500th execution marks nationwide milestone in 1977 revival
Lavern Smith, 38, was executed by injection in Columbia after stabbing an elderly couple to death when they refused to lend him their car. He killed Christy Johnson and Corrie Johnson in 1683, both relatives of his who had rented him a home. Protests occurred outside Broad River Correctional Institution as observers noted the 500th modern execution. The piece recounts the history of capital punishment since 1976 and lists the states most active in executions, led by Texas with 164 since 1977.
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Columbia
S.C
Lavern Smith
Isons
John Barkley
Smith
Christy Johnson
Johnson
Corrie
Broad River Correctional Institution
South Carolina Coalition Against
Charlie Conlon
Texas
Virginia
Florida
Missouri
Louisiana
Georgia
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh undergoes liver transplant
Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, 58, is recovering after a liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida. He had been hospitalized for internal bleeding from hepatitis C diagnosed in 1992 and retained strong spirits, with friends noting unclear cause of the liver damage. The story notes his rock era excesses and drug use but does not assign a cause for the hepatitis.
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San Francisco
Grateful Dead
Phil Lesh
Mr. Lesh
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville
Fla
Marin County
Grateful
Nations discuss $5.15B fund for tobacco farmers
A multi-state meeting in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, debated a proposed $5.15 billion trust fund to compensate farmers hurt by rising prices after the tobacco settlement. Nine states and four tobacco companies explored using fund payments to support farmers, communities, and potential buyouts of government quotas over up to ten years.
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Research Triangle Park
N.C
National Tobacco Growers Association
Tobacco Industry
Phil Carlton
Reynolds Tobacco Co
Earter
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Mike Easley
Kentucky
Paul Patton
Patton
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
Ohio
Philip Morris Inc
Brows & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Lorilard Tobacco Co
Diana’s mother rebukes death conspiracy theories
Frances Shand Kydd condemned conspiracy theories about Princess Diana’s 1997 Paris crash at a London remembrance service for families of dead children. She said the theories cause deep emotional pain and offered no evidence, noting the French inquiry points to alcohol and speeding as main factors.
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London
Diana
Frances Shand Kydd
Shand Kydd
Dijana
Paris
Fatal boat capsizing aboard Cuban refugees off Florida
A 30-foot boat with at least 21 aboard capsized off Elliott Key near Miami, killing eight and leaving four missing. A freighter rescued nine survivors including two children after they clung to the overturned hull for about ten hours. Coast Guard and Border Patrol noted possible smuggling activity as the vessel registered in Florida.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Elliott Key
Miami
Coast Guard
Scott Carr
United States
Carr
Border Patrol
Feds investigate infant carrier car seats safety risk
The NHTSA began an investigation into nearly 900,000 Cosco Arriva Turn About and Kolcraft Infant Rider seats from 1995 to 1998 after complaints that carry handles unlatch and drop babies. About 11 injuries reported as 460,000 Cosco and 415,000 Kolcraft seats are affected. Most complaints target the Kolcraft smart handle.
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Washington
Arriva
Cosco Inc
Kolcraft Enterprises
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Cosco
Safety Agency
Teens receive steadier warning against drug use
Washington AP reports teen drug use has stabilized after years of rise though still higher than the early 1990s. Schools parents and media are refocusing on dangers, with researchers noting two straight years of steady or dipping use among eighth tenth and twelfth graders. US officials cite renewed nationwide anti drug messaging and a cycle of observed consequences as reducing young people’s use.
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Washington
Donna Shalala
Lloyd Johnston
University of Michigan
Johnston
America
Barry McCai
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Peace accord advances in Northern Ireland coalition deal
Protestant and Catholic leaders end months of deadlock and back a power sharing government outline for Northern Ireland. A haul of Loyalist Volunteer Force weapons was handed over under the accord, marking a key step in the peace process and cross border cooperation with Ireland and Britain.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Michael McGaldrick
Protes
Gesathve
David Trimble
TRA
Sinn Fein
Mr Trimble
Uilster Unionist Party
Trimble
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Irish Republic
Ireland
Tony Blair
China rejects Western style democracy in push for reform
President Jiang Zemin told 6,000 officials that China will crush threats to Communist Party rule while pursuing economic reforms. He warned the Western political model should not be copied as authorities move to trial a third dissident for subversion amid China Democracy Party developments.
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China
Communist Party
Jiang Zemin
Jiang
China Democracy Party
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