Death by own action rate among Black youths rises
CDC data show the death by own action rate for Blacks aged 10 to 19 more than doubling from 2.1 in 1980 to 4.5 per 100,000 by 1995. The agency cites stress from middle-class mobility and coping with societal norms as possible factors, while noting higher white youth rates historically. Guns accounted for 66 percent of the 3,030 Black suicides in 1980–95.
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Atlanta
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Monly
Tanji Durant
National Center For Injury Prevention and Control
Carl Bell
Chicago
Kenya Napper Belle
Coca-Cola
America
Bello
Death by Own Action Rates Sources for Disease Control
A brief notice discusses how self-harm rates influence disease control data and policy implications. It notes the need for robust data sources to accurately reflect mortality related to individual actions and to guide prevention strategies.
Spring break career expo draws IBM and others to Panama City Beach
Students on spring break mingle with recruiters from IBM and 28 employers at the Spring Break Career Expo 98 in Panama City Beach. IBM uses a ThinkPad sculpture and banners to attract tech-minded students as hiring demand rises. Recruiters from Inacom, 3Com, Lockheed Martin and others handed out gear while students submit resumes for internships and jobs around resumes.
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Panama City Beach
Fla
IBM ThinkPad
IBM
Mobley
Ramada Inn
Florida Panhandle
David Snider
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Grinnell College
Jean Schmitt
Kevin Clark
Omaha
Neb
Inocom
Grinnell
Snider
Inacom
3 Com Corp
Compuserve
Darden Restaurant Group
First Union National Bank
Lockheed Martin
Lucent Technology
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Hospital
Nationwide Insurance
Navistar International
Raytheon Corp
State Farm Insurance
Unisys Corp
Visa International
Irom Siddiqui
Quetta
Pakistan
Arkansas State University
Krisin Volpe
Malvern
Defendant gets five year sentence in Cosby case
A 54 year old man, Jose Medina, was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for extortion involving Bill Cosby. Medina helped carry out a plot to obtain 40 million dollars by threatening Cosby with exposure of a relationship between Cosby and the daughter. The judge said Medina was deeply involved in the scheme and sentenced him accordingly.
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New York
Bill Cosby
Jose Medina
Autumn
Aceey Williams
Jackson
Medina
Barbara Jones
Cosby
Williams
Judge orders coalition to compensate homeless workers
New York AP judge orders Grand Central Partnership and related groups to pay wages, time, and legal fees to homeless workers who performed clerical, maintenance, and food service duties from 1990 to 1995 at well below the minimum wage. The court found they were employees, not trainees, and job sites included city parks and World Trade Center recycling.
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New York
Mary Brosnahan
Coalition For the Homeless
Brosnahan
Urban Justice Center
Grand Central Partnership
Social Services
34Th Street Partnership
U.S
Sonia Sotomayor
Ae Ae
Wertime
Coalition
World Trade Center
Measles in U S Drops to All Time Low in 1997
U S measles cases fell to 135 in 1997 from 488 in 1996, a new low, per the CDC. Despite the U S improvement, the Western Hemisphere saw 27,635 cases, led by Brazil's Sao Paulo state with 20,186 cases, as overall regional figures rose.
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Atlanta
United States
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