Man gets two life terms for death
A convict ed child molester was sentenced to two life terms plus 30 years for killing two boys Shawn Brown from New York was convicted of kidnapping and killing 9 year old Marvin Wise Jr and Abdul Richards 16 Police say he may be responsible for other killings Marvin murdered February 1996 found in a vacant housing project apartment Abdul disappeared January 1997 body found later in a boarded up school Brown was released in June 1995 after nine years for attempted murder and child molestation in Syracuse NY He moved to Baltimore to live with his sister in a public housing project
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Baltimore
Shawn Brown
New York
Marvin Wise Jr
Abdul Richards
Marvin
Abdul
Brown
Syracuse
N.Y
Massive Howard County Power Outage Tied to 80-Year-Old Oak
About 10 000 Howard County residents lost power after an 80 year old oak felled wires along Ellicott City Main Street. High winds caused the outage with repairs expected to restore service by midnight. Tree crews cleared debris as Main Street reopened later in the evening.
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Ellicott City
Howard County
BGE
Kathleen Nolan
Nolan
Fire incidents and ambulance calls across multiple Maryland towns
A flood of fragmentary reports lists gas leaks, chimney fires, building fires, wires down and odor of smoke in towns including Guilford Drive Middletown Emmitsburg Fort Detrick New Market Green Valley Wellsville and Fort Detack. Multiple times 12 to 5 pm show rapid emergency responses and ambulance calls amid scattered incident notes.
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Guilford Drive
Main St
Middletown
Lander Road
Jefferson
Seton Ave
Emmitsburg
Avondale Court
Fort Detrick
Buckeystown Pike
United
Citizens
Independent
Wellsville
Myersville
Barthlows Road
New Market
Green Valley
Barthlers Road
FAO
Providence Court
Fort Detack
Maryland Lottery Draws and Caption Correction
Maryland drew Pick 4 seven seven seven two in the Tuesday afternoon drawing and Pick 3 three thirty and Pick 4 five four four four nine. In Tuesday’s paper a photo caption misnamed a Frederick County Agricultural Society bidder. the correct name is James Peterson of Johnsville.
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
James Peterson
Johnsville
Public financing aims at ousting big donors
A Maryland coalition of watchdog groups pushes public financing for legislative races to curb big donor influence and restore voter confidence. Sponsors say the plan would fund Senate and House campaigns from the state budget with strict donation and spending limits.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Maryland
Kathleen Skullney
Common Cause
Ellen Sauerbrey
Parris Glendening
Paul Pinsky
Prince George’s
Senate
Pinsky
Ing
House
Sen
Leonard Teitelbaum
D-Montgomery
Miami mayor testifies absentee votes were legal
Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez says he won the election fairly by outs hustling opponents for absentee votes. He cites a 99 percent legality rate and a door to door drive, while denying any illegal action. The nonjury case weighs overturning the results amid a grand jury fraud probe and witness refusals.
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Miami
Xavier Suarez
Suarez
Ory
Merce
Joe Carollo
Little Havana
Wilson
Carollo
Carolle
Murder mystery guest found dead in Maryland hotel room
In St. Michaels Maryland investigators found Stephen Hricke a 35 year old guest dead two hours after a murder mystery performance ended at Harbourtowne Golf Resort and Conference Center Police suspect an accelerant scorched the torso area and an autopsy will determine the cause of death with the fire possibly starting near a bed during the Valentine weekend event and performances.
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ST. Michaels
Stephen Hricke
Harbourtowne Golf Resort
Steve Kehoe
Easton
Faron Taylor
Hricko
Wade Roche
Northwest stormy forecast and extended regional rain
Northwest stormy The soggy Ohio Valley was rainy again early today and snow fell across parts of New England and the mountains of Arizona. An El Nino powered storm line neared the Northern California coast. Rain spread toward the San Francisco Bay area ahead of another storm this weekend. Rain was forecast through the Ohio Valley and mid Atlantic. Snow was forecast over New Hampshire Vermont and western Massachusetts with lighter snow for eastern New York and winds coastal areas. Mostly dry weather should help the Southeast. Light rain and snow possible in the northern Plains while Texas Oklahoma and Colorado face more rain and possible flooding in southern Arizona.
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Ohio Valley
New England
Arizona
California
San Francisco Bay Area
mid-Atlantic
Great Lakes
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Rain to taper off as Potomac flood crest nears
Rain fades today as streams rise but no roads closed. Potomac at Point of Rocks poised to crest Thursday near 16 feet flood stage per Department of Natural Resources. Gusts to 31 mph bowled a tractor trailer off I 70 near Bill Moxley Road. driver Donald Blair treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Potomac River
Point of Rocks
Department of Natural Resources
Frederick
Why Crossed Eyes in Children Warrant Prompt Care
Eye crossing in kids often stems from miscommunication between brain and eye muscles or refractive differences. Untreated crosses risk permanent vision impairment. early exams guide treatments like glasses, patching, eye drops, or surgery, with new patients welcome at Frederick Eye Institute.
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Bruce Hodges
Frederick Eye Institute
Thomas Johnson
Frederick
Merzar
Gilligan named to rural legacy panel
Burkittsville Mayor Paul Gilligan will join the Advisory Committee to the Rural Legacy Board. The panel reviews applications for uses of about 29 million dollars for maintaining rural open space and the governor's Smart Growth policies, with Gilligan nominated by Gov. Parris Glendening and presented to the Senate Executive Nominations Committee by Sen. John Derr based on his work on rural legacy issues in Frederick County.
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Burkittsville
Paul Gilligan
Rural Legacy Board
Gilligan
Parris Glendening
Senate
John Derr
Frederick Washington
Frederick County
Continental bird census links weather and birds online
The Great 98 Backyard Bird Count opens Friday to Sunday, a North American effort by the National Audubon Society and Cornell University to use computers and the Internet for real time data on bird species. About 60 million birdwatchers could help reveal weather effects on birds during migration.
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Ithaca
North America
National Audubon Society
Cornell University
Laboratory of Ornithology
United States
Frank Gill
The
Audubon Society
John Fitzpatrick
Cornell
Cause of jet crash investigated
Investigators reconstructing the flight path of China Airlines Flight C1676 studied why the jet veered off a routine approach and exploded near the runway. The disaster killed 203 aboard and seven on the ground, many tourists from Bali, plus several high profile officials. Families mourn as authorities search for remains and personal items.
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Taipei
Taiwan
China Airlines
Bali
Central Bank
Chien Ming-hsing
Soaring antidepressant use linked to new drugs in 1990s
Doctors prescribed antidepressants at rising rates through 1994 driven by Prozac and other new drugs, while stimulant prescriptions surged amid more ADHD diagnoses in youth. Researchers note expanded research on mental disorders and reduced stigma, with visits prescribing psychotropic drugs rising from 32.7 million to 45.6 million.
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Chicago
Harold A. Pincus
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Washington
American Psychiatric Association
Voyager 1 Becomes Farthest Man Made Object in Space
Voyager 1, over 6.5 billion miles from Earth, surpasses Pioneer 10 as the most distant man made object. The craft carries sounds of a kiss and a former president’s messages, with signals taking more than 9.5 hours to reach Earth.
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Pasadena
Calif
Space
Earth
Edward Stone
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Voyager Project
Voyager 1
Pioneer 10
Frozen embryo yields healthy baby in California birth
A baby boy born from an embryo frozen 7 1/2 years is described as healthy after a Caesarean delivery at Encino Tarzana Regional Medical Center. The infant weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and was born Monday, with doctors noting a normal newborn outcome.
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Los Angeles
Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center
Robert Barnhard
Collectors pay $180000 for scraps of Titanic history
New York AP reports collectors spent 180,310 dollars at Christie's for wireless messages and documents from the Titanic era. A centerpiece volume with 34 signals from Olympic and Carpathia logs sold for 123,500 to an anonymous phone bidder.
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New York
Christie’s Auction House
Olympic
Carpathia
Christie
James Zemaitis
Titanic
Bruce Ismay
White Star Line
Craig A. Lopin
Philadelphia
Judge Limits But Doesn't Dismiss Cattlemen’s Case Against Oprah
A Texas federal judge ruled the cattlemen cannot proceed under the states veggie libel law but kept the case alive as a common law defamation suit. The trial moves forward with jurors set to hear whether Oprah Winfrey and guests intended to harm the beef industry over mad cow disease concerns aired on April 16, 1996.
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Amarillo
Texas
Oprah Winfrey
Mary Lou Robinson
United States
Clinton
Little Rock
Ark
Mrs. Jones
Bob Bennett
John Whitehead
U N chief Kofi Annan heads to Baghdad to seek Iraq deal
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will travel to Baghdad to push for a peaceful resolution with Iraq. The United States conditioned support on full access for U N weapons inspections, while President Clinton signaled readiness for possible air strikes. Annan said he acts with broad Security Council support and will depart soon for Iraq.
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U.N
Kofi Annan
Baghdad
Iraq
Washington
United States
Clinton
Annan
U.S
Bill Richardson
ABC
Security Coun
Clinton warns of possible Iraq air strikes
President Clinton urged readiness for military action if Iraq refuses inspectors and warns Saddam Hussein could escalate if the international community acts. He stressed that force is not first choice but may be necessary to prevent a mass destruction arsenal.
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Washington
Clinton
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Pentagon
Saddam
U.S
U.N
William Cohen
White House
Oval Office
Cohen
Madeleine Albright
Sandy Berger
Columbus
Ohio
Tripp sought immunity as tapes raised legal fears
Linda Tripp, a month before providing tapes about a presidential affair, sought a new lawyer to obtain immunity from prosecution for secretly recording conversations with Monica Lewinsky. Lucianne Goldberg said Tripp worried about criminal exposure and moved toward Starr and a conservative attorney. Victoria Toensing confirmed she was approached but did not take the case.
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Mr. Moody
Ms. Goldberg
Ms. Tripp
Sunscreen Debate Questions Melanoma Risk Link
At a science conference expert panel questions whether sunscreens reduce melanoma risk as rising melanoma rates persist. Some studies show no link or even increased risk among sunscreen users, while dermatologists urge caution and note long development time for melanoma and the relatively recent broad sunscreen use since the mid 1980s.
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Philadelphia
Marianne Berwick
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Berwick
Darrell Rigel
New York University
Dow Corning offers $3 billion implant settlement plan
Dow Corning Corp proposes a $3 billion payout over 16 years to 177,000 women as part of a $4.4 billion bankruptcy plan to resolve claims implants caused illness. Lawyers say the present value is $1.8 billion or less, while company president Gary Anderson calls it closure and cites over 25 studies to reassure women.
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Detroit
Dow Corning
Gary Anderson
Anderson
Alcohol linked to higher breast cancer risk for women
A meta analysis from Harvard researchers reports women drinking two to five alcoholic drinks daily have a 41 percent higher risk of breast cancer than nondrinkers. The risk grows about 9 percent per daily drink regardless of beer wine or liquor.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Stephanie Smith-Warner
Harvard School of Public Health
Ms. Smith-Warner
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