Nobel prizes awarded for physics and chemistry discoveries
The physics prize goes to American Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor for discovering the first binary pulsar, a test bed for general relativity via gravitational waves. The chemistry prize honors Kary Mullis and Michael Smith for PCR DNA copying and site directed mutagenesis enabling genetic reprogramming and widespread medical research applications.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Space Laboratory
Nobel
Chemistry Nobel
Kary B Mullns
San Diego
Michael Smith
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Russell A Hulse
Joseph H Taylor Jr
Princeton University
Mr Mulls
Mr Smyth
Jury removal may derail Denny trial in Los Angeles
Five jurors were dismissed amid questions over a juror's sanity and common sense during the Reginald Denny beating trial. Damian Williams and Henry Watson, both black men, face attempted murder charges in the riot assault on Denny, a white truck driver, during last year’s unrest following the Rodney King verdict.
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Los Angeles
Reginald Denny
Damian Willams
Henry Watson
Mr Denny
Rodney King
Somali prisoner releases signal shift in Mogadishu crisis
President Clinton reacts to Chief Durant and Nigerian prisoner releases amid UN Somalis tension. Durant, wounded in a helicopter crash, headed to Ramstein for care after Swedish hospital treatment. Nigerian prisoner also freed with leg bandage and cane. Aidid offers release of two prisoners, as US plans withdrawal by March 31 amid mounting casualties and congressional outcry.
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Umar Shantah
Aidid
Clinton
Washington
Chief Durant
Cmdr
Jove Gradisher
Pentagon
Chef Durant
Cmdr Gradisher
Durant
Ramstein
Germany
Bruce Bailey
46Th Combat Support
Puot
Col Bailey
Haiti UN mission scales back as Mounties depart
Capt Bernard Dionne said seven Canadian noncombatants remained with an advance party of 46 American troops as the UN mission to restore Aristide dwindles from 1600. The pullout leaves Haiti's civilian transition government with little external support and fear among civilians. The UN Security Council ordered an oil and arms embargo and asset freezes on Haiti's military leaders if Aristide is not restored by October 30.
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Bernard Dionne
Haiti
Aristide
UN Security Council
Bartlett raps Clinton on Haiti policy criticizes missteps
Rep Roscoe Bartlett on Wednesday questioned President Clinton's actions in Haiti and compared them to Somalia. He said Clinton miscalculated possible actions by hostiles, warning too many American lives are at stake and foreign policy errors are mounting.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Clinton
Haiti
Maryland
Republican
Somalia
Bartlett
Court weighs sexual harassment guidelines over pocket remark
The Supreme Court debated when off color workplace behavior becomes illegal sexual harassment and whether a boss asking a female employee to retrieve coins from his pants pocket constitutes actionable conduct. The case involves Teresa Harris of Nashville alleging harassment by Forklift Systems president Charles Hardy in 1987 and centers on the standard of harassment as severe or pervasive.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Clinton
Jeffrey Minear
Tennessee
Sandra Day O’connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Anita Hull
Clarence Thomas
Thomas
High Court
Irwin Verch
Teresa Harris
Harris
Charles Hardy
Forkift Systems of
Nashville
Marine Corps to reopen Tailhook case on new evidence
The Marine Corps will review the Tailhook matter involving Capt Gregory J Bonam after new testimony questions his presence at the 1991 Las Vegas convention. Lt Paula Ann Coughlin previously accused him. witnesses said he was elsewhere with them on a hotel patio during the alleged assault.
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Los Angeles
Marine Corps
Gregory J Bonam
Navy
Paula Ann Coughlin
Las Vegas
Coughlin
Bonam
Quantico Va
St Coughlin
Los Angeles Times
Coughin
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Maxum
IRITZ
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Voso Associates
Frederick City Club
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6Th US Circuit Court of Appeals
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