Gingrich Speech Fee Sets at Fifty Thousand Dollars
Washington reports Newt Gingrich the soon to be former House speaker commands 50 000 per appearance on the lecture circuit. The Washington Speakers Bureau touts him as a leading figure in American public life and notes the fee covers travel plus three first class tickets. An executive from a trade association cites an additional one hour meeting with the CEO or board members in Atlanta or on site.
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Newt Gingrich
House
Washington
Gingrich
R-Ga
Atlanta
Speakers’ Bureau
Police Officers Plead Innocent in Louima Case
Four police officers named Justin Volpe Thomas Bruder Charles Schwarz and Thomas Wiese pled not guilty to charges in a new indictment over the 1997 Abner Louima beating. Bruders and Wiese seek separate trials while prosecutors pursue civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in U.S. District Court.
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Abner Louima
Justin Volpe
Thomas Bruder
Charles Schwarz
Thomas Wiese
Bruder
Wiese
Volpe
Stuart London
U.S. District Court
Louima
Earier
Bruder, Schwarz and Wiese
Posters pullled from Boston transit after Psycho remake ads
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority removes Psycho remake posters from subway stations and buses following more than a dozen complaints. A rider says the image was creepy and troubling while a transit worker notes the disturbing silhouette behind a shower door with blood at the bottom. A separate incident details a truck stop assault where a robber set fire to Matthew Christopher Cummings after a struggle over a wallet and keys. Cummings remains in serious condition with burns over half his body.
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Bates Motel
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Steve Adams
Matthew Christopher Cummings
Aurora
Colo
Interstate 40
Amarillo
Cummings
College backs Broadway play to raise profile in Lynchburg
Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg Virginia invested 100000 dollars for a 90 percent stake in All Under Heaven a one woman show about Pearl Buck. Valerie Harper stars the production which opened in New York after selling out 14 Lynchburg performances and earning praise from The New York Times.
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Randolph Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
New York
Pearl 5. Buck
Valerie Harper
New York Times
Randolph-Macon
the Voice
Bowman
Harper
June Baumoel
Baumoel
Carlton
Rhoda
Lorenzo Music
Los Angeles
Thoresen Theater
Virginia Worden
Summit, N.J
Cacciotti
Nuclear waste pump halted after workers fall ill at Hanford
At Hanford nuclear reservation, pump dumping radioactive sludge from an underground 500000 gallon tank was stopped after nine workers reported illness and throat irritation from a gas that escaped on Wednesday. The gas was not radioactive, officials said, while the tank’s heat requires constant water cooling to prevent boiling and possible release of waste.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Hanford
Department
Erik Olds
Olds
Gulf War illness debate seen delaying veteran care
Former Sen Warren Rudman heads a seven member panel on Gulf War illness and calls for a halt to extended debate as it prepares strong recommendations next summer. Veterans testifying described ongoing sickness and medical bill debts while Pentagon officials defend inquiries into possible chemical and biological exposure.
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Washington
Warren Rudman
New Hampshire
Special Oversight Board
Department of Defense
Air Force
Robert Bergen
Altus
Oklo
Stantly
Bergen
Dee Morris
Pentagon
Bernard Rostker
U.S
Pregnant Smoking Drops 26 Percent in 1990s Study Finds
The CDC reports that 13.6 percent of pregnant women smoked in 1996, down from 18.4 percent in 1990, with big declines among women in their 20s and 30s. Teen mothers 15 to 19 showed the highest rates, 17.2 percent in 1996, up from 16.7 percent in 1994.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Washington, D.C
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Hawaii
Texas
Utah
California
Indiana
New York
South Dakota
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