New Jersey ends plan for first bear hunt in 29 years
Wildlife officials voted 6-4 to cancel the proposed bear hunt set to begin next week, amid lawsuits and local government opposition. Gov. Christie Whitman proposed alternatives including relocation, targeting dangerous bears, and increased police and agency funding. Bear numbers and nuisance incidents were cited as context for the decision.
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Atlanta transit ads allow abortion rights for three months
MARTA will permit abortion rights advertisements on buses and bus shelters for three months after a federal judge found its prior rejection vague. The transit agency plans to revert to commercial ads after the period, revamping policies following the federation suit and agreement.
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Former U S Mint employee pleads guilty to theft
Former U S Mint worker David D Angleo admitted stealing defective coins from December 1998 through March and selling them for about eighty thousand dollars. Prosecutors said he was caught leaving the mint March 21 with coins and faces up to ten years in prison at sentencing in October.
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Court clerk fined for stealing Malcolm X diary
A former New York court clerk, Douglas Henderson, 42, was fined $5,000 and given 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He admitted taking Malcolm X's red diary from an evidence safe in 1991 and selling it in 1997 for $5,000. The diary later surfaced at a 1999 California auction, traced to Henderson. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
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