Guard weighs armor for Olympics in Atlanta Village
Georgia National Guardsmen may be required to wear bullet proof vests while on patrol at the Olympic Village after a sergeant was wounded by gunfire July 4. Thomas Bentley, 43, was struck by a bullet fired into the air near his post and released from Georgia Baptist Medical Center with a bruised chest. armor decision to be made before the games begin July 19. Governor Pete Wilson underwent follow up throat surgery and expected to resume normal duties soon after.
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Georgia National
Bland
Pete Wilson
Sean Walsh
Wilson
Walsh
Fire Kills 18 Horses At Fort Lauderdale Barn
A barn fire at World Class Equestrian Center in Fort Lauderdale Florida killed 18 thoroughbred and show horses early Friday. Discovered around 3 a.m. by a stable hand the blaze trapped most horses in a 20 stall barn. Escapee Kung Foo an Olympic jumper from the 1992 Barcelona Games for Colombia survived. Ursula Koschnick owner notified by Stephanie Finnegan of Plantation. Fire may be due to an electrical malfunction.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Kung Foo
Colombia
Stephanie Finnegan
Plantation
Ursula Koschnick
Finnegan
Suspect in Fire Had Lobotomy Shaped By Brain Injury
Todd Hall, a 24 year old with a lobotomy after a 1987 skate accident, faced charges of involuntary manslaughter for a deadly fire at the Ohio River Fireworks store in Scottown. Bail set at 500000, hearing July 12. Eight died, three critical, investigators consider accomplice reports. Hall argued he did not know what he had done. Family had sought treatment after the accident, lawsuits later settled.
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Proctorville, Ohio
Todd Hall
Hall
John Tardiff
Ohio River
Scottown
J.B. Collier Jr
Don Capper
James
Morgantown
W.va
ABC
Nightline
Ohio River Fireworks
Ohio
Militia plotting bomb attack faces court in Arizona
ATF agent testified that members of the Viper Militia plotted to kill informants and a juror, and threatened a federal agent’s family. The group, tied to bomb making charges, practiced explosions in Arizona deserts, collected weapons, and kept large ammonium nitrate stock at members’ homes.
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Phoenix
Viper
Treasury
ATF
Arizona
Steve Ott
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Ott
Randy Lynne Nelson
Nelson
Elen Belliveau
Belliveau
Cross
The
Arizona Republic
Game and Fish Department
IRS
Phoenix Police Department
Gary Bauer
Oklahoma City
Kevorkian death by own action tally climbs to 32
In Pontiac Michigan a 63 year old California woman Shirley Cline of Oceanside died in what officials call suicide with Dr. Jack Kevorkian becoming his 32nd assisted death. The death occurred Thursday amid Kevorkian's ongoing legal cases. Autopsy showed cancer in spleen liver and bowel with no clear terminal diagnosis.
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Pontiac
Mich
California
Jack Kevorkian
Shirley Cline
Oceanside
Calif
Kevorkian
Geoffrey Fieger
Cline
Michael Schwartz
Oakland County
L.J. Dragovic
Dragovic
Washam sues Gingrich over Contract With America claim
Dale Washam of Puyallup sues Newt Gingrich the state Republican Party and chair Ken Eikenberry in Pierce County Superior Court claiming he originated the contract idea used in the 1994 Contract With America. He first promoted contracts in 1991 for the Puyallup school race and later for Pierce County executive and county auditor campaigns.
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Seattle
America
Puyallup
Dale Washam
GOP
Newt Gingrich
Republican Party
Ken Eikenberry
Pierce County Superior Court
Washam
Puyallup, Wash
Pierce County
Washington
Todd Myers
Eikenberry
Gingrich
Cincinnati hopes Oprah will film Beloved here
Cincinnati seeks star power as Beloved authorization may boost film here. Harpo Films has not replied. Lori Holladay cites Beloved as a Civil War era story with Cincinnati described as a slaughter and river boat capital, potentially shaping a historic movie.
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Cincinnati
Oprah Winfrey
Toni Morrison
Winfrey
Greater Cincinnati Film Commission
Harpo Films
Lori Holladay
Commission
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Royals
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