Zaccaro Acquittal Ends Cablevision Bribery Case
Zaccaro 54 was found not guilty after six hours of deliberation over two days. Prosecutors portrayed him as a partner with Donald Manes in a bribery plot tied to a borough contract. Jurors doubted extortion and Manes's involvement, while defense argued no crime was proven.
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Santucci
Zaccaro
Queens
Donald Manes
Cablevision Systems Corp
Manes
Cablevision
Morvillo
Ronald Forte
Francis X. Smith
Smith
Nobel Prize Winners Highlight Chemistry and Superconductivity Advances
The report covers the 1987 Nobel chemistry and physics prizes with focus on Pedersen Lehn Cram and Bednorz Mueller. It notes superconductivity breakthroughs enabling higher temperatures and cheaper cooling, plus the impact on chemistry through designed molecules and binding functions.
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Bednorz
Mueller
IBM
Stockholm
Naples
Italy
Materi
Nobel
Bednorz-Mueller
Gosta Ekspong
Swedish Academy
Ekspong
Academy
Cram, Pedersen
Lehn
Malmstrom
Pedersen
Carpet-cleaner Cram Amused by Nobel Prize Mix up
Donald O Cram a 38 year old carpet cleaner in Altadena laughed when Sweden rang to announce he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The Royal Swedish Academy later confirmed the award had gone to Donald J Cram UCLA professor, noting previous mix ups between the two Crams.
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Ily
Pedersen
Salem
N.J
Cram
UCLA
Lehn
Los Angeles
Donald O. Cram
Sweden
Tord Ganelius
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences of Stockholm
Academy
Donald J. Cram
University of California At
Donald O
University of Southern California
Donald J
Three BN workers suspended after Amtrak crash near Russell
Three Burlington Northern staff members a foreman crane operator and a maintenance worker were suspended as investigators probe a derailed Amtrak California Zephyr crash that injured at least 126 people near Russell Iowa Evidence suggests a track switch was left in the wrong position but officials caution no blame has been established and no vandalism found The investigation continues with identities withheld
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Ottumwa
Burlington Northern Railroad
Amtrak
Iowa
Russell
Jim Kolstad
National Transportation Safety Board
California Zephyr
Burlington Northern
Kolstad
Two Arrested After Des Moines Bank Robbery
Des Moines police detained John T. Walker and Stefani Ann Pintarelli minutes after the First Financial Savings Bank robbery on the southeast side. Officers recovered the weapon and cash as the car, driven by a woman, was stopped near the Statehouse. Both suspects await U.S. District Court hearings on federal bank robbery charges.
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Des Moines
John T. Walker
Denver
Colo
Stefani Ann Pintarelli
New Staunton
Polk County
U.S. District Court
First Financial Savings Bank
Statehouse
Schools weigh in on in-school suspension proposal
Iowa school boards lobbyist says state board oversteps legal bounds by proposing a guidance statement on discipline including in-school suspension. They warn it could second guess local expulsions like the Algona case, which districts deem legal though the board disagreed.
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Phil Dunshee
Iowa Association of School Boards
Algona
Ten million workers face undercounted earnings GAO finds
The GAO estimates earnings of almost 10 million individuals are underrecorded due to Social Security and IRS reconciliation failures. Proper credits could raise monthly benefits for about half of sampled beneficiaries by an average of 16.81 dollars. The Social Security Trust Fund holds about 7.7 billion in unrecorded taxes.
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Internal Revenue Service
Social Security
IRS
Tauke
GAO
Congress
Social Security Trust Fund
Dow slides after August data fail leads to 11 percent drop
The August data failed to show expected gains in U S international trade. The dollar fell in forex and interest rates rose as stock prices resumed their decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 309.72 points to 2,412.70, a drop of 11.38 percent, its first 10 percent loss in over three years.
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United States
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