Swift Amid Helicopter Scandal Presses Apology
Massachusetts lieutenant governor Jane Swift faced a week of furor for using aides as babysitters and taking a state police helicopter home on Thanksgiving for her 14 month old daughter. She offered to reimburse the $1000 ride and defended her role while critics called for accountability.
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First couple tries out life as commuters
NEW YORK AP On their first day as real New York commuters the Clintons left the suburbs to work with police escort while Hillary enjoys press reviews of her Letterman debut. Bill Clinton tests themes for the State of the Union with stops in Brooklyn and Manhattan and attends a Democratic fund raiser on the Stock Exchange floor. Hillary campaigns on Long Island and soaks in favorable notices of her Letterman appearance. Bill jokes about Senate spouse duties as Hillary positions for her Senate bid.
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Dragging assault earns prison time in Grand Rapids
In Grand Rapids Michigan a white man Joe Raab 30 of Wyoming was sentenced to seven to 25 years after pleading guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm and ethnic intimidation He allegedly ran over Willie Lee Jarrett 36 three times and dragged him 80 feet across a gas station lot causing serious injuries Raab had been charged with assault with intent to kill but prosecutors dropped that count citing insufficient evidence of intent
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