Colorado judge reinstates Miss Colorado Regina Flores
An arbitrator reinstated Regina Flores as Miss Colorado and awarded $78,000 in damages plus $75,000 in attorneys’ fees. The judge found pageant officials caused emotional harm and distress after firing Flores for a part time job, booking appearances by her mother, and missing one appearance. Flores, 22, is the first Hispanic Miss Colorado and sought recovery of $11,000 in scholarship money.
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Regina Flores
Colorado
Miss Flores
Denver
Harold Reed
Poor safety ratings for five small pickups on 40 mph crash tests
The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety found all five small pickups performed below good. Dodge Dakota and Nissan Frontier were rated poor, Chevrolet S-10 mediocre, while Toyota Tacoma and Ford Ranger earned acceptable ratings. Institute president Brian O’Neill said no vehicle earned a good evaluation.
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Washington, D.C
Insurance Institute of Highway Safety
Brian O'Neill
Institute
Fortier sentencing faces 14 to 172 year guideline
A federal judge rejected defense pleas for leniency noting the 168 Oklahoma City bombing victims may be considered in sentencing Michael Fortier. Fortier, 29, is slated for May 27 on charges including hiding evidence and trafficking stolen guns to fund the plot, with cooperation credits to be deducted from his total.
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Oklahoma City
G. Thomas van Bebber
Michael Fortier
Ing
Michael McGuire
Fortier
FBI
McGuire
van Bebber
Portier
Texaco executives cleared of obstruction in discrimination tapes case
White Plains New York two former Texaco leaders Richard Lundwall and Robert Ulrich were acquitted of obstructing justice after a trial over secretly recorded meetings about thwarting a racial discrimination suit. The case spotlighted tapes from 1994 and 1995, leading to a $176 million civil settlement and personnel actions by Texaco.
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White Plains
N.Y
Texaco
Richard Lundwall
Robert Ulrich
Lundwall
Ulrich
Danbury
Petria
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