Chinese New Year brings hopes to Chinatown
Chinatown business and workers face continued hardship from the World Trade Center attack as New Year festivities aim to revive the local economy. Community leaders note restaurant struggles, reduced tourism, and widespread job losses, while organizers boost lion dances and fixed price menus to attract shoppers.
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New York
Steven Wong
Canal Street
Mott Street
Henry Chung
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assa
Lower Manhattan
Chung
Sue Lee
Chinatown Manpower Project
Asian American Federation
Benevolent Association
New York City
Five adults charged in toddler death and child neglect
SAN RAFAEL CALIFORNIA AP Five adults sharing a home with 13 children face charges of murder and involuntary manslaughter for the death of a 19 month old and severe malnutrition of 12 others. The children aged 8 months to 16 years were placed in emergency foster care after hospital treatment for rickets and neglect. Neighbors say the household remained hidden behind heavy drapes, and police needed three months to uncover the abuse. The defendants Wright Bremner Campbell Wilson Polk-Matthews are charged with murder or involuntary manslaughter and multiple counts of child endangerment with DNA confirming Wright as the father of all the children.
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San Rafael
Calif
America
Marin County
Fred Marziano
Connie Williams
Marin Independent Journal
Winifred Wright
Carol Bremner
Mary Campbell
Deirdre Wilson
Kali Polk-Matthews
Wright
Marziano
Bremner
Campbell
Wilson
Polk-Matthews
National Archives employee charged with theft of historic items
Shawn Aubitz, 45, a National Archives employee in Philadelphia, was charged with one count of theft by a government employee for stealing historical documents between 1996 and 1999. The agency says many items were sold and not recovered. if convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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National Archives
U.S. Atty
Patrick L. Meehan
Shawn Aubitz
Aubitz
Philadelphia
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Ecstasy Use Rising Among Teens Warned by Ads
A Washington survey says teen drug use stayed steady last year except for a 20 percent rise in Ecstasy use, up 71 percent since 1999. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America unveiled ads citing dangers linked to brain damage and deaths, including Danielle Heird’s.
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Partnership For A Drug- Free America
Gers
Danielle Heird
Las Vegas
John Walters
White House
Rockefeller University President Resigns Amid Affair Reports
Rockefeller University president resigns citing health concerns after reports of an inappropriate encounter with a female student. Levine, a renowned biologist, will remain as a faculty member and lab director, taking time off. The Times cited unnamed sources noting the incident occurred last month in a campus lounge after both had consumed alcohol.
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Rockefeller University
Levine
New York Times
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