City manager resigns as council considers firing after riot fallout
City officials voted 5 4 to accept John Shirey’s resignation from his $149 000 a year post amid rioting after the police shooting of Timothy Thomas. Councilman Jim Tarbell pressed for immediate firing, citing leadership failures during three nights of unrest and loss of faith. The report includes details of the riot, a bus hijacking and deaths, plus other national items on McVeigh, McDonald’s, Hewlett Packard gifts, and Virginia DNA legislation.
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Jim Tarbell
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Tarbell
Timothy Thomas
Molestation case falls when witnesses recant
Peter Balodis walks free after serving nine years in a child molestation case as two brothers who accused him recant their testimony. Balodis had pled guilty to reduced charges and received time served. The brothers, under ten at the time, recanted remarks made during the trial.
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Peter Balodis
Montgomery County Court
Balodis
Harvey Sernovitz
House panel votes to remove vouchers from Bush education bill
The House Education Committee 27 to 20 vote defeats private school voucher provisions in Bush education legislation. The move shifts focus to annual testing in reading and math for grades three through eight and gives districts more flexibility in using federal funds, while sparking conservative disappointment and support for bipartisan chances.
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Education Department
Peter Hoekstra
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Bush weighs multi faceted missile defense plan
Washington learns the Bush administration is weighing a multifaceted missile defense system that could begin in 2004 with sea and air components alongside land based options. Defense officials say near term options aim for an initial capability by Bush's term end, though a full tested system remains a decade away.
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United States
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Proof that weight loss and exercise prevent diabetes
Doctors report convincing evidence that overweight adults can cut type 2 diabetes risk by 58 percent through targeted weight loss, diet changes, and regular exercise. The study, led by Dr Jaakko Tuomilehto, marks the first carefully controlled proof that lifestyle modification prevents the disease, with 16 million Americans affected today.
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Finland
National Public Health Institute
New England Journal of Medicine
Robert Sherwin
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American Diabetes Assn
Yale University
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