Teen to ride pony to Elmvale High School散
Barrie Ontario reports Melissa Cuthbert 19 plans to ride her 12 year old half Arabian pony Precious to Elmvale High School after bus service was halted for overload. She deserted the bus due to district rules and says distance leaves no alternative with graduation near.
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Barrie
Ont
Melissa Cuthbert
Cuthbert
Precious
Elmvale High School
Simcoe County School Board
Transportation Department
Abe Arrest Signals Major Political Scandal in Japan
Tokyo AP reports Fumio Abe a senior ally of Prime Minister Miyazawa was arrested on bribery allegations connected to Kyowa Corp. once facing fraud charges. Abe resigned as faction secretary general and went into hiding after bribe claims of about 729000 dollars tied to construction contracts in Hokkaido. NHK footage shows prosecutors moving him from a Tokyo hospital to a prison.
Dahmer Pleads Guilty but Insane in Milwaukee Slayings
Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane to the mutilation slayings of 15 young males. Under Wisconsin law a sanity phase follows the guilty verdict, with potential life sentences if sane and confinement in a mental hospital if insane. Dahmer acknowledged the plea in court as his defense notes the issue is his mental condition.
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Milwaukee
Jeffrey Dahmer
Wisconsin
Dahmer
Laurence Gram
Gerald Boyle
Mer
Leonard Kaplan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Calgary teachers strike halts classes for 94,000 students
Calgary public school teachers voted 72.5 percent to reject the board offer and begin a strike that closes about 200 schools. The wage dispute centers on a 5.25 percent raise this year and 4 percent next year, with salaries rising to as high as 50 983 for senior teachers.
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Calgary
Public
Margaret Lounds
Implant maker ignored warnings about silicone implants safety
Dow Corning researchers urged safety studies on silicone gel breast implants for over a decade before they were done, with some animal tests skipped and others inadequate. A 1976 memo shows concern over data quality as implants entered use in 1975, while FDA urged doctors to halt use and an agency panel planned a Feb. 11 review.
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New York
Ap-Reuter-Cp
Dow Corning Corp
New York Times
A. H. Rathjen
Dow Corning
Rathjen
Times
Food and Drug Administration
Algerian vote canceled as military blocks Islamic front gains
Muslims in Algeria seek next move after the military council halted parliamentary elections and banned the second round. The Islamic Salvation Front faced possible ban as Chadli Bendjedid's resignation left the council as interim power. Imams urged calm amid protests and regional concern over an Islamic government.
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Algiers
Algeria
Islamic Salvation Front
State Security Council
Chadli Bendjedid
National Assembly
The
Front
FIS
France
Bend
Jedid
National Liberation Front
Bendjedid
Britain
Ali Sihkhari
BBC Radio
Ottawa PMs riding gets 10 million in grants since 1988
The Industry Department has poured 10 million into the prime minister’s Charlevoix riding since 1988, including 1.05 million for Raymond Malenfant’s hotel empire, with funds supporting ski hills, festivals, sawmills and hotels. Critics call this patronage and point to uneven aid across other ridings.
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Ottawa
Raymond Malenfant
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Charlevoix
le Comte
Mulroney
Baie-Comeau
Industry
Liberal
Jean Chretien
Beausejour
New Brunswick Tourism Department
Chretien
Yukon
NDP
Audrey McLaughlin
Don Boudria
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
Ontario
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West
Ottawa Area
West Quebec
Outaouais
Ann Landers
Don McGillivray Doonesbury
Tokyo
Likhdari
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