Teen-ager charged with airport computer hack
A Massachusetts teen becomes the first juvenile charged in federal court with computer hacking for breaking into a Bell Atlantic system that crashed Worcester Airport tower operations on March 10, 1997. The breach halted aircraft communications for six hours, disrupted 60,000 annual landings and sparked 600 Rutland homes losing phone service.
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Boston
U.S. Justice Department
Massachusetts
U.S
Donald Stern
Bell Atlantic
Worcester
Joseph Hogan
Air Traffic Control Company
Rutland
Worcester, Mass
Vitamin D deficiency found common in older Americans
Boston study of hospital patients shows over half with low vitamin D levels and a third below recommended intake from fortified foods. Researchers urge routine screening and broader supplement use, noting deficiency also appears in younger adults and that current intake guidelines may be too low.
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Boston
Joel S. Finkelstein
Sail Ir
Melissa K. Thomas
Massachusetts General Hospital
New England Journal of Medicine
Robert D. Utger
Thomas
Bess Dawson- Hughes
Tufts University
S. Dawson-Hughes
Institute of Medicine
Mob trial defendant shot dead before verdict in Philadelphia
Philadelphia AP reports mob case defendant Anthony Turra, 61, was killed outside his home as jurors deliberated in a racketeering and drug case involving Merlino. Police call it an organized crime assassination. two mob figures questioned, no suspect named. Turra was out on bail for motives tied to a 1995 beating and shadowed by his son Louis, later found dead in New York. The jury was sequestered. verdicts to be sealed if delivered.
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Philadelphia
Joey’’ Merlino
Anthony Turra
Federal
Jerrold Kane
Turra
Louis
Merlino
Meriino
New York City
Tonya
Gross
Clark Zimmerman
Woman convicted of starving 5-year-old daughter in Rochester
Tonya Daniels weighed 23 pounds when she died last summer after prolonged malnutrition. Gloria Gross was found guilty of second degree manslaughter after a four day trial. Sentencing set for April 10 with potential 5 to 15 years.
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Rochester
N.Y
Tonya Daniels
Douglas Shearer
Gloria Gross
Gross
Tonya
Jely
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