Minnie Pearl Hospitalized for Stroke Complications in Nashville
Legendary country comedian Minnie Pearl, 83, was admitted to Centennial Medical Center in Nashville with complications described as a brain seizure or stroke. Hospital spokesperson Cheryl Read declined details citing privacy, and it remains unclear whether this is a new stroke or lingering effects from a 1991 stroke that ended her stage career. Pearl is famous for her shrill "Howdyyyy!" and her flow?ered hat with a dangling price tag.
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Centennial Medical Center
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Custody Fight Ends With Grandmother Retaining Tyler
In Richmond Virginia Judge William Boice upheld a 1993 ruling that Sharon Bottoms is an unfit mother due to her lesbian lifestyle, keeping 4 year old Tyler with his grandmother Kay Bottoms. Bottoms and partner April Wade cried as they left court and planned an appeal while a film project drew criticism from the judge.
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Richmond
Sharon Bottoms
Tyler Douston
Tyler
Kay Bottoms
April Wade
Donald Butler
Henrico County
Navy officer convicted in flight harassment case
Navy Chief Petty Officer George Powell was convicted in military court of indecent assault after pleading guilty to simple assault. Powell admitted being drunk on October 27, 1995, aboard a commercial flight from Virginia to California, where passengers witnessed him groping a 23-year-old enlisted woman aboard the way to the USS Samuel Gompers decommissioning.
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Virginia
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House backs farm bill provisions to aid farmers losses
The House Agriculture Committee unveiled a package to compensate farmers for losses from government export restrictions. It would ease conservation rules for subsidies and shift rural development funding to states. The bill also assigns trade monitoring to the agriculture secretary and reports violations to the U S trade representative.
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House Agriculture Committee
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
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