Stiltsville wins reprieve from removal deadline
Stiltsville, a cluster of homes built on pilings over Biscayne Bay, received a five month reprieve from a July 1 removal deadline. The seven structures sit on bay bottom land annexed by Biscayne National Park in 1980. Park officials argued no legal provision allows private homes on public land, while environmental groups backed removal. The community began in the 1930s with sunken barges and grew to about 25 dwellings used for weekend retreats and parties rather than full-time residence.
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Stiltsville
Biscayne Bay
Bay Bottom
National Park Service
Biscayne National Park
Dick Frost
Frost
Crate & Barrel recalls children's tables over hole risk
Crate & Barrel recalls about 4300 children's tables with six inch holes in the center after four reports of children getting stuck and two requiring emergency help. Tables sold nationwide for about 75 dollars each or 135 dollars with chairs, 27 by 27 inches, feature a red canvas bag hanging in the hole.
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Crate & Barrel
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Northbrook
Ill
Woman leaps from 29th floor at St Moritz Hotel
A 56 year old woman plunged to death from the 29th floor of the St Moritz Hotel after tossing out jewelry and cash. Police found $36,000 in large bills in the room and alley. Witnesses recall a 10 minute ledge stand while urging her inside before she jumped. Identity withheld. hotel guest registered under an assumed name.
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St. Moritz
Chantal Mytych
West Palm Beach
Fla
New York Post
Bush signs first statewide school voucher law in Florida
Gov Jeb Bush signed a landmark Florida voucher law enabling students from the state's worst schools to transfer to private or parochial schools at public expense. Opponents plan a lawsuit while Bush vows to defend the measure’s constitutionality. The program ties school grades A to F and pays $3,000 to $25,000 per student depending on needed services.
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Jeb Bush
Florida
Bush
Stephen King in major rehab after vehicle crash
Stephen King remained in serious condition after a van struck him while he walked on a rural Lowell road in Maine. He underwent more than five hours of surgery on his leg and hip and faces another operation and a year of rehab. He suffered a broken hip multiple fractures and a collapsed lung. The driver was distracted by a dog and not cited. King’s fans flooded the hospital with calls and jokes referencing his fiction.
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Lewiston
Maine
Stephen King
King
Lowell
Bryan Smith
Smith
Matt Baker
Baker
Annie Wilkes
Proto
Erin Webster
Tacoma
Wash
Bangor
Central Maine Medical Center
Judge Denies New Trial for World Trade Center Bombers
U.S. District Judge Kevin Duffy rejected requests for a new trial by Mohammad Salameh Nidal Ayyad Mahmoud Abouhalima and Ahmad Ajaj saying no new evidence and no ineffective counsel claims justify a fresh trial. The 1994 six month trial convicted all four on conspiracy charges for the February 26 1993 attack that killed six and injured over a thousand.
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New York
World Trade Center
U.S
Kevin Duffy
Mohammad Salameh
Nidal Ayyad
Mahmoud Abouhalima
Ahmad Ajaj
Tam
Duffy
United States
Israel
Middle East
Ramzi Yousef
Eyad Ismail
Ex-Cabinet official seeks tapes barred from trial
Washington prosecutors push to admit secretly recorded tapes in Henry Cisneros case claiming they corroborate witness testimony about hush money payments. Defense argues tapes are tampered and inauthentic, edited and originals destroyed. Witness Linda Jones testified about the affair and why she began recording.
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Washington
Henry Cisneros
Barry Simon
Cisneros
Mark Jackowski
Linda Jones
Jackowski
Independent Counsel's
Ms. Jones
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Little Rock
Ark
Henry
Germany pays U.S. survivors of Nazi camps
The German government will compensate 235 American survivors of World War II concentration camps with about 18 million dollars. The average per victim is 76,000 dollars, varying by length of confinement, with distribution handled through the U.S. Treasury.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
U.S. Treasury Department
Ronald Bettauer
Hugo Princz
New Jersey
U.S
Atty
Janet Reno
Justice Department
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Two Officers Indicted in Police Torture Case
Two plain clothes New York officers Rolando Aleman and Francisco Rosario were indicted on federal charges of lying about what they saw during the Abner Louima torture case. Both, part of the Street Crime Unit, face up to five years if convicted. no arraignment date set.
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New York
Rolando Aleman
Francisco Rosario
Abner Louima
Alan Wingrad
Charles Schwarz
Louima
Justin Volpe
Alemani
Edward Jenks
Volpe
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Jean Schrader
Charles Yockey
Biltmore Drive
Wakarusa Drive
Legends Drive
Harvard
15Th
Biltmore
Stormont-Vail HealthCare
FDIC
Capitol Federal Office
Capitol Federal Savings
True Blue
Capfed.com
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