Retiree Receives Pump to Keep Heart Running
In Durham, 63 year old Charlie Mebane received a left ventricular assist device implanted in his abdomen to support a failing heart while awaiting a donor transplant. Doctors at Duke University Medical Center report progress, noting the device keeps him alive and allows some mobility as he waits.
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Versity Medical Center
Peter van Trigt
Mebane
Duke
Thermo Cardiosystems
van Trigt
Virginia fights traffic jam on Outer Banks route 168
Chesapeake officials seek relief as 40 mile two lane stretch to Barco NC carries 24 000 to 28 000 vehicles daily in peak season. NC approves widening Barco to VA line with work starting 1995 to 1997. Virginia plans consider six environmental options including widening or a parallel road at 113 million.
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Chesapeake, Va
North Carolina
Virginia
Great Bridge
Chesapeake
Barco
N.C
Virginia Line
Army Corps of Engineers
Saunders
Virginia 168
Democratic leaders push for health care action in August
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders urge action on universal health care this year with a phased in plan. Foley says extension could win moderate votes while Gephardt Mitchell and Dole discuss mid August moves and length of the phase in, aiming for universal coverage by the turn of the century.
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Washington
Congress
Clinton
House
Tom Foley Foley
Foley
NBC
Senate
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
George Mitchell
Maine
Robert Dole
Dole
CNN
al Gore
Mitchell
Gephardt
Meet the Press
Uni
Gore
Simpson defense seeks its own DNA tests
Los Angeles AP report shows prosecutors pushing DNA analysis to link O J Simpson to Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman deaths while defense seeks access to most DNA samples for independent testing. Hearing set. prosecutors say limited samples prevent sharing.
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Simpson
Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
California
Alameda County
Rock Harmon
William Thompson
University of California-Irvine
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Nicole Simpson
Truman Simpson
Pittsburg
Calif
Do.j
Nicole
North Carolina retirees win 16th pension rise in 17 years
North Carolina retirees receive a 4.7 percent pension hike for the year, combining a 3.2 percent cost-of-living increase with a 1.5 percent retirement formula boost. Dennis Ducker notes pensions have risen about 120 percent since 1977, illustrating a steady rise funded by earnings rather than taxes.
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Raleigh
Dennis Ducker
Ducker
Leigh Hammond
North Carolina
Retired Governmental Employees Association
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Carolyn Rittenberry
Bernie Whitlock
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Thompson
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Time Magazine
Robert Shapiro
New Jersey
Bernard W. Gimbel
The
Associated Press
Sara
Fred Vela
Detroit
Freddie
Texas
Harlan Boyles
Boyles
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