Rain Soaked Klan Rally Unites Wedowee Congregants
About 200 residents from white and black communities gathered beside Wedowee High School ruins to pray for racial harmony while rain drenched the scene. Rev. John Duncan urged love over race as area ministers organized the service after February tensions over prom dating. Classes will start two days late at the gutted school, with portable classrooms being readied. Earlier, Ku Klux Klan members held a cross burning nearby but a thunderstorm interrupted the act.
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Wedowee
Ala
John Duncan
First Baptist Church of
East Alabama
Huland Humphries
Style Versus Substance in O J Simpson Case
Los Angeles observers compare the O J Simpson double murder trial to a TV drama as lawyers perform for cameras. Defense stars Shapiro Cochran and Ulmen mix flair with strategy while prosecutors Clark and Hodgman balance dignity and drama under public scrutiny.
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Los Angeles
L.A. Law
O.J. Simpson
Patricia Green
Robert Shapiro
DNA evidence battle resumes in Simpson murder case
In Los Angeles prosecutors and defense clash over blood samples from the crime scene and Simpson estate as a courtroom hearing weighs how much blood is available for DNA testing and whether a mystery envelope will be unsealed. Judge Ito decides on evidence handling and the envelope’s contents amid claims of mislabeling and misdirected samples.
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Los Angeles
Dr. Simpson
Simpson
Lance Ito
Robert Shapiro
Brentwood
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
CNN
Associated Press
Ito
Shapiro
Maryland
Berkeley
Pentagon warns of major cuts to weapons fund
The Defense Department may face large reductions in buying major systems from 1996 to 2001. Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch urged services to prepare funding alternatives for programs including the F-22, Navy subs, Comanche helicopter, and V-22 Osprey as decisions on delays or cuts loom, with potential impacts across Boeing, Lockheed, and defense yards like Electric Boat.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
John M. Deutch
Navy
Sikorsky
United Technologies Corp
Boeing
Bell Helicopters
Textron Inc
Air Force
Post
Lockheed
Calabasas
Calif
Seattle
General Dynamics Corp
Electric Boat
Groton
Conn
Yale scientist infected by rare virus in lab accident
A Yale University researcher contracted a rare rodent borne Sabia arenavirus while cleaning infected monkey tissue after a test tube shattered. Health officials aim to identify 20 to 25 contacts, but officials say the risk to the general public is unlikely as transmission requires symptoms.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Matt Cartter
State Department of Public Health
United States
Mexico
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Marcia Clark
Blackwell
Karl Fleming
Fleming
Clark
Loyola University Law
Laurie Levenson
Aviva Diamond
Diamond
Fane
Supaco
Wright
Iowa
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Stryker CO
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Darin
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