Clinton honors slain police with anti-crime push
President Clinton led a memorial ceremony for officers killed in the line of duty urging faster passage of an anti-crime package. He highlighted funds for 100000 new police and praised the assault weapons ban supported by 216 House members. Clinton met families of fallen officers, spoke to children, and thanked officers for risking their lives.
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Washington
Clinton
Capitol
Congress
House
Devin
Trina Cutugno
Staten Island, Nly
Doctors Run for Office Shape Political Battles Across States
In Oregon and beyond, physicians entering races for governor, the House, and the Senate argue their medical experience informs views on crime and health care. Dr. John Kitzhaber says doctors bring insight to policy, while others warn of physician bias as campaigns emphasize reform and fiscal restraint.
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John Kitzhaber
America
Kitzhaber
Oregon
U.S. House
Senate
House
Jim McDermott
Greg Ganske
Iowa
Neal Smith
Ganske
McDermott
Canada
Congressional
North Dakota
Ben Clayburgh
Kent Conrad
Clayburgh
Clinton
Health polls send mixed signals on health care costs
Danvers Massachusetts AP reports polls confusion over public opinion on containing health care costs. Harvard analyst Robert Blendon says Americans want lower premiums and coverage for the uninsured, but pollsters confuse these aims. The American Association for Public Opinion Research meeting outside Boston heard that the public is poorly informed about health reform and swayed by special interests.
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Danvers
Mass
Congress
Robert Blendon
Harvard School of Public Health
Blue Cross
Brendon
American Association For Public Opinion Research
Boston
Harvard
John Benson
Mollyann Brodie
Blendon
Heavy inmate argues hang is unsafe in Washington
Seattle AP report says death row inmate Mitchell Rupe over 400 pounds makes hanging impractical and potentially fatal by beheading. His lawyers seek alternatives while state officials defend the method. A July 11 hearing is set before U S District Judge Thomas Zilly.
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Seattle
Todd Maybrown
Mitchell Rupe
Maybrown
U.S
Thomas Zilly
Washington
Montana
Delaware
New Hampshire
Rupe
Trial Begins in Citadel Gender Bar Case
Shan Faulkner seeks to be first woman in Citadel gray line as judge Houck opens a three week trial. Up to 77 witnesses and 1,027 exhibits are planned, with potential paths including single sex education and equal opportunity measures. Faulkner rejects a parallel program, arguing The Citadel must be itself.
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Charleston
S.C
Shannon Faulkner
Citadel
State Military College
U.S
C. Weston Houck
Virginia Military Institute
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia
Mary Baldwin College
Faulkner
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