OJ Simpson board game debuts from Alabama lawyers
In Auburn Alabama two law students Sophia Benson and Steve Benson create Play OJ a board game based on the Simpson trial Players move Ford Bronco pieces declare guilt or innocence and win if the jury agrees The game includes three innocent and three guilty cards and players face financial penalties such as bail for Al Cowlings The Bensons prefer local production and do not seek a major publisher
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Alabama Law
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al Cowlings
Impson
Bensons
Foreigners Hold One Third Of Canada Debt Says StatsCan
Statistics Canada estimates foreigners held about one third of total Canadian debt worth $383 billion by end of last year. Total government and corporate debt issued around $1.2 trillion. Foreign ownership rose from 20 percent a decade ago to 27 percent of federal debt last year while provincial debt share climbed, posing exposure to offshore money markets.
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Southam
Statistics Canada
StatsCan
Treasury
Canada
Damning Testimony in Westray Mine Trial Raises Questions
Colin Benner, once a public favorite as Westray Mines’ operations president, testifies at the manslaughter and criminal negligence trial of mine managers Gerald Phillips and Roger Parry. He calls the proceedings drastic and says the cause of the 1992 blast that killed 26 men remains unknown.
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Westray
Colin Benner
Benner
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Toronto
North America
Gerald Phillips
Roger Parry
Union rejects city's offer on IBEW local contract
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Powerhouse 254 rejected the city's contract offer. Unit chair Dan Forsythe said the agreement was not final and hinted cuts were on the table. City official Ray Barnard cited lack of membership consensus. The union aims to keep negotiating with the city as talks resume.
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Ray Barnard
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Alberta
Barnard
Senator says mothers cause sons' violence angering women
Liberal Senator Anne Cools told an International Women's Week fair that women bear responsibility for male violence, claiming 70 percent of abuse is a product of mothers. The remark drew outrage from about 350 attendees and prompted debate on poverty and family roles.
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Ottawa
Anne Cools
Cools
Canada
Information Fair
Lange rebuts defence theories in Simpson murder trial
Los Angeles Det. Tom Lange rebutted defence theories in the O J Simpson case noting DNA testing refuted a claim that blood under Nicole Brown Simpson’s nails matched neither victim nor Simpson. Lange testified on the seventh day, addressing multiple prosecution theories and tests about blood mixtures and single killer implications.
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Blaney
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U S prime rate rises as currency crisis bites Canada
The prime rate climbs to 9.75 percent from 9.25 amid a currency crisis as the Bank of Canada rate and dollar slide push borrowing costs higher. Analysts warn mortgage and loan costs rise while Ottawa expects large interest charges, yet Finance Minister Paul Martin defends deficit targets. The mood is cautious with growth slowing if rates stay elevated.
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U.S
Pyle
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Getter
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