Friday in Brief roundup of national crime health and politics
GAO reports shippers profit from illegal pesticide residues on imported produce as penalties fail to deter, while consumer imports rise. New York Times notes Bush administration may back allowing employers to cut AIDS related health benefits in court. CDC flags teen injury risk as auto deaths and lack of seat belt use dominate youth fatalities. Michael Kojima settles child support charges for 500000 after no contest plea, avoiding jail with compliance payments.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Customs Service
Justice Department
GAO
New York
Bush Administration
New York Times
Kenneth W. Starr
Supreme Court
the Times
Starr
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Houston
Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Los Angeles
Republican Party
Michael Kojima
Kojima
Utah
President Bush
Washington, D.C
Egyptian survivor pulled from rubble after 82 hours
In Cairo a 36 year old agricultural engineer Askam Sayed Ismail was rescued after 82 hours buried in rubble from a 14 story Heliopolis building collapsed in an earthquake. He told doctors he survived by drinking urine while his wife daughter and mother perished in the same disaster. The government raised the death toll to 519 as searches continue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Askam Sayed Ismail
Heliopolis
Most overworked winner must smell the roses now
SAN FRANCISCO AP His wife entered Siemens Corp. executive Jack Dudley 61 in a National Bosses Day contest naming him America’s Most Overworked Person. He treks from Connecticut to New York by 5 a.m. and returns after 7:30 p.m. with briefcase in hand. His health woes include a heart condition and three hospital visits in three years.
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San Francisco
Jack Dudley
America
Siemens Corp
Connecticut
New York City
Dudley
Barbara Dudley
Guatemalan activist wins Nobel Peace Prize
Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan Indian rights activist and survivor of civil war, wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee praised her for reconciliation efforts amid Guatemalan turmoil, and she plans to fund her father Vicente Menchu’s memorial with the $1.2 million prize.
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Oslo
Norway
Rigoberta Menchu
Guatemala
Menchu
Jorge Serrano
Nobel Committee
Rigoberto Menchu
Columbus
Americas
U.S. trade deficit widens as exports tumble in August
The August U.S. trade deficit rose to 9 billion, the largest in nearly two years, with exports down 6.1 percent and widespread weakness across aircraft, autos, chemicals, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications equipment. Industrial output also edged down 0.2 percent in September, marking back-to-back declines and fueling guesses of stalled recovery. The report undercuts President Bush’s economic narrative ahead of the election.
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U.S
Washington
Bush
America
Europe
Kansas weather zones report mixed tonight into Saturday
Zone by zone forecast for Douglas County and surrounding zones. Tonight mostly cloudy or increasing clouds with low 30s to mid 30s. Saturday partly cloudy to milder with highs from mid 50s to 60s and light winds. Clinton Lake report shows temperature 62 degrees and level at 875.89 feet above mean sea level.
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Clinton Lake
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
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Milwaukee
Albany
Albugrqua
Nashville
Anchorage
New Orlas
Atlanta
New York
Atlatic Cty
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Cdy
Austin
Omaha
Baltimore
Edy
Orlando
Billings M4
Philly
Clr
Edly Phoenix
Boise Birmaghm
Alr
Pittsburgh
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Boston Portlnd
Ody Buffalo
Burlington, Vt
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Dlr
Charltte
Cheyenne
Richmond
Edy Chicago
Edy Sacramato
Cincinnati
St Louis
Alt
Cleveland
Salt Lake
Rolly Colmbia
Cody San Anton
Ely Colmbus
Cir San Diego
Cody Concord
Tucson
Ginsboro
Tulsa
Hartford
Helena
Honolulu
Wichita
Houston
Williston
N.D
Travel outlook across Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado
Missouri Tonight and Saturday clear to partly cloudy with frost in most areas. highs 50s to 60s. Nebraska Tonight cold with mid 20s to low 30s. Saturday mostly sunny west but east cloudy with a slight shower chance. highs upper 40s east to mid 60s west. Oklahoma Tonight fair. Saturday partly sunny with highs mid 60s to 70s. Colorado Tonight mostly clear. Saturday sunny and warmer with low elevations 55 to 70 and mountains 45 to 60. Road contacts Kansas Highway Patrol 1-296-3102 Kanegs Turnpike Authority 843-8250.
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Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Economy downturn linked to higher death and crime rates
Studies from Johns Hopkins and Utah economists tie rising unemployment to more heart disease deaths and strokes, plus spikes in homicides, violent crimes and property crimes. They analyzed 30 metro areas from 1976 to 1990 and suggest applicable trends for 1990–91. The findings align with Brenner’s 1989–90 data presented at Harvard.
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M. Harvey Brenner
Johns Hopkins
Merva
Fowles
Brenner
Harvard
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