Mieslie captain on trial for heatstroke death at Camp Lejeune
Capt. Victor Arana of DuPage County Illinois faces dereliction of duty and failure to obey an order in the July heat death of Lance Cpl. Giuseppe Leto a 21 year old reservist from New Milford Connecticut. Prosecutors say Arana marched the 180 man unit too fast with insufficient rest breaks in humid heat. Infantry School Instructor Capt. Lloyd Freeman testified that Arana described Marines as dogs saying you tell them what to do and you don’t worry about their feelings.
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Mieslie
Niesday
Camp Lejeune
Victor Arana
DuPage County
Ill
Arana
Lance
Cpl
Giuseppe “Joey” Leto
New Milford
Conn
Leto
Lloyd Freeman
Lloyd
Demolition clears Love Canal school for park space
The 93rd Street School at Love Canal was ripped down by a backhoe signaling the neighborhood’s shift after years of cleanup. Once near a danger zone from toxic waste, the school closed in 1980 as residents relocated. the area was evacuated in 1978 amid health fears from dioxin PCB and other chemicals buried along the Niagara River.
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93Rd Street
Love Canal
Niagara River
Officer's misrouted trip ends outside state lines
Officer Margo Grady trying to transport a rape victim from Thomas Jefferson Hospital to the city Special Victims Unit disappeared after leaving downtown Philadelphia. The marked cruiser crossed into New Jersey, prompting frantic searches and a helicopter callout. Grady and two passengers resurfaced near Newark Airport as she used lights and sirens to ask a New Jersey trooper for directions.
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Margo Grady
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Bridesburg
Grady
New Jersey
Philadelhia
Newark Airport
Tax fight over self employment tax on CRP acres
U.S. farm state senators push to stop IRS from collecting self employment taxes on Conservation Reserve Program payments. They warn the 6th Circuit ruling upends Congress intent and could curb participation as 270,000 farm families face new tax, with USDA CRP payments totaling about 1.3 billion dollars.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Ohio
Federal Conservation Reserve
U.S
Sen
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
BIA Credit Card Abuses Highlight Departmentwide Problem
Senate panel hears that the Bureau of Indian Affairs faces a departmentwide pattern of employees misusing and not paying government credit card bills. Some workers have been fired or disciplined, with criminal charges pursued in a few cases. The agency plans to deduct card debts from pay and may sue leavers to recover funds.
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Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Kevin Gover
Senate Appropriations
Gover
Senate
Billings
Mont
Montana
Wyoming
Montana- Wyoming
Office of Special Trustee
Indian Trust Fund
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
NYU Grad Students Win Right to Organize Union
NYU graduate teaching assistants have the right to form a union after an NLRB regional director ruled they may collectively bargain. The decision marks a first for a private college, with NYU weighing an appeal.
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NYU Grad
New York
New York University
Daniel Silverman
National Labor Relations Board
Tas
NYU
Laura Tanenbaum
Seattle police dissect WTO riot causes
Seattle police blame funding gaps and planning failures for facing a well trained adversary during WTO protests. The report cites nine months to plan, $9.3 million city costs, and over 500 arrests with property damage around $3 million.
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Seattle
WTO
World Trade Organization
SPD
Clark Kimerer
Herbert Johnson
Norm Stamper
State Department
State Patrol
King County Sheriff’s Department
Paul Schell
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Roberts
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
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John Ashcroft
Christopher Bond
Missouri
Kansas
Jerry Moran
IRS
River Rescue
Missoula
Tom Zeigler
Blackfoot River
Bonner
Zeigler
Robert Berne
Full Labor Board
Washington, D.C
United Auto Workers
NCS
Wailk
3Rd St
Tanger Mall
Lawrence
West 27Th St
Sherwin-Williams
Wwwsherwin-Williams. Com
Sherwin-Williams Company
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