AOL flood of users prompts lawsuits and pleas for restraint
America Online faces consumer lawsuits and state probes as demand soars after a $19.95 monthly flat rate. Chief executive Steve Case asks members to cut back while capacity expands. expansion to 350 million is planned to ease overloaded service.
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Conrail rejects CSX bid as Norfolk Southern edges in
Conrail shareholders vote against a CSX led 9.4 billion takeover plan that would have allowed CSX to increase its stake. CSX already owns about 20 percent at 110 per share, while Norfolk Southern eyed nearly 10 percent if the proposal failed. The anti takeover law pause until 1999 remains a factor as both suitors press campaigns and a possible new vote within a month.
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HIV risk lower for injection drug users
A study of 4,419 injection drug users in 11 cities finds those who reported risk-reduction efforts such as using clean needles had 20 percent HIV infection, compared with 34 percent among those not attempting risk reduction. Don C. Des Jarlais led the research in the American Journal of Public Health report.
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Former governor seeks slave museum in Virginia
Robert J. Wilder, son of enslaved people and former Virginia governor, advocates building the nation’s first museum dedicated entirely to slavery. He envisions artifacts such as manacles and slave ship replicas, with $100,000 seed money restored by Gov. George Allen pending Legislature approval.
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