Gay beating turns into murder case
Matthew Shepard, 21, died on life support after a brutal assault in Wyoming. Two suspects face first degree murder charges with possible death penalty. girlfriends charged as accessories. The case fuels hate crime law debates and nationwide calls for protections based on sexual orientation.
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Laramie
Wye
Matthew Shepard
Poudre Valley Hospital
Fort Collins
Colo
Ital
Rulon Stacey
University of Wyoming
Clinton
Congress
Mr. Clinton
Russell Arthur Henderson
Aaron James McKinney
Mr Shepard
Chasity Vera Pasley
Kristen Leann Price
Shepard
Shepard Frater Ran Shepard
Wyoming
Baif
San Francisco
Castro
Denver
Erik Abbot
Indians on Canadian reservations lag in UN ranking
A federal study applies a UN development index to aboriginals, finding 360 000 Indians on Canadian reservations would rank 63rd among 172 countries, with life expectancy seven years below the national average and incomes about half. Indians living off reservations rank 35th, akin to Russia.
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Ottawa
Canada
U.N
Hat
Mexico
Thaiand
United Nations
Department of Indian Affairs
Brazil
Russia
Monae
Welcome Wagon Ends Era of Home Visits Nationwide
Welcome Wagon will end doorstep greetings after 70 years as 2,200 representatives cease home visits. Instead, new residents receive mailed coupon directories. Cendant Corp cites more working households and changing habits as the reason for scrapping the home visits.
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Newark
N.J
Welcome Wagon
Cendant Corp
Cendant
Elliot Bloom
Train Kills Six Sleeping On Texas Tracks
A freight train struck and killed six people believed to be sleeping on railroad tracks in Kenedy County Texas. The 105 car train was en route from Houston to Brownsville when the accident occurred at 3 16 a m. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said the crew could not stop in time as the victims lay between the tracks. The rain ceased and no cars derailed. The train continued to Brownsville after authorities boarded it. No sheriff’s office details available about victims.
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Norias
Government edge holds as talks drag past midnight
Negotiators for Congress and the White House pushed another temporary spending bill to keep the government open until midweek while scrapping a broad education proposal. Clinton urged hiring 100,000 teachers, while Republicans push tax cuts and local control. Leaders met in briefings and committee talks, aiming to avert a shutdown and set terms for year 2000 census use in district apportionment amid abortion disputes.
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Washington
Congressional
White House
Clinton
Bostal
Marine Me
New York
Ine Bowles
Senate
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Capital
House
Newt Grich
R-Ga
Lott
Appropriations
Congress
First up close look at space rock Satellite to enter asteroid orbit
Madison AP reports the NEAR spacecraft aims for a Dec 20 rocket burn to enter an orbit around asteroid Eros about 163 million miles from Earth. The craft will reach a 21 mile high orbit on Jan 10, 1999, with six instruments studying composition magnetic field and mass. Eros is a mountain sized body whose internal structure remains unknown.
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Madison, Wis
Earth
Andy Cheng
Johns Hopkins University
NEAR
Eros
Mr. Cheng
Minor Planets
Tis & Near Earth
Gingrich Faces Unfamiliar Challenge in Georgia Race
In Marietta Georgia Gingrich faces Gary Pelphrey a 68 year old personal injury lawyer with no prior office run. Pelphrey touts campaign spending of 15000 to 20000 while Gingrich had 1.95 million in 1996 and 58 percent and 64 percent in prior elections. Pelphrey cites voter fatigue over Gingrich ignoring local issues amid impeachment inquiries and budget fights in Washington.
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Marietta
Wil- Ges
Charles Bullock
University of Georgia
Delphrey
US Naval Academy
Newt
Pelphrey
Michael Coles
Gingrich
Grch
Congress
Atlanta
Coles
Yeltsin cuts Kazakh trip amid respiratory illness
President Boris Yeltsin shortened a Central Asia visit due to a bronchitic fever, sparking questions about his health as Russia grapples with economic crisis and NATO pressures on Yugoslav allies. He plans to resume his schedule this week, with aides denying hospitalization.
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Almaty. Kazakstan
Boris Yeltsin
Central Asia
NATO
Russia
Kosovo
Moscow
NTV
Yeltsin
Almaty
Kazak Stan
Munist
Gennady Zyuganov
Britain
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Scripps Howard News Service
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R-La
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Propristions Committee
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