Rap Brown alias Al Amin gets life for deputy killing
Jurors rejected the death penalty and sentenced former 1960s radical H. Rap Brown, now Jamil Abdullah Al Amin, to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of Deputy Ricky Kinchen during an arrest in 199? Two deputies were wounded. one identified Al Amin as the gunman.
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Families sue over Hancock Center scaffold collapse
Chicago officials admitted a gap in the municipal building code omitting scaffold regulations and pledged action against responsible parties after last weekend's John Hancock Center scaffold collapse. Families of three women killed sue the scaffold maker, assembler, operator, and Hancock owners in Cook County Court. A protective order preserves wreckage and records. The deceased are Melissa Cook 29 Chicago Nanatta Cameron 39 Chicago and Jill Semplinski Nelson 27 Olathe Kansas.
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TSA to bar cross gender patdowns at airports
Transportation Security Administration chief John Magaw announced gender segregation in airport frisking with male screeners handling male passengers and female screeners handling female passengers. Norman Mineta added a goal of respectful treatment. The Association of Flight Attendants cited hundreds of complaints before TSA assumed security duties on February 17.
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Brain implant lets monkey move cursor by thought
Brown University researchers used thin wiring to allow rhesus monkeys to move a screen cursor using brain signals from the motor cortex after initially guiding them with a joystick. The program enabled a monkey to continue moving the cursor by thinking, touching dots on dozens of trials.
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Living wage study finds poverty reduction across cities
A national study by the Public Policy Institute of California concludes living wage laws raise job costs but reduce poverty. Since 1994 over 60 U.S. cities adopted higher minimums, mainly for city workers or major government contractors, with California hosting multiple cities including Los Angeles Oakland San Francisco and San Jose. The analysis uses 1996 to 2000 census data showing urban poverty fell, and cities with living wage laws saw larger declines.
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Living wage groups push higher pay in Lawrence area
Local link Te Kaw Valley Living Wage Alliance advocates higher wages in Lawrence. Critics warn unemployment could rise for the lowest earners while supporters cite reduced poverty. San Francisco’s wage example shows a $6,500 annual raise for a two adult one child family.
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Nicotine Addiction Clues From Chicago Research
University of Chicago scientists reveal how nicotine both stimulates the brain’s pleasure center and blocks the off switch, creating a long lasting high that reinforces smoking. The study, in Neuron, explains rapid dopamine rise followed by regulatory cell inhibition, aiding addiction and challenging quitting efforts for millions.
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