Gotti tape cited to bolster bail denial in Gambino case
Prosecutors sent a jailhouse video of John Gotti and his son to Judge Parker as evidence that Junior Gotti holds a top Gambino leadership role. A August 17 letter asserts cooperating witnesses support the indictment and forensic evidence ties the defendants to Mafia promotion lists. Gotti has been jailed since January on racketeering charges with potential 20 years pending conviction.
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John Gotti
Gotti
Gambino Crime Family
U.S
Barrington Parker
John A
Gambino
Truckers' double slay under police probe in Dallas area
A trucker was fatally shot at a Plano expressway gas station and another struck on U S 75 in north Dallas within minutes. Investigators consider a single motorcyclist as possible killer. no arrests or motive yet. Witness David Degnon detailed a four shot volley at the gas station.
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Plano
Dallas
David Degnon
Degnon
Cyanide letter suspect described as eccentric and bizarre
Kathryn Schoonover, 50, a cancer patient living in a van, faces federal attempted murder charges for mailing cyanide packets to doctors and police officers. She had been in a New York psychiatric hospital in 1994 and claimed medications there caused her to lose an unborn baby, which medical officials disputed. FBI and postal investigators plan federal prosecution after at least four letters mailed to New York area recipients. Neighbors described her as troubled and eccentric, and authorities say she circulated documents about abuse at Capital District Psychiatric Center.
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Los Angeles
New York
Kathryn Schoonover
Marina del Rey
FBI
U.S. Postal Service
District Attorney’s Office
Sandi Gibbons
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Thom Mrozek
Ms. Schoonover
Kate
Josh Monesson
Capital District Psychiatric Center
Albany
N.Y
New York State
Office of Mental Health
Roger Klingman
Times Union of Albany
Mercury in Seychelles fish poses no harm to children
A Seychelles study finds pregnant women consuming high amounts of ocean fish with low mercury levels show no adverse effects in 711 children followed to age 52. Researchers report normal language, reading, arithmetic, spatial skills, and social abilities, though freshwater fish in the U.S. may have higher contamination.
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Indian Ocean
Seychelles
Gary Myers
University of Rochester
Journal of the American Medical Assa
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
United States
EPA
Food and Drug Administration
Paxil Helps Social Anxiety Short-Term, Study Finds
Paroxetine marketed as Paxil was given to patients with generalized social phobia. In a 12 week trial 55 percent reported much to very much improved versus 24 percent on placebo. No serious side effects noted, but long term effectiveness is unknown. Funded by SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals.
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Murray Stein
University of California At San Diego
Today
Journal of the American Medical Assa
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
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