GOP delays talks on smoking bill
Washington AP Republicans sidetrack action to curb teen smoking delaying passage at least until September as internal fight grows over abandoning the measure. Speaker Gingrich had predicted a vote before the August recess but concern rises that Senate rejection and election year politics doom the bill. Deborah Pryce, chairing the drafting task force, voices unease with the weaker version.
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House
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Senate
Deborah Pryce
Ohio
FedEx wins court round against Postal Service
An appeals court ruled the Postal Service cannot claim federal agency protection while running ads that bash competitors. The 6th Circuit kept FedEx’s 1996 lawsuit alive, alleging the USPS unfairly promotes Priority Mail over FedEx 2 Day. Judge Krupansky noted the shield of governmental privilege isn’t automatic in competitive wrongdoing.
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U.S. Postal Service
6Th US Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Express Corp
Postal Service
Memphis
Tenn
FedEx
Robert Krupansky
Parasites Poison Australia's Water Crisis Sparks Boil Water Alert
Sydney's nearly four million residents rushed to buy bottled water as Giardia and Cryptosporidium contaminated the main water supply. Officials warned of a weeklong incubation, with health concerns rising and calls flooding a help line. The prime minister labeled the event an international embarrassment and acknowledged delayed warnings.
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Sydney
Australia
Worker drops out before Powerball win
In Columbus Ohio Robert Kronk left a Westerville factory lottery pool three months before coworkers at Automated Tooling Systems won 29.7 million dollars. Kronk says he is not bitter and expects the group will share their windfall. He explains he left to pick his own numbers, a choice that proved costly as the winning ticket was computer generated.
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Robert Kronk
Westerville
Kronk
Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Iran bans pro democracy newspaper in Tehran
Iran moves to shut Taus daily as clash between reformist President Khatami and conservative clerics widens. A Tehran Justice Department branch ordered the ban with immediate effect after the editor reported assault and threats.
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Tehran
Iran
Taus
Mohammad Khatami
Tehran Justice Department
Tous
Islamic Republic
Four youths accused in torturous assault of teen in Toledo
Four boys ages 15 and 14 were charged with delinquency in felonious assault kidnapping and aggravated arson after allegedly hog-tying torturing a learning-disabled 15-year-old acquaintance with a broom, fly swatter, and belt. Prosecutors seek adult treatment for two 14-year-olds. the suspects appeared in Lucas County Juvenile Court and were ordered held. The victim was released from hospital next day.
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Toledo, Ohio
Sheriff's Department
Denise Cubbon
Lucas County
Joseph Flores
Sherif’f
Bruce Birr
Second autopsy photo set raises Kennedy autopsy questions
New testimony released Friday reveals a second, previously unreleased set of photographs taken during or after John F. Kennedy's autopsy at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. The Assassination Records Review Board said the secrecy surrounding existing records fuels suspicion, though the new evidence does not reveal the second set's whereabouts.
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Fnday
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Kennedy
White House
Robert L Knudsen
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Earl Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Congress
National Archives
Review Board
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Naval Photographic Center
Clinton says he's anxious to testify about Lewinsky
President Clinton told reporters in the Rose Garden he is anxious to testify about Monica Lewinsky and will answer prosecutors’ questions completely and truthfully. He said he looks forward to the opportunity in the next few days and asked for no further comment in the interim.
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Washington
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Rose Garden
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White House
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Oval Office
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FBI
Hospital switch leaves two families with swapped babies
University of Virginia Medical Center assigns identical numbered bracelets to newborns and mothers. Three years ago two girls were sent home with the wrong families. Police suspect a crime but refuse to discuss suspects or motives. DNA tests confirmed nonbiological parentage for both families.
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University of Virginia Medical Center
University
Marguerite Beck
Paula Johnson
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