Woman wins $200,000 in Trans Union case over credit report errors
A federal jury ruled Trans Union violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by releasing inaccurate information about Lesley Wenger of Los Angeles after unauthorized use of her Social Security number. Her 1993 credit problems began when an unknown person opened 15 fraudulent accounts at major stores, with misleading birth dates and names.
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Trans Union
Lesley Wenger
Los Angeles
Wenger
Crackdown on wine cheating hits Paris restaurants
France’s Finance Ministry ordered a crackdown after a survey found nearly 20 percent of 1,000 eateries served wine with different appellations or vintages than ordered. The probe checked 2,342 restaurants last year, issuing 283 warnings and finding 47 violations. The report cites corruption concerns and calls for progress.
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Finance Ministry
Yves Galland
Bureau of Competition and Consumption
Reconstruction focus narrows on TWA 800 forward cargo area
Federal and FBI officials say part of the TWA Flight 800 jet will be reconstructed in a Long Island hangar to probe the forward cargo hold as the likely site of the destruction. Investigators caution that no definitive cause may emerge, with 230 lives lost and 30 percent of the airliner recovered.
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Smithtown
N.Y
TWA
FBI
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Robert Francis
Long Island
Francis
James Kallstrom
Bomb delay noted in Centennial Park dispatch delay
Records show a 911 caller warned of a bomb at Centennial Park at 12 58 a m a phone log chaos slowed transmission to police. The dispatcher and operator struggled with spelling and line outages as a computer message finally went through at 1 08 35 a m and a unit advised an explosion near Olympic Park by 1 20 a m.
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Atlanta
Centennial Olympic Park
Wirce Command Center
Associated Press
Centennial Park
ACC
Atlanta Police Department Agency Command Center
Olympic Park
FBI denies CBS report on Jewell linked to Olympic bombing
The FBI rejected CBS claims that it found no link between Richard Jewell and the Olympic Park bombing and would issue a public apology. FBI Atlanta spokesman Jay Spadafore said Washington officials denied the report and offered no further comment. A house and shed search found no incriminating evidence and voice comparison with a 911 caller gave no clear match.
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New York
FBI
CBS
Richard Jewell
Olympic Park
Atlanta
Jay Spadafore
Washington
Jewell
Study finds 1 percent of whites possibly immune to AIDS virus
Research from two teams indicates about 1 percent of people of European descent may lack the CCR-5 receptor, a doorway HIV uses to infect cells. The mutation could explain resistance in exposed individuals, with mixed results across African, Japanese, and Venezuelan samples and uncertainty about non whites.
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Nathaniel Landau
Rockefeller University
New York
Flash floods kill 71 campers in Spanish Pyrenees camp
In the Virgen de Las Nieves site near Biescas Spain a sudden flash flood swept through a Pyrenees camp killing at least 71 people including six children. Police reported 53 dead by evening with 180 treated for injuries as rescue teams worked through mud and debris.
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Birscas
Spain
Pyrenees
Virgen de Las Nieves
Biescas
Antonio
Estebans
Jose Manuel Guiu
Aragon
Spanish National Radio
EFE
Virgin de Nieves
FAMOUS FACES NEW YORK Actress Eileen Fulton undergoes appendectomy
TV star Eileen Fulton of As The World Turns was rushed to Lenox Hill Hospital after being found in pain in her hotel lobby. Doctors said her appendix was near bursting and she is expected to return to the set in a few weeks with Jane Powell filling in. Turner pursues trout stream escape alongside TBM deal.
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New York
Eileen Fulton
Lisa
Lenox Hill Hospital
David Granoff
Fulton
Hollywood
Jane Powell
Western Montana College Foundation
Wyoming
Turner
Turner Broadcasting System
Time Warner
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