Blind rider files ADA Web access complaint in San Francisco
Randy Tamez, blinded 12 years ago by brain tumor treatment, filed a formal ADA complaint Nov. 2 against the Metropolitan Transportation Commission alleging the agency incompletely provides bus and train schedules online. The case reflects a push to enforce Web accessibility for disabled riders amid other complaints about kiosks.
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California Lumber Permit Pulled After Violations
State Forestry officials suspended Pacific Lumber Co. logging licenses in Humboldt County about 280 miles north, forcing 180 layoffs. Violations cited include heavy equipment on owl habitat, improper road cutting, and disturbing water crossings, with about half of harvesting halted while under sanction.
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Kilted firefighter aids traffic blaze in pinch
Off-duty firefighter Pat Gallo in a kilt rushed to help a trooper battle a car fire in Longmeadow Massachusetts. The Enfield Conn. firefighter, part of a bagpipe band, was en route to a Veterans Day parade when he sprang into action.
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Tripp’s friend takes blame for wiretap problems
Lucianne Goldberg told reporters she caused Linda Tripp to face Maryland wiretap charges by wrongly saying recording calls was legal. Goldberg testified before a Howard County grand jury, admitting she suggested the idea and supplied tapes from conversations with Tripp and Lewinsky.
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Agencies Faulted In Border Shooting Probe
A House report faults Justice and Defense departments for negligence surrounding the 1997 fatal shooting of 18 year old Esequiel Hernandez Jr during a Marine Corps surveillance operation along the Texas border. Four Marine commanders were disciplined, but no indictments followed two grand juries. Justice declined prosecution, citing lack of evidence of intentional constitutional rights violations.
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Shooting hits federal post in Rudolph manhunt
Shots fired at the Andrews North Carolina command post where agents hunt bombing suspect Eric Rudolph. A bullet grazed an investigator. motive unknown. Rudolph is charged in Birmingham clinic bombing and Atlanta attacks.
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