Sheriff to televise euthanasia at Guilford County shelter
Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes plans a televised program on the weekly Sheriff’s Beat to show shelter workers injecting animals with pentobarbital to euthanize them. He says about 70 percent of housed animals are euthanized, roughly 10,000 annually, and urges public anger toward responsible pet ownership to drive change.
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Greensboro
Barnes
Sheriff's Beat
Microsoft fights government over Windows blueprint access
Washington DC court filing shows Microsoft contesting two day interview request with Bill Gates over source code and antitrust claims. Government seeks Windows code to prove browser tying to Netscape. Microsoft argues the blueprint is separate software. A separate indictment charges Craig Lawson with multiple child abuse counts spanning 1975 to 1987, potentially leading to multiple life sentences if convicted.
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Microsoft
Bill Gates
District Court For
District of Columbia
Gates
Netscape Communications Corp
Craig Jay Lawson
Lawson
Skakel family tutor ordered to testify before grand jury
A judge on Tuesday compelled former live-in tutor Kenneth Littleton and two Skakel nephews to testify before a grand jury in the unsolved 1975 beating death of 15 year old Martha Moxley. Littleton, 22, worked for neighbors the Skakel family and is barred from most state prosecutions, with exceptions tied to the case.
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Kennedy
Kenneth Littleton
Martha Moxley Littleton
Skakel
Moxleys
Littleton
Thomas
Global warming study eyes possible ecological changes
Botanists at Duke University warn warming could dry northern Great Plains, drive grasslands east into woodlands and raise wildfire risk over the next century. Lead researcher James Clark presented findings to the Ecological Society of America in Baltimore, noting the system’s sensitivity to climate shifts. The study covers peat, fossils, and charcoal from eastern Montana to Wisconsin, illustrating eight millennia of grassland forest turnover.
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James Clark
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Ecological Society of America
Baltimore
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Nebraska
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Wisconsin
Tobacco settlement talks hit impasse in national deal
Negotiations for a national tobacco settlement have stalled with no direct talks planned next week between cigarette makers and state prosecutors suing over smoking illness costs. Officials warn an impasse could unravel future nonparticipating manufacturers and demand stronger marketing and distribution restrictions beyond existing state pacts.
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North Carolina
Mike Easley
Easley
Minnesota
Fred Olson
Washington Atty
Christine Gregoire
Texas
Mississippi
Florida
Gary Black
Sanford C. Berstein & Co
Texas Ends 29-Day Run of 100-Degree Heat With Rain
A rare rain in Dallas broke a 29 straight day stretch of 100-degree heat, easing the furnace like conditions but heat related deaths rose to 28 in Dallas County this summer. Police said Kevin Grant 44 schizophrenic died of hyperthermia after being found outdoors in Lake Highlands while Joseph Harrell 77 with coronary disease was found dead in his car near Garland.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Sharon McDonald
Colonial Car Wash
Geraldo Chavez
Grand Car Wash and Detail
Mercury
Lakewood
Lillie Hurse
Kevin Grant
Lake Highlands
Grant
Medical City Hospital
Joseph Harrell
Garland
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