McCain backs off religious remarks in heated clash
As Super Tuesday looms, McCain and Bush spar over religion and education plans. Bush touts a federal role in funding and tests while McCain defends focusing on issues. Falwell and Colson offer tepid support as both campaigns anticipate tonight’s final debate in Los Angeles and St Louis satellite appearances.
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St. Louis
Death row inmate freed after missed retrial deadline
Calvin Burdine, 46, ordered released within five days after state lawyers failed to retry him by deadline. Burdine, on death row since 1984 for a 1983 murder, said he would live near a lake in Texas or Oklahoma, seeking a quiet life away from attention. The judge ruled a retrial would not violate his rights but the state plans an appeal to keep him jailed.
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Clinton seeks gun safety meeting with lawmakers
President Clinton urged a meeting with congressional leaders next week to push gun safety measures. He cited 13 children killed by guns daily and blamed NRA pressure for blocking bills, while noting a recent Michigan school shooting and Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania killings.
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Young shooter described as also a victim
Mount Morris Township Michigan report says a 66 year old boy who killed a first grade classmate claimed the act was an accident and he was trying to scare the girl Authorities say the boy found a .32 caliber semiautomatic handgun in a bedroom and the family faces calls for gun safety measures while the district weighs metal detectors and security upgrades.
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Police shooting investigated in New York City
In the Bronx a police shooting left Malcolm Ferguson dead after a struggle with officers. Authorities seek to determine if the fatal head wound came from an intentional shot or an accidental discharge during the encounter.
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Bronx
Amadou Diallo
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Ferguson
John Scanlon
Minority lawmakers boycott Albany over Diallo verdict
Minority lawmakers vow to skip the Albany session to protest police brutality bills not advancing. They plan to gather at the Bronx building where West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was killed by four NYPD officers in February 1999, as calls extend to Black and Puerto Rican Caucus members and sympathetic whites.
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