Library bans chess crowds after boisterous incidents
The Minneapolis Public Library banned chess last week citing boisterous spectator language directed at guards. The ban could be lifted if conduct rules are posted and enforced to discourage unruly behavior inside the library. A cab driver recovered Lynn Harrell’s 1673 Stradivarius cello after he left it in a taxi, with Harrell praising New York’s heart and the drivers who helped return the instrument.
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Unreliable drug-sniffing dog taints search evidence
A federal judge ruled that Falco the German shepherd’s alerts were unreliable, invalidating evidence from the August stop of David and Pamela Stonebreaker. Between 1998 and 2000 Falco alerted 225 times but found drugs only 80 times, a 36 percent success rate, removing probable cause for the motor home search and seizure of about 560 pounds of marijuana.
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Medicare drug cost near one trillion for seniors
congressional and private analysts told the House committee that total Medicare drug costs could reach up to 1 trillion over the next decade if seniors gain low copay medicines with no monthly fees. A $50 to $80 monthly premium or shared drug costs could drop the figure to about 750 billion.
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Farm loan defaults drop as credit rules bite
The Agriculture Department reports delinquency on direct farm loans fell from 41 percent in 1995 to 21 percent by September, while guaranteed loans stay around 3.5 percent. Congress rules since 1996 bar new loans to delinquent borrowers, prompting more careful repayment and reducing annual bad-loan losses from about $3 billion in the early 1990s to roughly $500 million. Critics urge easing restrictions amid low crop prices.
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