King Birthday Celebrations Honor MLK Across Atlanta
In Atlanta and New Hampshire volunteers and students marked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with service and education. At Crim High School and MLK Middle School, pupils painted murals and joined cleanups while communities held food drives and public observances. Coretta Scott King praised the day’s humanitarian spirit.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
Sherman Lofton
Crim High School
Mashunte Glass
Coretta Scott King
Joseph Daniels
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Cosby extortion plot claims bring new probes in Cosby case
In Los Angeles investigators questioned two witnesses tied to the Ennis Cosby murder while a New York arrest ties Autumn Jackson and Jose Medina to an extortion bid against Bill Cosby. Jackson claimed to be his daughter and faced an alleged $40 million scheme.
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Cosby
Los Angeles
Bill Cosby
New York
Autumn Jackson
Jose Medina
Ms. Jackson
U.S
Mary White
Medina
Tim McBride
Ennis Cosby
Du Pont murder trial opens in media mental state focus
In Media Pennsylvania AP reports the case of John du Pont the millionaire defendant on trial for the 1987 murder of wrestler David Schultz. The defense argues paranoid schizophrenia left him unable to recognize the act as wrong while the state seeks to hold him legally sane for punishment.
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MEDIA
U.S
John le Pont
David Schultz
Thomas Bergstrom
Mr. du Pont
du Pont
Dalai Lama
Jesus Christ
Yeltsin Leaves Hospital After Pneumonia Recovery
President Boris Yeltsin, after 12 days of pneumonia treatment, leaves hospital and will work part time from his country home. He had returned to duties two weeks before the illness and plans a gradual recovery, spending a few hours daily on paperwork and occasional meetings as he recuperates outside Moscow.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Sergei Yastrzhembsky
Kremlin
Custody case twists as Baby Richard’s father leaves family
Otakar Kirchner abandoned his wife Daniela and their son Danny now living with his mother after years of legal battles over Baby Richard. The Illinois Supreme Court earlier voided the adoption and ruled parental rights denied, while supporters of the adoptive parents expressed anger at Kirchner. The Warburtons, who had cared for the boy, have not commented.
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Chicago
Richard
Otakar Kirchner
Danny Kirchner
Daniela
Kirchner
Loren Heinemann
Warburtons
Ilinois Supreme Court
Balloonist Fossett lands in India after near world circumnavigation
Steve Fossett, 52, woke on land in Nankhar India after seven days in the air seeking a solo around the world flight. He landed in a field near New Delhi, his Solo Spunt balloon snagging in trees, but he and crew untangled and prepared to return home. Fossett set endurance and distance marks but fell short of completing the world circumnavigation.
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Nunkhar
India
Steve Fossett
Fossett
Chicago
Nankhar
New Delhi
United States
Hanuman
Shayam Bahadur Singh Fossett
St Louis
Richard Abruzzo
Troy Bradley
HMO rates seen rising to offset 96 losses
New York AP report notes health maintenance organizations plan 1997 premium increases after 1996 costs rose 2.5 percent to 3915 per person. Foreseen 4 percent rise in 1997, with 3 to 6 percent hikes likely as HMOs curb costs and press for higher profits amid tightened Medicare and Medicaid rates.
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New York
Foster Higgins
Hmos
John Erb
Congress
Health care costs rise 25 percent in 1996 survey finds
A survey of 3,200 large and small camps shows average annual health insurance costs for active and retired workers climbed 25 percent in 1996. HMOs faced higher medical costs than premiums, leading to reduced profits and expectations of sharper rate increases in 1997.
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Hmos
Foster Higgins
Erb
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