Indictments detail Oklahoma City bombing conspiracy
Indictments outline how Timothy McVeigh Terry Nichols and Michael Fortier linked by Army barracks friendships and a weapon passion built the plot that destroyed the Alfred P. Mueller Federal Building killing 168 and injuring 500. Prosecutors say others may still be involved as leads continue despite main defendants facing severe charges. Fortier admitted casing the building and testified against his two friends while facing up to 23 years.
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Norma McCorvey abandons Roe stance to join anti abortion group
Norma McCorvey known as Jane Roe leaves a Dallas women's clinic where she was marketing director and becomes a filing clerk for Operation Rescue. She says she supports some abortion rights but opposes second trimester abortions and will not join demonstrations.
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Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss convicted on multiple counts
Los Angeles AP reports Heidi Fleiss convicted of conspiracy tax evasion and money laundering for her high priced call girl ring. A federal jury found her guilty on several counts while two loan application charges remained unsettled and likely not retried. Sentencing set for November 13. In Oklahoma, condemned killer Robert Brecheen overdosed before execution, then revived and executed by injection.
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Specter Criticizes GOP Over Abortion Access
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania used a subcommittee hearing to rebuke fellow Republicans for eroding women’s access to abortion and family planning services. He cited testimony from Kathleen Turner Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and a Planned Parenthood official to argue that there is a meltdown of a woman’s constitutional right to choose.
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Disney sued by Md. publisher over unauthorized Disney copies
ProActive Media Inc of Bethesda Maryland filed a federal lawsuit alleging Walt Disney Co violated copyright law by remaking multiple unauthorized copies of its newsletter Multimedia Disney. Ken Green declined to comment.
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Ultrasound skin patch aims to deliver insulin
MIT researchers led by Robert Langer report a sound wave patch can open skin passages to deliver insulin and other drugs. Ultrasonic waves make the skin more permeable, allowing gradual absorption over time.
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Iraqi defectors plot against Saddam face Jordan asylum
An Iraqi Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamel al Majid who defected to Jordan this week is said to be planning to overthrow Saddam Hussein. In talks with Iraqi opposition leaders, he reportedly seeks unity with groups abroad to topple the regime. he arrived with family and about 15 officers and has received asylum from King Hussein. Odai, Saddam's son, sought their return but was rebuffed.
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Refugee Exodus Grows as Serbs Flee Croatia to Serbia
Thousands of Croatian Serbs stream into Serbia amid shifting fronts in the former Yugoslavia. Refugees report hostile treatment, seek registration from police, and hope for a stable future in the Serb heartland as operations alter the war’s map and threaten regional stability.
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