Birth defies odds for Henderson couple fourth child
Fran and Moe Casto of Henderson North Carolina welcomed a baby boy after two sterilization events and one vasectomy failed to prevent another birth. Doctors confirmed the couple faced a thousand-to-one odds previously and again faced unlikely result. The newborn adds a fourth child to the Casto family.
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Pylon sabotage sparks bomb squad at Quebec transmission site
Hydro Quebec crews found a damaged 40 metre pylon and a bundle of unexploded dynamite on another near St Basile le Grand. Police closed Highway 116 for three hours as bomb squad removed explosives. No claim of responsibility and potential blackout risk to 174000 homes existed. In a separate case in Nanaimo an eight year old girl sold heroin to an undercover officer. mother charged.
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St-Basile-Le-Grand
Que
Hydro- Quebec
Quebec
Highway 116
Montreal
Hydro
Jean-Marie Pelletier
U.S
St-Basile-le- Grand
Girl
Nanaimo
B.C
Social Services Ministry
Nanaimo Rcmp
Dave Deimling
Deimling
Alberta Research Council Probe Targets Cypress MLA
Cypress Medicine Hat MLA Lorne Taylor faces fire over mismanagement in the Alberta Research Council as a council probe investigates safety lapses at a Millwoods plant. An incident in January saw researchers bypass two of eight filters while handling non biological yeast, triggering controversy over management and possible conflicts of interest.
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Cypress Medicine Hat
Lorne Taylor
Alberta Research Council
Taylor
Bruce Collingwood
Research Council
Alberta
Collingwood
Millwoods Biotechnology
Edmonton
David Cox
Advanced Technologies
Cox
Alberta Environmental Protection
Native juror hesitates in guilty verdict
Milton Born With A Tooth will be sentenced today after a Calgary jury found him guilty of firing a rifle during protests against the Old Man River Dam. The lone native juror initially refused to deliberate, then agreed after a second poll, as defence lawyers anticipate an appeal.
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Alberta
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Disney probes laserdisc prank on Jessica Rabbit frames
New York AP reports Disney animators allegedly hid explicit sequences in laserdisc copies of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Thousands of discs reportedly show Jessica Rabbit nude at slowed frame speed while officials investigate who planted the material and shared a private number.
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New York
Disney
Roger Rabbit
Jessica Rabbit
Michael Eisner
Allyson Wonderland
Jessica
Toon Town
Bob Hoskins
Broadway
Daily Variety
Michael Fleming
Walt Disney Co
Victims accept provincial tainted blood package in Toronto ruling
Justice Lang ruled the Red Cross not negligent in 1985 but found negligence in notifying a husband of possible AIDS from a 1984 transfusion. The package offers $22,000 immediate payment plus $30,000 yearly, with survivors and children receiving annual sums. About 80 percent of eligible victims agreed to accept by the deadline.
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Toronto
Red Cross
Susan Lang
Rochelle Pittman
Toronto Hospital
Stanley Bain
Ken Pittman
Lang
Pittman
Blood Agency
Michael Rodrigues
Phil Dresch
Canadian Blood Agency
Dresch
Bain
Klein Asia trip yields no signed deals say Liberals
The Liberal critic claims Premier Ralph Klein’s three week Asia mission produced only PR value with no measurable business deals for Albertans. Deputy Premier Ken Kowalski defends the trip, noting a preexisting contract and future opportunities in Korea Japan China Taiwan Hong Kong.
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Ralph Klein
Asia
Frank Bruseker
Ken Kowalski
Alberta
Korea
Japan
China
Taiwan
Hong Kong
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