Fortier Sentenced 12 Years In Oklahoma City Bombing Case
Michael Fortier, key government witness, receives a 12 year prison term after pleading guilty to failing to report the plot and related charges. He tearfully apologized to victims as Judge G Thomas Van Bebber imposed the sentence and a $200,000 fine plus repayment of $4,001 to a gun dealer. Fortier testified for the prosecution in the trials and said he helped fund the attack by trafficking stolen weapons.
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Oklahoma City
Michael Fortier
Fortier
Timothy McVeigh
FBI
U.S
G. Thomas ‘van Bebber
Arkansas
McVeigh
Terry Nichols
Michael McGuire
McGuire
U.S. Avionaut
Patrick Ryan
Oklahoma
Lori
Canadian study disputes EPA asbestos cancer risk formula
In Quebec mining towns, 2,242 women died from 1970 to 1989 with only modest exposure to asbestos. The study finds EPA risk estimates overstated by at least tenfold, contrasting with Mount Sinai’s Landrigan who defends the EPA model, citing particle size differences.
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Boston
Environmental Protection Agency
Michel Camus
University of Quebec
Asbestos
Quebec
EPA
New England Journal of Medicine
Philip J. Landrigan
Mount Sinai
Goldwater Near Death Report Roils Family Silence
Former Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, 89, rumored near death after a Mesa Tribune report citing sources close to the family. Colleagues report uncertainty while a biographer notes Alzheimer's disease. family disputes diagnosis and confirms long decline and past stroke impacting memory and personality.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Mesa
Man to be tried for injecting HIV tainted blood into son
LT. CHARLES Mo AP A hospital worker Brian Stewart 31 stands trial on first degree assault for allegedly injecting HIV tainted blood into his 1 1 month old son to avoid child support. He faces life if convicted and possible death if the child dies and murder charged. Prosecutors say he stole tainted blood from a St Louis hospital where he worked as a phlebotomist, the boy now 7 diagnosed with AIDS in 1996. Defense notes alternative infection sources. Jury arraignment set for June 5 with trial likely late this year or early next.
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Charles
Jon Cunningham
Brian Stewart
Stewart
St. Louis
Ross Buehier
Jennifer
Joseph Murphy
Lawyer doubts au pair innocence in Woodward case
A Boston AP report says Louise Woodward's British lawyer told a state trooper she doubts her client's innocence after arrest for drunken driving. The officer's post arrest report quotes Elaine Whitfield Sharp saying she now believes Woodward is guilty of killing 8 month old Matthew Eappen.
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Boston
Louise Woodward
Elaine Whitfield Sharp
Woodward
Matthew Eappen
Whitfield Sharp
Randy J. Cipoletta
Louise
Marblehead
Cipoletta
Timothy M. Burke
Internal Affairs Office of State Police
Stephen Jones
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