Congressmen shielded from turning over tobacco documents
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that lawmakers Henry Waxman and Ron Wyden need not surrender purloined Brown & Williamson documents to the tobacco company. The ruling says the Constitution protects the congressmen from compelled production in the whistleblower case.
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Washington
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co
Henry Waxman
D-Calif
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Brown & Williamson
U.S
Harold H. Greene
Waxman
Wyden
Ruby Ridge settlement pays Weaver family 3.1 million
The Justice Department awards Randy Weaver and his children 3.1 million for the deaths of Vicki Weaver and Samuel Weaver amid the 1992 Idaho siege. Surviving children receive 1 million each, Randy gets 100,000, while ongoing internal probes and political fallout continue.
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Washington
Justice Department
Randy Weaver
Weaver
Idaho
Vicki Weaver
Sara
Rachel
Elisheba
Randy
United States
Department
FBI
U.S
Larry Potts
Bureau
Ruby Ridge
Potts
Gerry Spence
Spence
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Branch Davidian
Waco
Texas
Samuel Weaver
William Degan
Harris
Degan
Tojo Dentures Carried Pearl Harbor Message
An AP report recounts a 1946 prank by draftee dentist Mallory who carved in Morse code “Remember Pearl Harbor” into Gen Hideki Tojo’s dentures in occupied Japan. The dots and dashes were erased after weeks when the secret leaked and caused a near court-martial for the pranksters.
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Sacramento
Calif
Japan
Pearl Har
Hideki Tojo
E.J
Jack
Mallory
Tojo
United States
Pearl Harbor
George Foster
Sugama Prison
Tokyo
Foster
Air Force punishes officers over Iraq friendly fire incident
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Bernard Fogleman placed permanent letters in seven officers' files marking failure to meet service standards after the April 1994 Blackhawk downing that killed 26 people including 15 Americans. Five airmen were grounded for at least three years and a meritorious service medal to Lt. Col. Randy May was revoked.
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Scripps Howard News Service
Washington
Air Force
U.S. Army
Iraq
Bernard Fogleman
Blackhawk
Fogleman
Randy May
Government Accounting Office
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Citadel
Shannon Faulkner
Terry Leedom
Lockheed Martin
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Pacific Ocean
Maj
Billy Birdwell
Don Baene
Lockheed
Baene
Chicago
Mel Reynolds
Reynolds
Beverly Heard
Senate
Sen
Arlen Specter
Kevin Harris
Randall Day
Boundary County
The
Boise
Jack” Mallory
Trent Woods
Town of
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
M.D. Barnette, Jr
CDBG
P.O. Drawer
Farmville
Leroy Price
P.O. Box
New Bern
Twin Rivers Mall
Ephraim E.nssen, M. D
FACP
Association of
Subhash C. Gumber, M. D
Kurt Gerard Vernon, M. D
Neuse Blvd
Moye
Greenville
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