Granddad convicted in icing death of granddaughter
David Andrew Douglas, 49, a Houston restaurant dishwasher, was convicted of strangling his 3 year old granddaughter Shelby Lynne Barrackman on January 10, 1997 after she licked icing off cupcakes. He faces either death or life in prison. Douglas claimed amnesia and his lawyers argued the police confession was coerced. Prosecutors said he grew angry at Shelby crying after the icing incident.
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David Andrew Douglas
Shelby Lynne
Douglas
Shelby
New York officer sues city over Labor Day parade fallout
Joseph Locurto sues New York City alleging free speech rights were violated after his suspension for appearing on a Labor Day parade float that mocked Black people. The float in Queens showed a "Black to the Future 2098" banner and reenacted a racist killing, drawing protest from participants and onlookers. Meanwhile, at a separate Arkansas prison, 11 inmates were hospitalized after a water heater malfunction caused carbon monoxide symptoms, with 96 others moved to safety as the facility Responded.
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Joseph Locurto
Queens
Texas
Dina Tyler
Arkansas Department of Correction
Little Rock
Prison System Diagnostic Hospital
Pine Bluff
Tyler
Wrightsville
Former Nazi guard faces deportation
The government moves to deport Vincas Valkavickas a 78 year old Chicago man accused of guarding 3700 Jewish prisoners executed by Nazi troops in 1941 at a Lithuanian site near Sviencionys. The complaint filed in Chicago ImmigRAtion Court cites his service as a Lithuanian police officer 1941 to 1944 aiding the Nazi massacre.
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Chicago
Lithuania
Vincas Valkavickas
U.S. Immigration Court
U.S. Justice Department
Valkavickas
Sviencionys
Eli Rosenbaum
Immigration Department
Special Investigations
Morale declines at CIA clandestine service says watchdog
Former CIA inspector general Frederick Hitz warns in a Washington Post op ed that the Directorate of Operations is shrinking in size and capability since the Cold War end. He cites attrition among high quality officers and a lack of clear mission as factors driving low morale and potential recruitment trouble.
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Washington
CIA
Frederick Hitz
Washington Post
Hitz
Directorate of Operations
Congressional
CIA funded Tibetan exile movement in early 1960s
The Los Angeles Times reports declassified State Department documents show the CIA provided Tibetan exiles with about 1.7 million dollars yearly and paid the Dalai Lama a 180000 dollar annual subsidy in a decade long covert effort. The program supported guerrillas in Nepal, a Colorado training site, Tibetan efforts in New York and Geneva, and education at Cornell University to sustain an autonomous Tibet concept amid pressures from China and the Soviet bloc.
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Los Angeles
CIA
Los Angeles Times
Soviet Union
China
State Department
the Times
Nepal
Colorado
New York
Geneva
Cornell University
Tibet
India
Elderly face more tests after mammograms study says
Washington reports a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds 85 of 1,000 women aged 65 to 69 and 81 of 1,000 women aged 70 plus undergo extra testing or biopsies after mammograms, yet only a small percentage have cancer. Researchers urge better explanation of odds and question benefits beyond age 70.
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Washington
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
H. Gilbert Welch
Dartmouth Medical School
Welch
Karla Kerlikowske
University of California, San Francisco
Californians' diet declines in large health survey
The California Health Department released the largest survey on residents eating habits showing adults averaged 3.8 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, down from 4.1 in 1995. Officials blame busy lives and eating out as causes while experts advocate at least five servings daily.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Baywatch
Kim Lentz
State Health Department
Eoic
James Stratton
Air Force tests light lean and lethal quick deployment units
At Langley and Eglin bases the Air Force will run an 80-aircraft exercise with laptop computers satellite dishes and printers to deploy combat and humanitarian missions within 48 hours. Gen. John Jumper called expeditionary forces small but lethal and aimed at deterring wars by showing rapid resolve to allies.
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Washington
Air Force
Langley Air Force Base
Virginia
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
John Jumper
Europe
Jumper
Defense Writers
U.S
California grape vineyards face worker protection sweep
Fresno report shows nearly eight in ten wineries violate labor protections. Many contracts fail minimum wage and safety rules, with issues from posting protections to underage or underpaid workers and unsafe housing. Yet child labor and health standards show higher compliance. Civil penalties total 43200 and back pay 39654 awarded to 369 workers.
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Fresno
Calif
California
U.S. Labor Department
Investiga
Tors
George Friday Jr
San Francisco
Labor Department
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D-Neb
Senate Intelligence Committee
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Kerrey
Deuth
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Virgo
Ultra Picea
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