Power Authority audit criticizes cost and planning failures
New York Power Authority faces a scathing audit by Comptroller H. Carl McCall citing ill defined initiatives that could cost over 1 billion annually. The review questions a corporate airplane purchase and warns expansion plans in NYC may deter private investment while revenues may not cover costs.
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Creatine Use Among Young Athletes Draws Study Warnings
A study across five Westchester County schools finds creatine used by 6 percent of 1102 athletes, rising to 44 percent among high school seniors. It is legal and sold widely but health effects in youths are unclear, prompting calls to discourage use.
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Manhattan
Serial killer Michael Ross arraigned in 1982 case in Goshen
Michael Ross pleaded innocent at arraignment on charges of rape and murder of a 16 year old girl in 1982. Indicted by a grand jury on murder rape and sodomy after DNA tied him to Paula Perrera. Her body was found in Wallkill, near a road he used often as a Cornell student. Ross faces death penalty in Connecticut for murders of six women in 1987.
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Ithaca
Connecticut
Ci Feley
Eastern Connecticut
Budget chief urges fast action on defense and education
Budget director Mitch Daniels said the White House seeks quick congressional completion of defense and education spending bills for fiscal 2002. With Oct 1 start, leaders expect these bills to close the budget process, though leverage and timing remain uncertain amid delays and sparse remaining working days.
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Senators Probe FBI Travel Voucher Abuse Over 1997 Retirement
Senate Judiciary Committee leaders seek GAO review of possible FBI travel expense fraud tied to a 1997 retirement party for former Deputy Director Larry Potts in Arlington Virginia. About 140 attendees, with some using the event to exploit an ethics conference in Quantico to secure payments.
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U.S. and Russia open anti-missile talks in Moscow
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said early NATO style talks will mostly share information rather than views as the United States and Russia begin a three round process. The meetings, kicking off today, aim to implement Genoa accord linking missile defense planning with nuclear arsenal cuts.
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California Supreme Court rules gun maker not liable for SF shooting
In a 5-1 decision the California Supreme Court held Navegar Inc. cannot be sued for damages by victims’ families from a deadly eight year old San Francisco skyscraper rampage. Dennis Henigan argued manufacturer advertising and foreseeability, but the court said state law bars such liability. The ruling overturns a lower appeals court that had allowed suits for negligence.
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Navegar Inc
California
Roller Coaster Crash Injures 22 at Six Flags New England
In Agawam Massachusetts twenty two riders were hospitalized after two trains collided on the Superman Ride of Steel at Six Flags New England. The park stayed open but the ride was shut down as witnesses said one train struck another while departing the platform.
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Salem
N.H
Suge Knight Released From Federal Prison After Nearly Five Years
Rap mogul Marion Suge Knight co founder of Death Row Records was freed from a federal Oregon prison after more than half of a nine year sentence for probation violation tied to a September 1996 Las Vegas hotel fight. He boarded a plane to Los Angeles and said he looks forward to returning to work.
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Los Angeles Times
Elizabeth Dole Contemplates North Carolina Senate Run
Elizabeth Dole says she would consider running for the Senate in North Carolina if Senator Jesse Helms retires. Helms, 79, has said he will decide by September on seeking a sixth term amid age and health concerns. Dole, former Red Cross leader and ex federal transportation and labor secretary, is married to former Kansas senator Bob Dole.
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Kansas
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Ambush Kills Arab Israeli Motorist Near Trofin West Bank
Palestinian gunmen shot dead Wael Ghanem, an Arab Israeli and former West Bank resident who became an Israeli citizen, as his car came under fire near the Trofin settlement. Israeli security sources weigh whether the attack was targeted or accidental amid a wave of violence in the area.
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Wael Ghanem
Vieques Protesters Face Navy Bombing Exercises
The U S Navy pressed ahead with bombing drills on Vieques Puerto Rico as protesters broke into the range. Nine people were detained Monday amid 70 pound shells and land assault drills while 59 had been arrested since Thursday. Navy spokesman Goode said main exercises may end today if delays do not recur. Bush pledged to end Vieques drills by 2003.
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Hunger and Disease Kill Four in Ten Congo Infants
A joint report by Save the Children, Oxfam, and Christian Aid says malnutrition and preventable diseases kill about 40 percent of Congo infants in rebel-held eastern areas during a three year war. It notes 40 percent of children receive no schooling and 10,000+ child soldiers have been recruited. The conflict pits government forces backed by Angola, Zimbabwe, and Namibia against rebels supported by Rwanda and Uganda.
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Philippines and rebels sign cease-fire in Malaysia
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief Murad Eibrahim signed a cease-fire in Putrajaya Malaysia signaling progress toward ending decades of insurgency in the south. Abu Sayyaf remains active holding dozens of hostages including two Americans.
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