Retirees push case after Supreme Court setback
River Bend residents and the National Association of Retired Federal Employees say the Supreme Court declined the NC refund case on a 30 day technicality. They pursue litigation to prompt a review while calling the process a long, ongoing hoop. State officials hope a June General Assembly hearing on the bill occurs amid a tight budget.
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Supreme Court
N.C
Joseph Devlin
River Bend
National Association of
Federal Employees
Licensing Loopholes Spark North Carolina Gill Net Debate
Dick Brame of the Atlantic Coast Conservation Association warns that easy license transfers and purchased vessels fuel a growing gill net market. Florida’s new constitutional ban on nets prompts fears of East Coast shifts as licenses rise from 18 000 to 22 000 commercial vessels in NC, with 1 200 Florida fishermen affected by the July net ban.
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Dick Brame
Atlantic Coast Conservation Association
North Carolina
Brame
Florida
Nancy Fish
Fisheries Division
P.A. Wojciechowski
Mike Street
Jorge Laguna
Florida Marine Fisheries Commission
Laguna
Lawmakers consider national standards for product liability and punitive damages
Debates over federal limits and uniform rules spark criticism from experts and officials. Washington and state leaders weigh how to curb frivolous suits while protecting consumers. Critics call the push hypocritical yet some see benefits in standardization. NYT notes Reno and Mikva oppose the bill, warning it would tilt the field against consumers.
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Marc Galanter
Institute For Legal Studies
University of Wisconsin
National Center For State Courts
NCSC
Brian Ostrom
Washington D.C
Barry Nace
White House
Leon Panetta
ABC
David Brinkley
Capitol Hill
Panetta
Joyce
Benjamin J. Stein
Pepperdine University
Stein
New York Times
Janet Reno
Abner Mikva
Newt Gingrich
Moscow fires top crime officials after journalist murder
Moscow police chief Gen. Vladimir Pankratov and city prosecutor Gennady Ponomaryov were dismissed after the killing of Vladislav Listyev, a prominent TV journalist. President Yeltsin demanded leadership changes, while Moscow officials argued the Kremlin shapes hiring. Replacement for Ponomaryov named. Pankratov’s successor not announced.
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Gennady Ponomaryov
Vladimir Pankratov
Boris Yeltsin
Vladislav Listyev
Yeltsin
Yuri Luzhkov
Kremlin
Ponomaryov
State Duma
Viktor Ilyukhin
Pankratov
Listyev
Ostankino Television
McMillan’s 1970 ruling spurred Charlotte growth and desegregation
Retired federal judge James McMillan died at 78 in Charlotte after a cancer battle. His September 1970 order mandated court ordered busing to desegregate Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, a decision later upheld by the Supreme Court in 1971. The ruling helped integrate schools and, many say, catalyzed regional economic growth by uniting the community and addressing racial and class divisions.
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James McMillan
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
McMillan
Charlotte
David Goldfield
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Swann
U.S. Supreme Court
E Battle
Goldfield
Barker urges horror writers to abandon vampires and werewolves
Stephen King’s interviewer notes author Clive Barker at the World Horror Convention in Atlanta. Barker criticizes vampire and werewolf tropes, urges better stories where good triumphs, and defends violence as a narrative tool while reflecting on faith and his own crucifix decor.
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Tom Cruise
Brad Pitt
Barker
Atlanta
Jesus
Dominick Dunne slams Simpson defense lawyers in Costa Mesa
Best selling author Dominick Dunne critiqued O J Simpson defense counsel at a fund raiser for the National Victim Center calling their performance disgraceful and noting his pro prosecution stance He has longstanding hostility toward defense attorneys dating to a decades old murder case involving his daughter.
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Dominick Dunne
O.J. Simpson
Vanity Fair
Simpson
Dunne
Costa Mesa
Calif
Robertson denies anti-Semitic claim in New World Order book
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says his 1991 book The New World Order is not anti-Semitic and that he did not intend to target Jews. Critics including the Anti-Defamation League have argued the work uses coded references to Jewish ownership and conspiracy. Robertson faxed the Times stating the charge is unfounded.
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Pat Robertson
New World Order
The
U.S
Robertson
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith
New York Review of Books
Anti-Defamation League
Foxman
Times
Pizza Slice Leads to 25 Years in Three Strikes Law
Mike Royko reports on Jerry Williams who, with four prior felonies, received 25-to-life for stealing one pizza slice from a restaurant full of children. He questions the justice of applying harsh three strikes to a minor theft and contrasts it with other crimes and societal jerks.
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Dewayne Williams
Los Angeles
Williams
California
Chicago
Lincoln Park
Bleeding Hearts
Mike Royko
Decency laws debated over digital transmissions
A reader questions support for decency rules on computer networks citing A6 story. Phone polls offer lines for yes or no while a reader criticizes voting outcomes and warns that initiative referenda and recalls in River Bend could trigger mob rule by a minority of voters.
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