Killer dies in gas chamber at Mississippi prison
Leo Edwards Jr., 36, of New Orleans, was executed in Mississippi’s gas chamber at Parchman after a death sentence for a convenience store clerk murder. He requested sedation but the lethal fumes woke him, and he died at 12:15 a.m. FBI designates violent crime as a top nationwide priority in response to a 40 percent rise in the 1980s.
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Drug Linked to Birth Defects in Pregnant Women
In the New England Journal of Medicine a study ties Tegretol carbamazepine to minor birth defects and retardation in fetuses. The finding adds to concerns about epilepsy medicines used during pregnancy and raises questions on balancing seizure control with fetal safety.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Norway rescue says liner too fast in ice collision
Experts said the Soviet liner was moving at 21 mph when it hit an iceberg in Arctic seas, ramming and taking on water. A Norwegian rescue team's medical chief reported some Soviet crew were drunk at the time.
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Gorbachev Sees Closer Ties With United States
In Moscow Gorbachev hailed a move from enemy to partner as Adm. Crowe ends a 11 day U S visit. Iran’s Rafsanjaniession and Moiseyev sign new accords boosting Persian Gulf influence while stressing Moscow's aim for dialog with Washington to curb defense costs.
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Panel votes to lift Social Security earnings limit
The House Ways and Means Committee approved raising the annual earnings limit for Social Security recipients age 65 to 69 by 600 dollars to 9,720 next year. For every 3 dollars earned beyond that limit, 1 dollar of benefits would be cut. An earlier tax-raising proposal to fund unemployment benefits was rejected 18-17, avoiding a 10.6 billion five-year employer tax hike. The panel advances a package aimed at reducing the federal deficit through revenue and spending changes.
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Lawmakers urge probe into Lukens scandal
Republicans in the House urged the ethics committee to investigate Rep. Donald Lukens of Ohio following his sex charges involving a 16 year old girl. The move came in a closed GOP conference vote, drawing praise from Minority Leader Michel and criticism from Speaker Foley who called it a potential political point.
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Rise in out of wedlock births and midlife fertility in 1988
Census Bureau data show 40 percent of first births to women 15 to 29 era were conceived out of marriage between 1985 and 1988, up from the 1970s. The share of unmarried mothers at birth rose to 28.3 percent, while overall fertility held near 70 births per 1,000 women 18 to 44. work force participation rose among new mothers and minority births remain higher.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
America
Bartender injured in high pole stunt gone wrong
HEWLETT NY AP A bartender named Michael Doyle 37 of Valley Stream was seriously burned after attempting to balance a bar stool atop a utility pole in Lynbrook. He climbed 55 feet, struck a live wire, and fell onto barbed wire. Doyle remained at Nassau County Medical Center with upper body burns and eye flash burns.
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