Polar bear mauls Australian tourist at Alaska Zoo
Australian visitor Kathryn Warburton, 29, Sydney, was badly bitten and suffered a broken leg after climbing over barriers to photograph a polar bear named Binky. Police bystander Gary Paul cited Warburton’s breach of warnings as the cause. Zoo director Sammye Seawell defended the bear and warned against punishment.
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Sydney
Alaska Zoo
Gary Paul
Warburton
Paul
Zoo
Sammye Seawell
Seawell
Binky
Whitewater inquiry details spark White House use of IG reports
Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen asked an independent investigator for interview copies from the Whitewater ethics review and forwarded the inspector general documents to the White House to aid congressional hearings. White House counsel Lloyd Cutler defended the handling saying the IG process remained free of political interference. In a separate update, a Bavarian themed town faced a spreading wildfire forcing evacuations and plant shutdowns as fires raged across Utah, Montana, Oregon, and Washington state with crews dispatched to contain the blazes.
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Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Clinton Administration
Whitewater
Bentsen
Treasury Inspector General
White House
Administration
Lloyd Cutler
Cutler
Mike Cecka
Pine Lake
Chelan
Utah
Montana
Oregon
Washington State
Rat Creek
Leavenworth
Icicle Creek Canyon
Former minister seeks public defender in clinic killings
In Pensacola Florida defending attorney Hill spoke with Judge Roark about choosing counsel for two murder counts and one attempted murder charge tied to the slayings of Dr John Britton and bodyguard James Barrett outside a women’s clinic. Hill suggested he might use a public defender first then switch. Barrett’s wife June injured. a grand jury may indict. Michael Griffin earlier received life with parole in Gunn shooting.
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Fla
Escambia County
James Roark III
Paul Hall
Hill
Roark
Caroline Tesche
Feminist Majority
John Bayard Britton
James Herman Barrett
David Gunn
Barrett
June
June Barrett
Baptist Hospital
Michael Griffin
Gunn
Britton
Air Force
Ladies Center
Clinton and Gore rally in Missouri for health reform
In Independence Missouri President Clinton and Hillary Clinton joined by Vice President Gore send a push for guaranteed health insurance. They appeal to Congress amid protesters, referencing Harry Truman and the need to finish the fight for health care reform.
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Truman
Clinton
Missouri Rally For US Health
Independence
Harry Truman
Congress
Independence Square
Hillary
al Gore
Tipper
Washington
White House
Charactebate
Health Security Express
Rachel Crowthers
Portland
Ore
Gore
Clinton-Gore
Missouri
Oregon Health Plan expands to aid working poor in state
In Salem and Portland, 81,000 working poor enroll in Oregon Health Plan six months into the experiment, far above the expected 60,000. The program broadens Medicaid access but overloads paperwork and clinics while maintaining a rationing line for high priority treatments.
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Salem
Ore
Mark
Dyan King
Dyan
Portland
Pauline Long
Sandra Spiegel
Spiegel
Spiegel, Long and the Kings
Oregon Health Plan
Jean Thorne
Oregon
Grand jury details linked Simpson to past and Nicole
Grand jury transcripts show O J Simpson harassing ex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and spying on her with another man. Witness Keith Zlomsowitch reports Simpson threatened the man in a restaurant saying he is still Nicole’s husband. The jury also hears about blood test results and other evidence not raised at the preliminary hearing.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Keith Zlomsowitch
Simpson
Zlomsowitch
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Robert Shapiro
Ziomsowitch
Keith
Nicole Simpson
Chicago
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