Portsmouth settles with veiled women for 200000
The city of Portsmouth pays 200000 to Najla Doran and Sherma Humphrey, two devout Muslim women, after a police officer wrongly arrested them in September 1996 outside a supermarket for wearing religious veils in public. Each woman receives 100000 from the city general fund. The settlement, described as regrettable by City Attorney Timothy Oksman, settles claims from the incident.
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Najla Doran
Sherma Humphrey
Timothy Oksman
Oksman
Fake physician arrested at UCLA stalls medical center
Los Angeles man Adam Litwin 27 posed as a doctor at UCLA and printed prescriptions for Tran squilizers and cough remedies while occupying a doctor's parking space. Prosecutors charged him with impersonating a physician forging prescriptions and trespassing, with potential six year penalties if convicted. A second story notes Tonica Jenkins 24 of East Cleveland received three years probation for forging Yale transcripts and letters of recommendation to enter a graduate program in neurobiology earning a full scholarship and living expenses. She was ordered to seek psychological treatment after the forgeries were uncovered in 1997.
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Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
Yale
Yale University
Tonica Jenkins
East Cleveland
Ohio
Jenkins
Cuyahoga Community College
Central State University
Former Sothebys and Christies chiefs linked to bid fix scheme
Federal investigators say A Alfred Taubman of Sothebys and Sir Anthony Tennant of Christies discussed a plan to limit competition by fixing buyer and seller commissions. The New York Times cites unidentified sources in an antitrust probe. The firms, which control about 95 percent of the global four billion dollar auction market, cooperate with prosecutors.
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Sotheby's
Christie's
New York Times
A. Alfred Taubman
Campaign finance reform push targets 527 groups
Bipartisan lawmakers vow legislation to force disclosure by tax exempt political groups under Section 527. They urge undercutting a 25 year old loophole used by Shape the Debate Citizens for Better Medicare and others to hide contributions and spending while airing ads. House and Senate bills would require FEC filings and IRS notices detailing existence.
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R-Ariz
McCain
Russ Feingold
D-Wis
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al Gore
California
New York
Citizens For Better Medicare
Common Cause
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Citizens For Reform
America
Republicans
Texas
George W. Bush
Federal Election Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Clinton Pushes Family Planning Aid and Abortion Rules
President Clinton urged Congress to overturn the 5 month old ban on United States funding international groups that advocate abortion and to boost worldwide family planning aid by 45 percent, or 169 million dollars. He argued restrictions impose a double standard and pressed for freer funding despite a GOP Congress likely to oppose.
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Clinton
Congress
White House
United States
United Nations
Cameras on Marine Mammals Reveal Dive Efficiency
Marine biologists attach video cameras to seals dolphins and a blue whale to study physiology. The team shows dives begin with strong strokes then gliding as buoyancy shifts with depth, reducing oxygen use by 10 to 50 percent.
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Cali
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California
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Monterey Bay
Science
Tertie Williams
University of California At Santa Cruz
Graham Worthy
Texas A&m University
Galveston
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