Inmates riot at Hancock Correctional Institution Sparta
Inmates rioted at Hancock Correctional Institution Sunday night in Sparta Georgia taking guards hostage in locked cubicles as part of a fire outbreak. state patrol noted guards were confined and considered hostages in effect. Other brief items include a fatal hydrant accident in New York and education studies in Princeton and Washington reports.
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Moynihan says universal health care unlikely this year
Senate Finance Committee chair Daniel Moynihan says a bill guaranteeing health insurance for all is unlikely in Congress this year. He forecasts a scaled down version could cover everyone within ten years, but warns it may be too late if the committee fails to pass a bipartisan measure next week.
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Congress votes to cap disability for addiction tied to welfare cuts
Congress advanced bills to end disability benefits after 36 months for alcoholism and drug abuse regardless of ongoing disability. Cohen and Kleczka push to split Social Security into an independent agency with the Clinton administration backing the cut to fund a new welfare plan for mothers and children. Reports of abuse and retiree payments fueled worry as GAO notes rise in addiction related beneficiaries from 100,000 in 1989 to 250,000 today with 1.4 billion dollars a year in benefits.
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Comcast to buy Maclean Hunter cable unit for 1.27 billion
Comcast Corp has agreed to purchase the cable TV operations of Maclean Hunter Ltd for 1.27 billion, giving it over 3.5 million subscribers and ranking it as the third-largest U.S. cable company behind Tele-Communications and Time Warner. The deal, from Rogers Communications of Toronto, awaits regulatory approval and expands Comcast’s footprints in New Jersey, Michigan, and Florida.
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Chairman quit triggers shake-up at Philip Morris
Philip Morris Cos. announced a leadership shake-up over the weekend with Michael Miles stepping down as chairman and chief executive. He is being replaced by two veteran tobacco executives, R William Murray and Geoffrey Bible, shifting focus back to the tobacco side of the business.
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President Clinton cites prerogative in Jones dismissal bid
In a high stakes response to Paula Corbin Jones's sexual harassment suit, President Clinton's lawyers push to expand presidential immunity by invoking allies like John Quincy Adams Thomas Jefferson and Richard Nixon. A federal judge may rule soon on the motion, with potential impact on the White House's legal exposure.
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