NOAA Corps to become civilian-led 240-member agency
NOAA Administrator D. James Baker announced a restructuring of NOAA Corps, the 247 officer service guiding weather and climate research ships and planes. The unit will become a 240-member organization with a civilian in charge while Rear Admiral William L. Stubblefield remains the top uniformed member.
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Washington
Noaa Corps
Commerce Department
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
D. James Baker
William L. Stubblefield
Police mistake diabetic for drunk in Maryland
Frederick T. Moore IV, 34, was beaten and pepper sprayed after deputies mistook his diabetic condition for drunken belligerence. He spent four days in hospital following a midnight traffic stop in Frederick, Maryland on June 12. Sheriff’s officials defended the deputies, expressing regret for Moore’s injuries.
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Frederick, Md
Sheriffs Department
Frederick T. Moore IV
Maj
Francis Tully
Koch Brothers Fight Over $339 Million Rejected
A federal jury in Topeka ruled that Koch brothers did not prove material omissions or misrepresentations in the 1983 sale of Koch Industries. They sought over $1 billion, but the 11 week trial found issues, not enough to alter the sale price, keeping intact a family torn by the dispute.
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Topeka
Kan
Brother
Koch Industries
Koch Brothers
Koch
United States
Young artists and writers honored at White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed the top 10 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards winners to the White House for the program's 75th anniversary. She praised youth creativity as essential, noting era-spanning alumni such as Andy Warhol, Robert Redford, Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Sylvia Plath, and Joyce Carol Oates.
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Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
America
Clinton
Andy Warhol
Robert Redford
Richard Avedon
Truman Capote
Red Grooms
Philip Pearstein
Bernard Malamud
Joyce Carol Oates
Sylvia Plath
Brenan Twins Turn Mexico City Fame Into Pop Culture
TV twins Brenan, known as the Gemelos Brenan, rose from a Televisa tabloid news program to Mexico’s cultural icons. They blend singing in moon boots with wrestling bouts, drawing adoring teens at malls while championing overlooked working-class neighborhoods and street reporting.
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Mexico City
Gemelos Brenan
Brenan Twins
Mexico
Antonio Brenan
Jorge
Swiss banks offer 600 million to settle Holocaust accounts
Switzerland's Credit Suisse Swiss Bank Corp and Union Bank of Switzerland proposed a 600 million settlement, the first public figure amid protests from Jewish leaders who called it insulting. Figures include 70 million to aid survivors. Plaintiffs claim banks hid accounts after World War II. Negotiations remain unclear.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Credit Suisse
Swiss Bank Corp
Union Bank of Switzerland
Edward Fagan
New York
Europe
Yoram Dori
World Jewish Restitution Organization
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Simon Weisenthal Center
Suspect denies WWII war crimes in court appearance
Dinko Sakic, former commander of the Jasenovac camp, told through his lawyer he does not feel guilty after his extradition from Argentina. He faces accusations of crimes against humanity and international law. no formal charges filed yet and a six month period for evidence gathering before proceeding.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Dinko Sakic
Sakic
Jasenovac
Argentina
Dissident greets birthday guests at Yangon's lakeside home
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar opposition leader and 1991 Nobel laureate, received over 100 guests at her lakeside Yangon home for her 53rd birthday. Visitors were screened by state security, names logged in advance, while she held a private Buddhist ceremony. She has spent much of nine years under house arrest or confinement.
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Yangon
Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi
National League For Democracy
Burma
Dentist slain after sudden bequest to model in Philadelphia
In a Philadelphia suburb, Dr Stephen Grosse, a debt-ridden dentist known for impulsive moves, was found shot in his burning Mercedes two weeks after changing his will to name a male model he met online. Authorities consider possible motives among creditors, patients, or others financially affected by his death. Model Alvin Steffey Jr. denies being lovers and was in Los Angeles at the time. investigators review Grosse’s finances and whether a killer was paid.
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Philadelphia
Stephen Grosse
DR Pain
Grosse
Alvin Steffey Jr
Steffey
Los Angeles
Montgomery County
Bruce Castor
Castor
Lower Merion
Stephen
Gerald Baldino Jr
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