World Briefs From Sarajevo to Palm Beach
Reports from Sarajevo describe shells hitting central sites including the TV building and a mosque as EC monitors seek a cease fire amid line outages. In Sierra Leone US planes evacuate Americans as coup leaders struggle for Western support. Reagan and Gorbachev meet at Reagan library and praise diplomacy after the Berlin Wall moment. Terry Anderson recalls captivity in Lebanon at AP meeting. A 4.8 aftershock shakes Joshua Tree area with minor damage. George Murphy, veteran actor and former California senator, dies at 89.
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House turmoil claims 2 more retirement
Washington Post reports Rep. Matthew McHugh of New York and Rep. Robert Davis of Michigan will not seek re election. The pair join a surge of voluntary House retirements reaching a postwar record of 54 that year. McHugh cites public disdain and family time while Davis faces ethics scrutiny and a high number of overdrafts in his House Bank record.
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Records released under subpoena in bank account case
Records of 41 House members checking accounts at a defunct private bank were turned over to a special counsel after a federal judge upheld the subpoena. Judge John Garrett Penn ruled the lawmakers lack a legitimate privacy expectation, allowing Justice Department special counsel Malcolm Wilkey to proceed with a criminal investigation pending further rulings.
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Childhood abuse linked to higher PTSD risk in Vietnam vets
A study of Vietnam veterans finds that those with post-traumatic stress disorder were more likely to report childhood sexual or physical abuse. Experts caution the link may reflect vulnerability or recall bias, and call for further research to confirm findings.
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Germany to raise pay offer to end public worker strikes
Germany plans a higher wage offer as talks resume to end a public workers walkout that has crippled air traffic, closed kindergartens, and left garbage in streets. The Interior Ministry said a 4.7 percent increase was possible, while unions demand 9.5 percent and planned strikes continue, including at Frankfurt airport.
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AT&T unveils digital compression to expand cable offerings
AT&T said it has developed a digital video compression system enabling cable operators to offer as many as 500 channels by 1994. Channel surfing could reach new levels, said Bob Stanzione, AVP for product management at AT&T Network Systems. The system converts TV signal impulses into binary streams as part of evolving digital compression.
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Supreme Court tightens path to challenge state court convictions
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 Oregon manslaughter decision, curbs federal review of state prosecutions by limiting evidentary hearings and narrowing routes for defendants to attack convictions. Additional rulings give federal judges broader power to dismiss frivolous indictments and bar certain appeals.
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