a helicopter toward Spurr volcano in Alaska to map interior geology and collect gas data. If successful, the machine will travel 200 feet deeper and broadcast images to a satellite link for a three dimensional map.
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