Judge apologizes as Wen Ho Lee is freed after nine months
U S District Judge James Parker apologized for the government's actions as Wen Ho Lee, the Los Alamos scientist, was released after nine months in solitary confinement. Lee, 60, pleaded guilty to mishandling nuclear secrets and received 278 days time served.
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Entertainment leaders admit going too far
Industry chiefs acknowledged they may have crossed a line in marketing violent entertainment to youths. Sega of America president Peter Moore and lobbyist Jack Valenti voiced objections to targeting very young audiences, as FTC findings urged measures to keep adult content away from minors.
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MIT to pay 4.75 million in freshman drinking death
Massachusetts Institute of Technology agrees to pay 4.75 million and establish a scholarship after freshman Scott Krueger died from drinking during a 1997 fraternity initiation. MIT pledges stricter alcohol education, supervision, and housing reforms.
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House backs Boy Scout charter vote on gay policy
The House approved the Boy Scouts federal charter by a 362 to 12 vote, defeating a measure to revoke the eight decade old charter over the Scouts policy excluding gays. Republicans defended the action, while Democrats protested the motive and optics of the bill.
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Lawmakers Back Broad Hate Crime Legislation
The House approved expansive hate crime legislation by a wide margin with 191 Democrats and 41 Republicans supporting. The measure aims to widen federal jurisdiction to cover violent crimes motivated by race religion color gender sexual orientation ethnicity or disability and follows Senate action earlier in the year. President Clinton has pledged to push the bill to enactment before leaving office. Elizabeth Birch of the Human Rights Campaign hailed the vote as boosting the bill’s prospects and a message to conferees and Republican leaders.
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