Three Black men win $1 million in racially charged case
A federal jury in Greenbelt Maryland awarded 1 million dollars to Alonzo Jackson 18 Rasheed Plummer 18 and Marco Cunningham 20 finding Eddie Bauer stores responsible for false imprisonment and defaming them The verdict followed a two day trial with seven jurors including four whites and three blacks.
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Reno vents anger over White House tape delay
Attorney General Janet Reno says she is mad about the White House delaying the discovery of videotapes from fund raising coffees but maintains the tapes do not alter her view on Clinton campaign fundraising legality. Congress continues hearings on irregularities including links to the Teamsters and foreign money schemes with witness questioning.
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Reagan Video Shows White House Fundraising Solicitation
A video from Reagan's 1987 White House event shows him asking donors if they can count on their support as about ten thousand dollars in Republican contributions were discussed. Democrats call the footage evidence of fundraising on government property, a potential breach of law. The clip, from the Reagan library archives, depicts a Republican Eagles event dated September 30, 1987.
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Derailment Injures Twelve on Silver Star Train
A Silver Star train struck a stalled tractor trailer at a Garden City crossing derailing two engines and 11 cars. Ten passengers and two engineers were hospitalized in Savannah with non life threatening injuries. The train ran from New York to Miami.
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New spinal toxin injections may ease chronic pain
University of Minnesota scientist Patrick Mantyk reports rat studies showing tiny spinal toxin injections can halt chronic pain by destroying specific nerve cells without the numbness of narcotics. He foresees human trials in about two years with potential use for cancer and hypersensitive pain conditions. Stephen Hunt of the MRC in Cambridge calls the finding extremely important for nonresponsive pain.
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