Cussing canoeist hauled into court
Timothy Boomer faces trial after a profanity-laden outburst on the Rifle River led to a charge under a long standing Michigan law banning cursing in the presence of women and children. The dispute centers on free speech versus public morals with Boomer claiming exaggeration and the ACLU arguing the statute unconstitutional.
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Tandish
Mich
Timothy Boomer
Rifle River
Boomer
Tammy Smith
Michael
Casey
Samantha
Michigan
Ladd White
Detroit
Roseville
Tap Ree
Richard Vollbach
Vollbach
William Street
American Civil Liberties Union
Allen Yenior
Yenior
Standish
Airlines UK passenger rules aim to ease long delays
Major British airlines proposed a 12 point plan to improve passenger treatment during long on aircraft delays. It requires providing food water restrooms and medical care, spurred by New Year snowbound Detroit delays. The plan also covers refunds compensation and clearer notices, with full implementation by mid-2000.
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Ashington
Congress
Associated Press
Detroit
House
Senate
Northwest Airlines
Transportation Department
Washington
Clintor
Supreme Court voids Chicago anti loitering law
The Supreme Court's 6 3 ruling nullified Chicago's 1992 anti loitering ordinance aimed at stopping gang members and friends from lingering in public. The decision found the law vague, lacking notice to those arrested, and limits public safety strategies used against gang activity. Justice Stevens led the majority with Justices O Conner Kennedy Souter Ginsburg Breyer concurring, while Scalia Rehnquist Thomas dissented.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Wrigley Field
Sammy Sosa
Sandra Day O’connor
Anthony M. Kennedy
David H. Souter
David H. Ginsburg
Stephen G. Breyer
O’connor
Kennedy
Breyer
Antonin Scalia
William H. Rehnquist
Clarence Thomas
FDA tightens Trovan use to hospital settings only
The FDA bans Trovan from general pharmacies and limits its use to hospitals or nursing homes for life threatening infections. IV Trovan may be dispensed as pills for home completion. Since 1998, 140 liver injury cases reported. six deaths and three liver transplants among patients.
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Ashington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Murray Lumpkin
Swordfish smuggler guilty in fraud case
Miami based Kenbourne International and Fresh Cargo Handling Co pleaded guilty to illegally labeling swordfish as whitefish to bypass methyl mercury screenings in 1994. Prosecutors seek four year probation and a $100,000 fine for the two firms.
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Miami
Kenbourne International
Fresh Cargo Handling Co
Food and Drug Administration
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Inverness Drive
Lawrence
Quem
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Independent
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First National Bank of Ottawa
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R.M. Clogston
First National Bank
Second
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Ottawa
FDIC
Airlines
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
Alaska Airlines
West Coast
Alaska
Seattle
Nick Lacey
Capitol Hill
David Fuscus
The
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