Lightfoot breaks toes to watch House vote
Rep Jim Lightfoot of Iowa voted to arrest absent House members over attendance while cracking two toes in a fall. He backed a measure to compel attendance amid Republican disputes over Democratic control and a late budget vote that trimmed deficits.
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Deaver discharged after kidney stone episode as perjury trial resumes
Washington lobbyist Michael Deaver, released from Georgetown University Hospital after emergency treatment for kidney stones, is due in court as his perjury trial continues. He faces charges of lying under oath about lobbying activities.
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AMA loses stay on chiropractors case panel reverses
The 7th U.S. Circuit denied the AMA’s request to stay Judge Getzendanner’s order in a suit by four chiropractors. The panel later reversed itself, freeing the AMA from mailing the nine page order to all members and employees. Tyke remains critical at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital. Foster, 3, of Madisonville Ky, undergoes a five organ transplant. Foster remains in critical condition at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Phoenix recall drive gathers signatures to force an election against Gov Meacham and could oust him in a spring recall vote.
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Senate to review Ginsburg investments amid conflict concerns
President Reagan defended Supreme Court nominee Douglas Ginsburg as Senate Judiciary Committee members urged a full probe of his $140,000 stake in Rogers Communications Inc. while he helped back a government brief on cable regulation. Conservatives noted his wife's past abortions, but some praised her personal choices.
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Zhao Ziyang Becomes General Secretary Amid Party Shakeup
Zhao Ziyang is named general secretary by the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, signaling a shift toward younger technocrats. The 68 year old inherits a leadership reshaped by new Politburo members including Jiang Zemin and Li Ruihuan, with Deng Xiaoping stepping back from the Central Committee.
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Caesareans top unnecessary surgery in U S says public health group
The Public Citizen Health Research Group led by Dr. Sidney Wolfe estimates 142 U S mothers died in 1986 from medically unnecessary Caesarean deliveries. It cites 455000 unnecessary C sections that year, with a 24 percent C-section rate versus a 9.8 per 100000 mortality for vaginal births and calls for change.
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Pumpkin drop wrecks house after skydiver toss gone wrong
Becky Farrar returned from a soccer game to find pumpkin debris lining her kitchen walls and roof after skydivers at 2,200 feet dropped a pumpkin during a Halloween dive. Police arrested Brian Voss and Alfred McInturff on reckless conduct charges. repairs cost to be determined.
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Historian Finds Demjanjuk's WWII whereabouts Plausible
A Jerusalem historian testified at the Demjanjuk war crimes trial that the retired Ohio autoworker’s account of his World War II movements is plausible. Defense witness Nikolai Tolstoy said there was nothing inherently implausible in Demjanjuk’s tale of being recruited to fight with Soviet prisoners formed into a unit by the Germans.
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Condemned to life: Poet asks funds for death by own action
Lisbon poet Joaquim Castro Caldes sought Gulbenkian Foundation support to finance his death by his own action and to hire 20 clowns for the event. The foundation declined, stating they cannot meet the request and that he is condemned to living for years.
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