Officials Seek Hate Crime Laws Nationwide After Shepard Slaying
Legislators across more than a dozen states renewed calls for gay hate crime laws following the murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Governors and lawmakers push federal expansion to include gender, disability, and sexual orientation while opponents warn laws may unfairly target nonminorities.
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Matthew Shepard
Laramie
Wyo
Montana
Marc Racicot
Wyoming
New York
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Shepard
New York Senate
Joseph Bruno
Congress
House
Dick Gephardt
Indiana
Bill Crawford
Indianapolis Democrat
U.S
Carol Moseley-Braun
Armless landscaper saves woman from burning van
In Durham North Carolina an armless landscaper named Marty Ravellette rescued 86 year old Carol Daum from a burning Nissan Quest after the driver’s window was kicked in and the door unlocked by his wife. Daum’s son Aaron and her mother Elma Snedeker watched as firefighters arrived. Ravellette injured a leg during the act.
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Carrboro
Marty Ravellette
Durham
N.C
Carol Daum
Aaron
Elma Snedeker
Daum
Snedeker
Ravellette
Daums
Man arrested for threats to Clinton linked to Eugene bombs
In Eugene Oregon a man was arrested on explosives threats to President Clinton. Bombs found in a ditch behind an air and space museum near Eugene airport ahead of Clinton's June visit following a Springfield school shooting. A caller warned of bombs at airport City Hall and a bus station.
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Eugene, Ore
Clinton
Eugene
Springfield
City
Air and Space Museum
Nike increases Indonesian shoe workers minimum wage 25 percent
Nike Inc. announced a 25 percent hike to Indonesia footwear factory workers pay raising the monthly minimum to 250 000 rupiah about 23 dollars from 200 000 rupiah. The move, praised by labor advocates, follows criticism at a shareholders meeting and mirrors a similar step by Reebok earlier this month.
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Beaverton, Ore
Nike Inc
Indonesia
Asia
Nike
Vada
Maria Eitel
Reebok International
Medea Benjamin
Global Exchange
Siamese twins undergo high risk separation at Loma Linda
Four teams of doctors at Loma Linda University Medical Center completed a 12 hour separation of 8 month old conjoined twins Gabrielle and Micheala Garcia. The twins remained in critical condition Thursday with no hospital details released and a month long expected recovery if they survive.
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Calif
Gabrielle
Micheala Garcia
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Karen Crowe
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