Immigrant jumps to death shelter fall tragedy in Chinatown
A Belarusian immigrant, 38, leaped from a fourth floor window at a Manhattan shelter after his 7-year-old daughter tried to stop him. The girl, seriously injured, landed atop her father and survived. Police did not release names. Newsday identified them as Michael Kitaevi and his daughter. The man, unhappy about asylum denial, had reportedly been in the country before. The daughter remains in serious condition with internal injuries.
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Jim Coleman
Newsday
Michael Kitaevi
Belarus
Manhatan
Chinatown
Postal Service vows multi-year fix for delivery woes
Postmaster General Marvin Runyon told a congressional subcommittee it could take about a year to improve mail delivery nationwide with a longer five year effort to change the Postal Service culture. Washington area losses persist despite hiring 75 new carriers while inspectors report backlogs at two regional offices and at the main post office.
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House Post Office Committee
Frank McCloskey
D-Ind
Postal Service
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D-N.y
Subcommittee
Barbara Rose Collins
D-Mich
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Embattled NAACP chief defies calls to quit over settlement
NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Chavis resists resigning as critics allege the 332000 settlement with former aide Mary E. Stansel reveals reckless spending. Board members claim the accord worsened the NAACP's 2.7 million deficit while Chavis defends his actions and says he did not harass Stansel.
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Benjamin Chavis
Martha
Washington
Chavis
Leroy Warren
Mary E. Stansel
Stansel
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate panel rebukes Nussbaum over Altman case at Whitewater hearing
Senate Banking Committee leaders accuse former presidential counsel Bernard Nussbaum of pressuring Roger Altman to stay on the Whitewater probe and warn such interference crossed a line. Nussbaum, defending his actions, says he urged but did not compel Altman, noting the decision rested with Altman amid a tense 14th hour hearing.
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Senate Banking Committee
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House Whitewater
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D-Mich
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Selma
Ala
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Sanders
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