Sextuplets born in Long Island hospital stay for growth
A New York mother delivered six babies last week, possibly a rare sextuplet birth. Julie Robinson of University Hospital Stony Brook confirmed the newborns are at the facility but asked for privacy. The Daily News says four boys and two girls weigh about two pounds each and were delivered by C section.
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Daily News
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Thruway breaks ground for fiber optic highway
The New York Thruway Authority has begun a large fiber optic highway project spanning about 900 miles from New York City through Albany and Buffalo to the Pennsylvania border. Omaha based MFS Network Technologies Inc will construct the system, with the authority expecting annual savings of about $2 million.
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Albany
State Thruway Authority
New York City
Thruway
New York State
John Platt
Couple Dead in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Portable Generator
Willard Bink Jr. and Mildred Bink, ages 48 and 45, were found dead in their Livingston home along with their dog after a snowstorm. Police say a portable generator used for heat and power in the basement caused carbon monoxide buildup. autopsies pending. The home lacked proper ventilation during the outage.
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Livingston
Albany
Arrest in Girl X case highlights Cabrini-Green dangers
Chicago police arrested 25 year old Patrick Sykes after hundreds of tips led to a confession in the January assault on a 9 year old girl at the Cabrini Green housing project. The case underscores violence and neglect in a decaying public housing complex once seen as a lifeline for the poor.
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Wholesaler sues New York over Indian sales taxes
Attea Milhelm & Bros. seeks a court order to suspend taxes on gas and tobacco sold by Seneca and other tribes to non-Indians. The Buffalo firm argues state tax policies harm business as Seneca operations face shortages and protests flare near Allegany. Nation leaders seek a 30 day cooling off. no state reply yet.
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Powell joins Clinton push for global chemical weapons ban
Retired Army General Colin Powell headlines a bipartisan White House event backing a 161-nation treaty to ban chemical weapons. President Clinton urges Congress to ratify by the April 29 deadline, with lawmakers diplomats veterans' leaders and former officials in attendance.
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Brent Scowcroft
Bush
Civil rights lawyers seek block on new asylum rules
Civil rights groups led by the ACLU and Lawyers’ Committee ask a federal judge for a temporary injunction against expedited removal rules that let immigration agents refuse entry to travelers with improper documents. They argue INS ignored Congress by limiting asylum information and removing timely court review of decsions in border entries.
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INS
First Lady Urges Parents Access to Child Research
Hillary Rodham Clinton told researchers that progress in childhood development thrives with federal support and new neuroscience. She warned that lab findings are useless unless parents caregivers teachers and doctors understand and apply the basic information. She noted over 90 percent of funding for children’s research comes from government sources.
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Hillary Clinton
Society For Research In Child Development
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