School sued in frozen boys' case in Montana
Parents of 11 year old brothers Justin Benoit and Frankie Nicolai III sue Rowan School District for 4 million dollars. The wrongful death suit accuses the district of failing to protect the youths who left class, drank vodka, and were later found dead in a snowy field. The filing notes a shortage of American Indian staff to aid in alcohol abuse prevention.
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Helena
Mont
Rowan
Justin Benoist
Frankie Nicolai III
Man kills two in Wis hotel rampage
In Oak Creek Wisconsin a gunman wearing body armor and carrying an automatic weapon and handgun shot and killed his girlfriend and another person at a Milwaukee suburb hotel. He sprayed a hallway wounding two others and briefly held a guest hostage before release and arrest. Police say 30 to 40 rounds fired. two victims hospitalized as serious.
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Oak Creek
Wis
Milwaukee
Thomas Bauer
Bauer
Six year old girl brings crack to Tangelo Park school
In Orlando a six-year-old girl carried crack valued over $1,000 to Tangelo Park Elementary. Authorities suspended the pupil as her mother faces investigation. A school flyer notes an anti-drug push aided another student in spotting more than a dozen crack pieces.
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Orlando
Fla
Tangelo Park
Group asks Arnold for full appointment records
California First Amendment Coalition, a media backed group, asks Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to release all appointment calendars schedules and meeting logs since taking office last November. The request comes days after Prop 59 made constitution full access to state and local government documents and meetings a constitutional requirement.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
California First Amendment Coalition
Schwarzenegger
Texas approves textbooks with marriage definition
Texas Board of Education approved health textbooks for middle and high schools after publishers agreed to define marriage as a lifelong union between a husband and wife and to replace phrases like partners with man and woman. The move, supported by Terri Lee and opposed by Mary Helen Berlanga, could influence textbook sales in many states.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Board of Education
Mary Helen Berlanga
Leo
Charles Darwin
Elizabeth Edwards to Undergo More Tests and Treatment
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Sen. John Edwards, will have further tests to determine how advanced her invasive ductal breast cancer is and to explore treatment options. A 55-year-old, she found a lump on a campaign trip and a needle biopsy confirmed cancer.
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Washington
Elizabeth Edwards
John Edwards
David Ginsberg
Edwards
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Faneuil Hall
John Kerry
Ginsberg
Gins
FDA moves to improve drug safety amid criticism
The FDA will name a director of drug safety and convene an independent panel to review safety data after approval. It seeks an Institute of Medicine study on side effects and potential industry ties, while defending its independence and stressing better risk assessment for antidepressants and Vioxx.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
FDA
Chiron Corp
Steven Galson
Center For Drug Evaluation and Research
Galson
Eric Topol
Cleveland Clinic
Topol
Lester M. Crawford
Office of Drug Safety
Institute of Medicine
The
National Academy of Science
Crawford
New Jersey Guard Halts Training Flights After School Stray Fire
Senator Lautenberg urged the National Guard to suspend all training flights over New Jersey until investigators determine why an F 16 opened fire on Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School during a night mission. Bullets penetrated classrooms and roof, delaying a teachers convention closure.
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Newark
N.J
Frank Lautenberg
National Guard
New Jersey
District of Columbia Air National Guard
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Little Egg Harbor
Mark Siino
Juror request delays verdict in Peterson murder case
In Redwood City California the Scott Peterson jury asked to review exhibits extending a third day of deliberations Judge Alfred Delucchi barred live TV for the verdict and limited transcripts while noting the defendant’s right to a fair trial The verdict will be recorded on a live audio feed with stations allowed to broadcast. Peterson faces two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife Laci and their fetus and defense says another suspect abducted and killed her.
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Redwood City
Calif
Scott Peterson
Alfred A. Delucchi
Peterson
Laci
Delucchi
Modesto
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