Runaway 12 year old stows away to Jamaica first class
A 12 year old runaway from a downtown shelter boarded an American Airlines jet in Miami and sat in first class to Montego Bay. He walked through customs without papers or a ticket, triggering an airport security inquiry. The case prompts questions about safeguards and has led to potential legal action. Sandals offered a summer work opportunity if he keeps up grades, while the boy’s family lawyer pledged to pursue accountability.
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Robin Livingstone
Paradise
American Airlines
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Sandals
Ellis Rubin
Michelle Acosta
Clinton notes case tests privilege in Supreme Court
Whitewater prosecutors urged the Supreme Court to reject the White House claim that notes of conversations with Hillary Clinton are protected by attorney client privilege. They warned review could delay grand jury proceedings by three to 12 months.
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Whitewater
Supreme Court
White House
Hillary Redham Clinton
Clinton
Kenneth Starr
Kabila takes oath pledging two year transition
Laurent Kabila swore the presidential oath in Kinshasa as Congolese officials watched. He promised a two year path to democracy with elections by April 1999 and given himself sweeping powers to govern without a legislature until a new constitution is adopted. He may hire and fire state workers including judges at will.
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Congo
Laurent Kabila
Kabila
Slaying Suspect Followed Girl Into Casino Bathroom
Long Beach California police said a friend, David Cash, who followed Jeremy Strohmeyer into a Primadonna casino bathroom, saw Strohmeyer struggling with a 7-year-old girl minutes before her death. Strohmeyer, 18, confessed after surrendering at his parents’ home. Cash defended his innocence and said he could not persuade his friend to stop. Sherrice Iverson, of Los Angeles, was found dead in the Primadonna restroom as her father gambled.
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David Cash
Jeremy Joseph Strohmeyer
Las Vegas
Bill Keeton
Keeton
Cash
Orange County Register
Sherrice Iverson
Los Angeles
Strohmeyer
Sherrice
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State Line
Primm
New
Leroy Iverson
Iverson
Chris Gibase
Primadonna
Woodrow Wilson High School
Clinton hints Bosnia pullout may slip past mid 1998
President Clinton suggested the Bosnia withdrawal could extend beyond mid 1998 while urging decisive action to meet Dayton peace terms. He spoke with Tony Blair during their first official meeting and called for focus on tomorrow rather than leaving date.
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Clinton
Bosnia
Balkans
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Tony Blair
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dayton
Blair
Drill sergeant convicted in sex charges at Aberdeen Proving Ground
Staff Sgt. Vernell Robinson Jr found guilty of having sex with five female trainees and interfering with the investigation. A six member, one woman jury acquitted on one count related to mailing interference. Sentencing set for Friday. maximum 60% years. The Aberdeen probe has already led to multiple convictions and wider reviews of military bases.
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Vernell Robinson Jr
Robinson
U.S. Mail
Aberdeen
U.S
Delmar Simpson
Brooklyn Girl Wins National Spelling Bee at 13
Rebecca Sealfon, a home schooled 13-year-old from Brooklyn, won the National Spelling Bee spelling 22 words correctly including vaporetto, hippogriff and bivouac. She claimed a $5,000 top prize and celebrated with the trophy on stage. Prem Murthy Trivedi, 11, of Howell New Jersey took second earning $4,000. Sudheer Petru, 13, from Beverly Hills Michigan finished third with $2,500.
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Rebecca Sealfon
Brooklyn
Prem Murthy Trivedi
Howell
Rebecca
Prem
Sudheer Petru
Beverly Hills
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Judge Gives Jurors Final Instructions in Bombing Case
In Denver AP report Judge Richard Matsch instructed the seven men and five women jurors to set aside sympathy and public opinion as they deliberate the Timothy McVeigh bombing case. The 11 count indictment covers conspiracy and murder in the 1995 Oklahoma City federal building attack that killed 168.
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Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
U.S
Richard Matsch
Matsch
McVeigh
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