California lawmaker weighs six lashes for juvenile graffiti
Sacramento reports Republican Assemblyman Mickey Conroy seeks an opinion on a bill to punish juvenile graffiti vandals with up to six paddle lashes in public with a physician on standby for first aid. The idea was spurred by Singapore caning controversy involving Michael Fay.
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Sacramento
Calif
Singapore
California
Mickey Conroy
Conroy
Michael Fay
Clinton delays court announcement amid nomination indecision
President Clinton said he would not rush to name a Supreme Court replacement five weeks after Justice Blackmun's departure. aides expected a final pick of Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, with Richard Arnold and Stephen Breyer named as finalists, but Clinton remained noncommittal and noted he would make a decision he could feel good about.
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Newsday
Washington
Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court
Clinton
Senate
Bruce Babbitt
Babbitt
Richard Arnold
Little Rock
Ark
Stephen Breyer
Boston
White House
Rep
Bill Richardson
D-N.m
Interior Department
Ruth Ginsburg
Psychoanalyst Erikson Dies at 91 in Massachusetts Nursing Home
Erik Erikson, Pulitzer Prize winning psychoanalyst who expanded Freudian theory to adolescence and adulthood, died at Rosewood Manor Nursing Home in Harwich Mass at 91. He authored many pioneering works on identity and life stages and taught at Harvard University.
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Mass
Erik Erikson
Erikson
Rosewood Manor
Diana Eck
Harvard University
United States
Germany
Luther
Martin Luther
Gandhi
Jesus
Albert Einstein
William James
Charles Darwin
Oth
Smoking ban bill clears key House panel in Washington
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved a nationwide public smoking ban 14 to 11 despite industry opposition. Chairman Henry Waxman praised the shift in public attitude though amendments carve out exemptions for restaurants bars tobacco stores and private clubs.
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Washington
House
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Lawsuit Targets Medical Deduction Burden in Food Stamps
Advocates sue the Agriculture Department claiming monthly medical expense documentation to qualify for extra food stamp benefits burdens seniors and disabled. The suit notes many recipients fail to deduct due to paperwork, reducing benefits, with class actions by Legal Services, the Food Research and Action Center, and the National Senior Citizens Law Center.
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Washington
Advocates For the Poor
Agriculture Department
Food Research and Action Center
Congress
Department
Legal Services
The
National Senior Citizens Law Center
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Honda Harmony
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American Honda Motor Co., Inc
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