Kidnapping Suspect Killed in Oregon Police Shootout
A man abducted 7-year-old Kristina Jacobsen from Salem and led a 100 mile chase down Interstate 5 in a stolen blue Pontiac. He exchanged gunfire with motorists, held the girl at gunpoint during a standoff, and was killed by a Sharpshooter when police breached the overturned car. The girl suffered minor injuries while others were treated for gunfire and glass injuries.
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Ore
Kristina Jacobsen
Salem
Pontiac
Christina
Gregg Hastings
Chantrell Thomas
Roger Vinyard
Thomas
Vinyard
Oregon State
Night Stalker Richard Ramirez marries in prison
Richard Ramirez known as the Night Stalker married Doreen Lioy in a San Quentin visitors room. The couple exchanged rings in a 15 minute ceremony witnessed by a small group as Ramirez remains on death row for the 1980s murders and assaults.
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San Quentin
Calie
Richard Ramirez
San Quentin Prison
Ramirez
Free-Lance
Doreen Lioy
Richard
Lioy
San Francisco
The
San Francisco Examiner
Livy
Adam Yates
San Rafael
Vernel Crittenden
California
Doreen Livy
Federal funds rescue garment workers pension plan
A Labor Department led rescue keeps 70 000 workers in the Amalgamated Insurance Fund from collapse. Employers continue annual contributions about 29 million dollars, with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp stepping in if firms fail. The plan aims to discourage withdrawals and cut underfunding by about 50 million over eight years.
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Washington
Labor Department
Garment Workers
Amalgamated Insurance Fund
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maryland
New Jersey
Ilinois
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp
Amalgamated Insurance
Amalgamated Fund
Labor
Robert Reich
Labor Department Guaranty Agency
Reich
Bernie Jaslow
Pincus Brothers Maxwell
Philadelphia
Brooks Brothers
PBM
Margaret Coombs
Baltimore
UNITE
Nell Hennessy
PBGC
World mammals facing extinction in alarming global study
A comprehensive IUCN Red List analysis finds one quarter of mammal species endangered, with about half of those at risk of vanishing within a decade. The report notes habitat loss and pollution as primary drivers, covering 1,096 of 4,600 mammals and urging urgent worldwide action to avert a biodiversity catastrophe.
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Bruce Babbit
George B. Rabb
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
IUCN
Species Survival Commission
Rabb
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Haskell
Hauser Lawrence
Lenexa
Netis.com
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Cjnetworks
ST. Joseph, Missouri
Pony Express
ST. Joseph
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