Connecticut Police Dispatcher Trainee Arrested Day One
Bridgeport man Gregory Zeoli 23 on his first day as a state police dispatcher was arrested after typing his name into a records system that matched an outstanding warrant for passing bad checks. He was detained in Newington where the warrant originated and police questioned how he cleared the initial background check.
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Bridgeport
Gregory Zeoli
Ralph Carpenter
Zeoli
Newington
Jackson won't seek White House in 2000 bid
Jesse Jackson said he will not run for president in 2000 and will focus on rallying corporate investment in minority communities through Rainbow/PUSH projects. He noted plans to expand the Wall Street initiative, citing AT T’s $1 billion bond commitment brokered by Blaylock & Partners.
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Jesse Jackson
White House
America
Jackson
Lasalle Street Project
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Rainbow/PUSH
Wall Street
At&t
Blaylock & Partners LP
New York
Munitions train derails near Shel byville
A CSX train carrying Marine Corps munitions derailed near Shel byville early Wednesday, spilling six containers and prompting a rural evacuations. No injuries were reported. Cause under investigation. fuses shipped separately to prevent fire risk. Authorities identified no immediate threat to the public.
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Marine Corps
Shelbyville
CSX Transportation Inc
Jane Covington
Nashville
George Vargas
Military Traffic Management Command
Falls Church
New Jersey Computer Glitch Spreads Food Stamps Early
A finance computer error deposited 23 million dollars in April food stamp allotments into about 140000 automated accounts eleven days early. Recipients spent roughly five million before officials detected the mistake and began screening the issue on Monday.
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New Jersey
Monay
Titanic wreckage opened to tourists
A federal appeals court ruled that RMST exclusive rights do not bar viewing and photographing the Titanic wreck in international waters about 400 miles off Newfoundland. Tours are legal if they do not interfere with salvage work, reversing a lower court decision and upholding Clarke's salvage-right authority.
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Richmond
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
R.M.S. Titanic Inc
Newfoundland
Paul Niemeyer
Clarke
Deep Ocean
Christopher Haver
Phoenix
Alex Blanton
Haver
Deep Ocean Expeditions
F. Bradford Stillman
R.M.S. Titanic
Atlantic Ocean
Safety board finds lingering 737 rudder problems persist
The National Transportation Safety Board linked 1994 USAir 427 to a rudder jam in a 737 hydraulic valve, warning that the redesign of the power control unit may not eliminate all failure modes. The board urged Boeing and the FAA to pursue further improvements while noting two other fatal or near fatal 737 incidents.
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Springheld
Federal Safety Board
Boeing Co
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Charlie Higgins
Boeing
Higgins
Safety Board
Usair
Pittsburgh
Chicago
United Airlines
Colorado Springs
Colo
Eastwind Airlines
Richmond
Thomas McSweeny
FAA
Regulation and Certification
NTSB Blames Rudder Reversal for 737 Crashes
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday blamed rudder reversal for two fatal Boeing 737 crashes and a near miss. The maneuver normally uses rudder pedals to steer the nose left or right, but a jam in a hydraulic valve can cause unintended reversal and dangerous control issues.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Doctors taught to dislike HMOs influence of faculty culture
A New England Journal of Medicine report based on 1997 interviews with 2162 people from 121 U.S. medical schools finds students and residents largely view managed care negatively due to faculty attitudes. Seventy four percent of students and residents say primary care teaching faculty shaped negative views. ninety six percent cite specialty teaching as influential. Some favor single payer as best for access and cost, while others prefer traditional fee for service or managed care.
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Steven Simon
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
New England
Journal of Medicine
U.S
Molly Conroy
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia
Conroy
Bronxville, N.Y
Medical School
Longer treatment urged for blood clots in legs
Canadian researchers find warfarin extended beyond three months cuts recurrence risk by 95 percent for deep vein thrombosis. Each year over 40 000 Americans suffer such clots with at least 15 percent experiencing another event months later. Larger clots can travel to the heart and lodge in the lung, causing sudden death.
FAA grounds Kiwi Air Lines in Newark
The FAA declared Kiwi International Air Lines unsafe to fly and ordered surrender of its operating certificate and immediate cancelation of its six city schedule. Kiwi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday. The FAA cited the carrier’s inability or unwillingness to provide the highest degree of safety.
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Newark
N.J
Federal Aviation Administration
Kiwi International Air Lines
FAA
Tuberculosis cases dip in 1998 for fifth year
Data from the Centers for Disease Control show 18,371 U S TB cases in 1998, a 7.5 percent drop from 1997. Despite the decline, experts warn against complacency as foreign born patients and drug resistant strains drive ongoing challenges in TB control. World Health Organization estimates 8 million people affected annually.
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Lantana
United States
Ray Collins
A.G. Holley State Hospital
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Holley
World Health Organization
David Ashkin
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