Defense tests in abortion clinic shootings case
In Dedham Massachusetts AP report jurors hear witnesses as the murder trial of John C Salvi concludes testimony. A psychologist says Salvi can fake mental illness while prosecutors push for sanity. If convicted of first degree murder he faces life without parole. insanity verdict would commit him to a state hospital.
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Dedham
Mass
John C. Salvi
Salvi
Joel Haycock
Haycock
District Court
Barbara Dortch-Okara
Senators clash as Clinton seeks more for environment
Washington AP report notes President Clinton pushes for higher environmental funding in a $160 billion Senate spending bill for fiscal 1998 while Republicans counter with calls for taxes and spending cuts. House and Senate aim to avert a government shutdown as March 29 borrowing authority looms. Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole urge continued funding to keep agencies running and consider line item veto or Social Security tweaks to win support.
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Washington
Clinton
Senate
GOP
Congress
House
Newt Gingrich
Bob Dole
Gingrich
Dole
AIDS plan praised by activists seeks overhaul of NIH program
Activists hail a yearlong study by about 100 scientists that urges major changes in NIH funded AIDS research, drug trials, and vaccine work. They call for a Manhattan Project style approach and say the plan could ensure every dollar targets high quality, critical AIDS research. The report, chaired by Arnold Levine, was given to NIH officials privately before a Thursday news conference.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Wayne Turner
Act-Up
Mark Harrington
New York
NIH
Harold Varmus
Arnold Levine
Princeton University
National Academy of Sciences
Lawsuit limits bill nears Senate passage and votes
Senate moderates push a narrowed compromise on punitive damages with caps only in faulty product cases. The House version would have broadly limited awards. Clinton signatory uncertainty remains as players weigh a deal hailed as reform of a long-running civil litigation battle.
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House
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Sen
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Clinton
Rockefeller
Bob Dole
House Judiciary Committee
Henry Hyde
Hyde
White House
Slade Gorton
R-Wash
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