Colleges weigh three year degrees to cut costs and time
Universities study speeding bachelor’s curricula with SUNY testing options while Oberlin and Stanford prepare three year pathways. Advocates cite lower costs and faster degrees amid rising tuition, though critics warn against reducing education to an assembly line. Residents confront course limits and residency rules complicating four year completion.
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Boston
Richard Rosser
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Peter Schweich
Boston University Academy
Guard blamed prison official for held man death at Lucasville
AP reports inmates in a Lucasville maximum security prison held eight guards for over a week fatally injuring a guard and threatening another. A freed guard, James Demons, blames prison official neglect for the harm, while negotiations continue and officials weigh storming the cellblock. The Beacon Journal cites severe injuries to Robert Vallandingham, including broken bones and mutilation, as alleged by an unidentified source.
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Lucasville
Ohio
Robert Vallandinghan
Columbus
James A. Demons
Evacuation deal gambles with Srebrenica amid cease fire
Airborne measures and a Sunday accord reshape Srebrenica as a demilitarized zone within 72 hours. U.N. spokesmen say weapons must be turned over or removed while Serbs pull back, leaving Muslims with little choice but to surrender arms. Reports from Tuzla and Vitez note ongoing Croat-Muslim fighting and casualties as Yugoslavia moves toward independence.
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Srebrenica
U.N
Barry Frewer
Belgrade
Tuzla
Sachs
Vitez
Tanjug
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Shooting at Fort Meade Institute building bloodstained
A bloodstained Institute for Infectious Diseases building at Fort Meade was reported after a woman arriving for medical tests notified authorities. Two small blood traces were found on beige concrete. Investigators, unsure if the victim was a base employee or veteran, follow access sticker protocol and notify the criminal investigation division.
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Institute For Infectious Diseases
Covert
Criminal Investigation Division
Fort Meade
Motorcyclist Injured In Maryland Road Crash
Timothy J. Smith twenty of Mount Airy was seriously injured Sunday evening on Pinecliff Park Road off Reichs Ford Road after failing to negotiate a curve, crossing the center line, and being thrown over a guardrail. The rider, wearing a helmet, was flown by state police helicopter to R Adams Cowley Trauma Center in Baltimore where he remained in serious but stable condition Monday.
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Pinecliff Park
Reich’s
Ford Road
Timothy J. Smith
Mount Airy
R Adams Cowley Trauma Center
Baltimore
Smith
Tom Winebrenner
Two Arrested On Drug Charges At John Hanson Apartments
Frederick City Police tactical squad arrested Lamont Miller 25 and Devita Giles 28 at John Hanson Apartments on cocaine distribution and related counts. An informant buys drugs, Miller introduces Giles who supplied crack cocaine then sold to the informant. marked money found on Giles.
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Frederick City
John Hanson
Lamont ¢. Miller
Devita L. Giles
Frederick
Miller
Ms. Giles
U S warplane destroys Iraqi radar site in no fly zone
U S forces attacked a Iraqi radar tracking site after pilots felt threatened during a routine patrol in northern Iraq. The DOD confirmed the action as a response within policy. Iraq's news agency said three soldiers were wounded and called the attack provocative.
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Washington
Defense Department
DOD
Cmdr
Brian Cullin
Iraq
Cmdr. Cullin
White House
Lorraine Vales
British Broadcasting Corp
Cyprus
Foreign Ministry
Cullin
36Th Parallel
U.S
Violence erupts as Hani mourners clash with police
In Johannesburg and Vosloorus protests turn violent as thousands attend Chris Hani's funeral. Police battle youths with tear gas and rubber bullets while 80,000 mourners fill a soccer stadium. three funeralgoers killed earlier in clashes with Inkatha supporters.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Chris Hani
Hani
Inkatha Freedom Party
Vosloorus
South
End of siege at Branch Davidian compound
The FBI planned to assault the Koresh compound with tear gas despite warnings of danger to children. Ninety five followers including 17 children remained inside as a blast from an armored vehicle punched into the building, with officials and media watching as police urged surrender and reported shelling sounds.
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FBI
Koresh
Jesus Christ
CNN
Clinton
Washington
Janet Reno
Khou-Tv
State Department of Safety
Calm in LA after verdict as police weigh pulling back
In Los Angeles churchgoers celebrated the Rodney King verdict with prayers for peace. Mayor Bradley and Governor discuss easing police readiness, while the Rev Jesse Jackson urges rebuilding and hope after the federal conviction of Sgt Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Powell for civil rights violations in the 1991 beating.
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Rodney King
AME
Stacey Koon
Laurence Mr. Powell
King
Theodore Briseno
Timothy Wind
Los Angeles
Jesse Jackson
Daryl Gates
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