Record Expulsions Reach 6 276 Under Gun Free Schools Act
6 276 students in 29 states and the District of Columbia were expelled last school year for bringing guns and other weapons to school. Vice President Al Gore announced the Education Department findings at a safe and drug free schools conference noting further reports as remaining states submit data. The figures cover the 1995 1996 school year the first collected under the 1994 Gun Free Schools Act which ties federal dollars to state expulsion laws.
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Innocence claims at execution and a cult case in Hale Center
Before his lethal injection, David Stoker, 38, passed a note claiming innocence and thanking supporters as he faced execution for the 1986 $96 Hale Center robbery and killing of David Manrrique. The note included an apology to the victim’s family. In a separate case, John Perry Chaney, leader of The House of Chaney, was sentenced to five years to life after a 1993 marriage ceremony involved in child rape charges. He did not cooperate for a presentence evaluation.
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IRA Guns Down Two Policemen in Northern Ireland Town
IRA assassins killed two police officers on patrol in Lurgan near Belfast, claiming responsibility in a Belfast radio call. British PM Blair suspended contacts with Sinn Fein, saying the attack shows the IRA and Sinn Fein refuse peace. Unionist leader Trimble warned against optimism, noting over 3,000 deaths in three decades of violence.
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Britain
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Ulster Unionist Party
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High court upholds doctor only abortion rule in Montana
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, let stand a Montana law barring physician assistants from performing abortions and rejected Utah’s bid to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks. The court affirmed states may regulate abortion to avoid undue burdens in the first six months, continuing its 1992 framework.
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Country music honors its best at TNN awards
At the TNN Music City News Country Awards in Nashville Alan Jackson was named entertainer of the year and best male vocalist for the fifth straight year. Loretta Lynn presented Charlie Pride with a living legend award as Billy Ray Cyrus won best single for Trail of Tears. Sawyer Brown and The Statler Brothers won multiple honors while fourteen year old LeAnn Rimes earned best female vocalist tomorrow and George Strait led Album of the Year with Blue Clear Sky.
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Compromise saves European currency process faces big clash
European leaders averted a Germany France clash that threatened the 1999 euro debut by adopting modest reforms and pledging a fall summit on jobs. Dutch PM Wim Kok hailed the accord while France sought more emphasis on employment and France and Germany eye ongoing budget discipline amid looming deficit challenges.
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Flinn signs book deal after Air Force scandal
New York pilot New York Kelly Flinn leaves the Air Force following a adultery scandal and accepts a general discharge. She signed a Random House deal for a memoir tentatively titled Proud to Be, with a fall publication planned. The price was not disclosed.
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