Unions Sue Tobacco Makers Over Health Care Costs
Three labor union health care trust funds in Utah sue cigarette and tobacco product makers seeking reimbursement for millions spent on medical costs related to smoking and chewing tobacco. Lead counsel Windle Turley notes 10 to 14 percent of annual medical expenses stem from tobacco illnesses. The suit is part of a nationwide effort coordinated by the Coalition for Workers' Health Care Funds, with one class action certified in Washington state.
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Utah
Windle Turley
Dallas
Coalition For Workers‘ Health Care Funds
Washington State
Turley
Wallace weds former prison nurse beside execution chamber
Henry Louis Wallace, condemned for nine murders, marries Rebecca Torrijos in a ceremony at Raleigh Central Prison. They spoke for about 20 minutes in the wedding room, then again through a pane of glass. Across Florida, major wildfires burned dozens of homes, closing I 95 near Orlando with a two mile wall of flame and forcing evacuations.
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Henry Louis Wallace
Rebecca Torrijos
Raleigh
Central Prison
Torrijas
Wallace
North Carolina
Florida
Orlando
Burne
Flagler County
Roy Long
Geneva
Seminole County
Ethiopia and Eritrea near all-out war over border dispute
Ethiopia and Eritrea edged toward all-out war as fighter planes bombed an Eritrean airport for a second day. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said a peace plan allowing a third party to rule on the 160-square-mile border might avert a larger conflict, while Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki urged peaceful solutions though warned no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Ethiopia
Eritrea
Meles Zenawi
Meles
Meses
Isaias Afwerki
Asmara
Reuters
Mekele
Jordan
Asmara’s
United States
European Union
Russia
Issaias Afwerki
Afwerki
Fugitives elude dragnet in Bluff Utah search
Lawmen and Navajo trackers swarm rugged canyon country near Bluff Utah as a manhunt widens for two Colorado suspects believed to be hiding. One fugitive, Robert Mason, 26, of Durango, was found dead near a riverbank along with a wounded deputy. Police say tips suggest the fugitives may have moved back toward Colorado.
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Canyon
Colorado
Bluff
San Juan
Mike Lacy
Utah
Navajo Nation
Bradford
Robert Matthew Mason
Durango
Colo
AP Pang
FBI
Mir crew fail to locate leaks in damaged module
Mir cosmonauts pumped green fluorescent gas into the Spektr module to find leaks after last year’s near collision. No gas escape was seen by all nine aboard as they await Monday’s repeat test, with the station set to burn up by 1999.
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Space Center
Houston
Mir
Charles Precourt
Russian Space Agency
International Space Station
Talyat Musabayev
Jim van Laak
NASA
Valery Ryumin
Thomas
X-Files film heads to big screen in 1997
The X-Files movie Fight the Future brings Duchovny and Anderson from the Fox TV series to cinema. Duchovny muses about preferring film work over TV, while Anderson defends TV actresses in film roles. Robb Report’s June issue lists top luxury picks, including Patek Philippe watches, Porsche 911s, and Palmer Johnson yachts, highlighting heritage and quality.
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Duchovny
Entertainment Weekly
Gillian Anderson
Xfiles
Wal
God
Timothy Hutton
Anderson
the Mighty
Sharon Stone
Hollywood
Nicolas Cage
Albert Einstein
Clark Gable
Patek Philippe
Cage
Robb Report Magazine
Gerry Seinfeld
Rupert Murdoch
Luigi Borelli
Lyle Lovett
Robb Report
Daniel Phillips
Seagram
Edgar Bronfman
Brioni
Nelson Mandela
Donald Trump
Palmer Johnson
Spain
Juan Carlos
Gloria Estefan party marks new album and cancer fundraiser
Gloria Estefan celebrates the release of her nineteenth album with a block party in Washington alongside a record breast cancer fundraiser. Vice President Gore and Madeleine Albright joined the National Race for the Cure, drawing 51,000 participants and raising about 1.8 million. Estefan called the event fans’ moment and noted her party as her place to celebrate. Meanwhile Hank Williams III and Jett Williams performed in Georgiana, Alabama, paying tribute to Hank Williams Sr and discussing royalties battles from Williams family history.
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al Gore
Tipper
Gore
Washington
Madeleine Albright
FBI
Louis Freeh
Gloria Estefan
Hank Williams Sr
Hank Williams
Nashville
Bobbie Jett
Ms. Williams
Williams
Hank Williams Jr
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