Senate OKs deceptive trade practices revisions
The Texas Senate approved a bundled set of changes to the Deceptive Trade Practices Act by a 29 to 2 vote, part of Gov. Bush tort reform efforts. The bill tightens consumer protection rules, bars noneconomic damages in most DTPL cases, limits large transactions, and narrows where and when lawsuits can be filed.
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Austin
Barrientos
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Carlos Truan
Ccorpus Christi
House
Senate
Bivins
Bob Bullock
Texas
Bullock
Bush
Packwood Faces Senate Probe Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Sen. Bob Packwood faces a full Senate ethics investigation after a five page report alleged 18 incidents of sexual misconduct from 1969 to 1990 involving staffers a dining room hostess and others. The panel says he may have altered diaries in December 1992 and could face penalties from rebuke to expulsion.
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Group seeks exhumation of Booth body in Baltimore cemetery
Three women claiming Booth relatives asked a Maryland judge to allow exhuming the remains at Green Mount Cemetery to test lineage and settle family and historical questions. Booth historians have long debated whether the actor died in a Virginia barn fire or escaped to a hidden fate in Enid Oklahoma Territory.
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Reno seeks independent counsel over Brown finances
Attorney General Janet Reno asked a court panel to appoint an independent counsel to probe Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. The inquiry would review whether Brown improperly accepted about 500000 from a business partner and filed inaccurate disclosure and mortgage statements, despite Reno saying he lacked criminal intent. Clinton defended Brown while calling the move disappointing.
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Judge prescribes life sentence path through marriage
U S District Judge Royal Furgeson advised Pecos defendant Arios Rafael Rosado Gonzalez 26 to marry his girlfriend before starting an 18 month federal term for marijuana possession. Court deputy Kevin Frye said the pre sentence investigation showed they lived together and had a baby.
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Hidalgo
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Gingrich Clinton showdown teased in Fun & Games
In the Fun & Games page Sandy Grady forecasts a high profile clash between Newt Gingrich and President Clinton, signaling a political showdown that could shape coverage in the 1990s.
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Zairians await diagnosis as Ebola fear grips Mboma Kindala
Mboma Kindala, a 20 year old medical student in Kikwit Zaire, lies in a hospital bed with fever, headache, and bloody diarrhea. He cared for a friend dying of Ebola and now fears infection as symptoms worsen and a diagnosis remains uncertain.
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