Striking Los Angeles Janitors Reach Tentative Deal
The Service Employees International Union Local 1877 said 8,500 janitors reached a tentative contract Saturday with 18 cleaning companies after nearly three weeks on strike. Ratification vote Monday will end the walkout if approved, with officials noting the deal covers firms serving 97 percent of affected buildings.
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Garcia
Service Employees International Union
Los Angeles
Dick Davis
Hunter Survives Mountain Lion Attack in Jemez Mountains
Allen Sherwood a 36 year old Los Alamos resident recounts a cougar sprinting from camouflage concealment as he hid in a fallen pine. He swung an elbow to shield his head and drew his pistol before the cat fled silently into the forest. Then Virginia seeks federal court intervention over Census 2000 numbers for redrawing districts without Justice Department approval.
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Allen Sherwood
Los Alamos
Jemez Mountains
Dhe
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Sherwood
Virginia
Justice Department
Jim Gilmore
U.S. District Court
Earth Day festival blends politics and pollution on mall
Thousands gathered on the National Mall to mark Earth Day's 30th anniversary in a festival mixing environmental advocacy with a family outing. Vice President Gore framed a decade of environmental action, while Leonardo DiCaprio urged renewable energy, Clinton touted emissions initiatives, and protesters pressed for clean energy, wildlife protection, open spaces, and urban trees.
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National Mall
al Gore
Gore
Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio
Clinton
Washington Monument
Jose Rodriguez
AP Pact
NATO arrests Bosnian Serb camp commander for war crimes
NATO peacekeepers captured Bosnian Serb detention camp commander Dragan Nikolic, indicted in 1994 over rapes, torture and killings at Susica camp near Vlasenica. He is to appear in The Hague tribunal soon. potential life sentence if convicted. 8,000 detainees held at Susica in 1992.
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U.N
Nikolic
Susica
Vlasenica
Starr explored Clinton indictment in late 1998 probe
A new book reports Kenneth Starr directed aides to draft a Clinton indictment in 1998 after sending the Lewinsky findings to Congress. Starr’s team believed perjury charges could be built against Hillary Clinton but lacked sufficient evidence, leading Starr to defer to his successor.
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Whitewater
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Little Rock
Ark
James McDougal
Ewing
Robert Ray
Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senate
New York
White House
Joe Lockhart
Justice Department
Likud
Hawkish
Israel
Lewinsky
Dr Laura settles slander suit over Costa Mesa surf shop
Laura Schlessinger has settled a slander lawsuit filed by Beach Access owner Tom Moore of Costa Mesa. Terms remain confidential though attorney Gerard Fox described the deal as amicable for all parties. The case followed her on air claim that Moore’s shop sold a pornographic magazine.
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Costa Mesa
Gerard Fox
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Tom Moore
Beach Access
Radio
Laura
Schlessinger
Moore
Soprano Star Snubs Free Entry At Nightclub
Jamie Lyn Sigler known as Meadow Soprano arrived at Hush with her boyfriend and four others but left them behind as she slipped out the back. Owner Eddie Dean says freebies were offered earlier but not on a later visit when the group was told others must pay. HBO rep says friends paid reduced rates and no free entry was sought.
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Jamie Lyn Sigler
Meadow Soprano
HBO
Hush
Eddie Dean
Sigler
Dean
New York Daily
Pierce Brosnan’s Son Injured In Malibu Embankment Crash
The 13 year old son of actor Pierce Brosnan is in stable but serious condition after a car carrying six people plunged 150 to 200 feet down a brush covered embankment near Malibu. Alcohol was a factor. the driver James Hall, 19, was arrested for DUI. The boy suffered fractures and a possible vertebra injury and a ruptured bladder, with surgery performed at UCLA Medical Center. Brosnan accompanied his son in the air ambulance and was treated for injuries including a fractured pelvis.
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Sean Brosnan
Malibu
California Highway Patrol
Brosnan
Ucla Medical Center
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CHP
Karen Faciane
Dume Mountain
James Hall
Compiled Wire Reports by Phill Wilke
A compact compilation of wire reports by Phill Wilke outlines brief items from various sources. It collates diverse news briefs, sports notes, obituaries, and public notices into a single digest with a consistent newsroom tone.
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