NYC Board backs optional uniforms for elementary students
The New York City Board of Education voted to recommend uniforms for elementary schools but left them optional. Schools may choose to adopt uniforms, and enforcement will not be mandatory even where uniforms exist. The plan, effective September 1999, covers 670 schools and invites student and parent input in design. high schools remain unaffected. The NYCLU warned it will sue if coercion or punishment occurs.
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New York
Board of Education
New York Civil Liberties Union
Norman Siegel
Siegel
Ninfa Segarra
Luis Reyes
Two Hurt in Gapland Road Accident Near St Mark's Road
Deputies report a 1993 Saturn driven by Matthew Smith crossed the center line and hit a 1998 Ford Ranger driven by Shannon Harrison on Gapland Road near St Mark's Road. Smith, 19, of Rohrersville was charged with negligent driving. Both drivers were treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Burkittsville
Gapland Road
St. Mark’s Road
Frederick County
Mother guilty of starving five year old in Rochester
Gloria Gross, 39, was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the death of her 5 year old daughter Tonya Daniels who weighed 23 pounds. Prosecutors said neglect and possible prenatal drug use contributed to the malnutrition and death. Sentencing set for April 10 with possible 5 to 15 years.
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Rochester
N.Y
Tonya Daniels
Gloria Gross
Douglas Shearer
Ms. Gross
Tonya
Clark Zimmerman
Reston
Fairfax County
Susan Culin
Maryland Senate approves broader abortion coverage for poor families
The Maryland Senate narrowly voted 22 to 24 to allow more abortions under the expanded insurance program for the working poor and pregnant women. Debate centered on whether to limit abortions to federal rules, with proponents arguing mental health needs and genetic defects justify coverage, while opponents warned of a loophole and a potential third standard for poor women.
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Annapolis
Senate
Roy Dyson
John Derr
Frederick Washington
Dyson
Sen
Barbara Hoffman
Ms. Hoffman
Baltimore
Parris Glendening
Grendening
Maryland
D-St. Mary’s
Delores Kelley
Norman Stone
Baltimore County
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Frederick Maryland Weather Forecast Update
Frederick forecast reports tonight mostly cloudy with 40s to 50s lows and light winds. Friday expect more clouds and likely showers with 50s to near 60 degree highs and a 60 percent rain chance.
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Frederick
Eastern Shore
Garrett County
Ana
Weather Watch Warns of Storms and Flooding Across Regions
Storms rack the Southeast and Northeast as rain, snow and flooding threaten multiple regions. Virginia to Florida face 2 to 4 inches of rain with swollen rivers, while northern New York to Maine see snow, up to 10 inches in parts. A separate snowstorm pushes from the southern Plains into Texas and Oklahoma with possible blizzard conditions and heavy wind gusts, and calms spread across the northern Plains as Colorado Springs digs out about 2 feet of snow from midweek.
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New England
Plains
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
New York
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Colorado Springs
Weather turns wet and chilly as spring arrives
Frederick reports a dreary wet day with a high of 42 and a low of 35. Weather outlook stays cloudy with rain chances in the 40s and 50s through the weekend. Maryland Natural Resources Police warn boaters of hypothermia risk as spring warms air but cold water endangers swimmers.
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Frederick
News-Post
National Weather Service
Maryland Natural Resources Police
Col
John Rhoads
The
NRP
Maryland
Rhoads
U.S. Coast Guard
Man gets life for 2 murders in Minnesota case
A Minneapolis man, James Thomas, 32, was sentenced to life for the 1994 murder of 14 month old Reneshia Featherson and an additional 25 1/2 years for the killing of her mother Tina D. Simmons. He stabbed Simmons after an affair disclosure threat, then gave the toddler a bottle and left. Bodies found two weeks later. case unsolved for three years until his girlfriend implicated him. He was convicted in January of first and second degree murder.
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Minneapolis
James Thomas
Reneshia Featherson
Tina D. Simmons
Thomas
Ms. Simmons
Panel kills bill to ban parole in Maryland
The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee killed a bill to abolish parole. Senator Derr called it a truth in sentencing measure while Senator Ferguson supported it, citing Washington state as evidence. Frederick County State's Attorney Rolle lamented the bill as a victim rights issue.
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Bill
Annapolis
Maryland
Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
John W. Derr
Frederick Washington
Tim Ferguson
Frederick Carroll
Ferguson
Virginia
Washington
Frederick County
Scott Rolle
Rolle
Body identified as missing prostitute in Maryland case
The State Medical Examiner's Office in Baltimore identified a decomposed body found March 9 in Hagerstown as Clara Elizabeth Miller, 19. Miller, a missing prostitute and potential murder witness, was stabbed to death. Police and county deputies had long suspected her identity.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore
Clara Elizabeth Miller
Washington County
Frederick man charged with LSD distribution and weapon possession
Frederick City Police on Wednesday charged Jason G. Sneadner 18 of Libertytown with distribution of LSD and possession with intent to distribute LSD. He also faced possession of LSD and possession of a deadly weapon a switchblade knife and awaited a hearing before a District Court commission on Wednesday night at East Fifth and East streets.
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Frederick
Frederick City
Jason G. Sneadner
Libertytown
East Fifth
East Streets
Debate on Shakespeare Breaks at Royal Shakespeare Company
London readers hear a panel question if England’s national playwright has been overexposed as Matthew Warchus and colleagues debate a 10 year moratorium on Shakespeare. In Adelaide counterfeit Penfolds Grange Hermitage wine is traced to mislabeling. A Boston teen becomes the first juvenile charged in federal court with computer hacking after crippling Worcester airport tower operations. New York reports identify a heart gene linked to idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and note two naturally produced painkillers as researchers publish findings in Nature and NeuroReport, detailing nocistatin and a second peptide.
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London
Britain
Royal Shakespeare Company
England
Matthew Warchus
RSC
Warchus
Stephen Poliakoff
Cicely Berry
Voice
Adelaide
Australia
Penfold
Grange Hermitage
Melbourne
Langton’s
Southcorp Wines Pty. Ltd
Penfold’s
Stewart Langton
U.S
Spectator
Southcorp
David Combe
Boston
U.S. Justice Department
Massachusetts
Donald Stern
Bell Atlantic
Worcester
New York
Qing Wang
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Nature
Seiji Ito
Kansai Medical University
Osaka
Japan
Singapore
Gavril Pasternak
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
NeuroReport
Study finds widespread vitamin D deficiency among elderly
Boston researchers report over half of older hospital patients have low vitamin D, risking fractures and health issues. Many in poor health especially lack sunlight for natural production, and even recommended multivitamins or fortified foods fail for about one third. The study calls for routine screening and broader use of vitamin D supplements.
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Boston
Joel S. Finkelstein
Melissa K. Thomas
Massachusetts General Hospital
New England Journal of Medicine
Robert D. Utger
Pentagon overpurchases in new buying system Audit finds waste
Pentagon watchdog Eleanor Hill reports two audits show the new purchasing system overpriced spare parts including a screw and a $714 electrical item. She cites poor bargaining, lack of price comparison, and bulk-buying without discounts as factors. Officials deny legal violations by Sundstrand or Boeing, noting no laws broken.
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Washington
Pentagon
Eleanor Hill
Defense Department
Inspector General
Ms. Hill
Sundstrand Corp
Rockford, NL
Boeing Co
Boeing
Publisher says Willey story differed from lawyer account
AP reporting that publisher Michael Viner said Kathleen Willey’s account to him differed from her lawyer’s portrayal on ABC and 60 Minutes. He cited a $300,000 book deal figure and suggested Willey’s role was evolving from reluctant participant to wronged accuser.
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Washington
Kathleen Willey
Clinton
Michael Viner
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