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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1998
Page
2
A newborn baby with umbilical cord attached was found on the shoulder of the Pennsylvania Turnpike by a highway worker who mistook it for a doll. The infant, discovered Monday afternoon about ten miles north of Pittsburgh, was in critical condition in a Pittsburgh hospital and believed to have been thrown from a moving vehicle.
The House passed a measure by voice vote proposing methamphetamine penalties equal to crack cocaine. Introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions it would cut in half the drug amount triggering a mandatory minimum. The Senate has not voted on a similar bill.
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced a three year initiative to identify proven city solutions and spread them to other communities. It will fund research by the University of Michigan and build a storehouse of best practices. Four locales were named initially Cincinnati Jacksonville Shreveport and western North Carolina towns.
Derrick James, 33, known as Spiderman, is jailed on charges of breaking into Bristol Towers in Miami. Investigators tie him to at least 133 burglaries over 40 years stealing jewels, cash, credit cards and laptops. Police note he climbed between balconies without ropes, always between 6 p.m. and midnight on weekends.
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