AIDS educator charged with distributing obscenity to minors
Keith Carson of the South Jersey AIDS Alliance was indicted after showing a video depicting gay sex to seven youths aged 15 to 17 at a county youth shelter. The video, produced by the Gay Men's Health Crisis, urges condom use to curb AIDS. Carson faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted.
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Fire devastates RJ Reynolds downtown complex in Winston-Salem
A Thursday blaze at RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. in downtown Winston-Salem collapsed two buildings and gutted a third, prompting evacuation of a nearby jail. No injuries were reported as smoke from the spectacular fire could be seen ten miles away. The gutted complex, started by founder Richard Joshua Reynolds around 1890, was being renovated into apartments and offices.
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N.C
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Janet Pauca
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Former Miami official pleads guilty to mortgage fraud
Humberto Hernandez, 36, a former Miami city commissioner, pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge in a federal mortgage fraud case. He faces a recommended four year prison term that would overlap a 364 day sentence for hiding an absentee vote. Restitution talks target a 52.9 million loss with sentencing set for November 12.
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Humberto Hernandez
U.S
Thomas Scott
Informant Helps Cops Recapture Last Of Inmates
The last of six inmates who escaped Ohio's private prison was recaptured in Buffalo on Thursday, aided by an informant. Ronald Holmes, serving 17 to 51 years for armed robbery at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, attempted to flee but was caught as Marshals closed in. The breakout occurred July 25, with four of the escapees convicted killers, the other five recaptured within two days.
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Chicago boy dies after hospital oxygen fire
A 14 year old gunshot victim died at Cook County Hospital after a spark from a defibrillator allegedly ignited a nearby oxygen supply. Fire officials say it is unclear whether death was caused by the wound or the blaze. An autopsy was planned.
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California labels diesel fumes as cancer causing chemicals
California Air Resources Board designated 40 diesel exhaust chemicals as toxic air pollutants, including benzene and dioxin, prompting a state plan to limit human exposure and marking California as the first state to declare diesel engines emit cancer causing substances.
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Third man convicted in murder of Heather Rich
Randy Wood, 20, was found guilty Thursday in the 1996 killing of 16 year old Heather Rich of Waurika Oklahoma. He received an automatic life sentence with parole possible in 40 years after prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty.
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Texas
Randy Wood
Heather Rich
Waurika
Oklo
Wood
Joshua Bagwell
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Family sites over son's death at rehab ranch
In Sacramento California two claims allege negligence in Nicholaus Contreraz death at an Arizona Boys Ranch. The mother names Sacramento County probation officials and Arizona regulators for placing him at the facility despite abuse reports and alleges repeated licensing without proper oversight. The 16 year old died March 2 from a lung infection after forced workouts and punishment tied to alleged illnesses.
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Sacramento County
Arizona
June Vega
Vega
Arizona Department of Economic Security
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Changing Face of AIDS Study Finds Young Poor Women at Higher Risk
The CDC reports a seven year study of 350000 Job Corps youths showing HIV infection rising fastest among young, poor women. Black women have the highest rate, with five in a thousand infected, while overall youth infection stands at two per thousand. Experts urge creative prevention reaching out-of-school and unemployed youths.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Mutary Service
U.N. votes to end Libya sanctions over Flight 103 suspects
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved suspending sanctions on Libya if it hands over two suspects in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. The resolution pressures Libya to deliver suspects Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah for trial in the Netherlands or face additional measures.
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Britain
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Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi
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Central New York
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Natherlanne
Dorda
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Ginol Biavardie
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U.S
Libyan trial proposal faces Western conditions
U.S. deputy ambassador Peter Burleigh urges Libyans for simple acceptance of a compromise plan. Britain and the United States had demanded the trial be held in the U.S. or Britain, but Libya rejected any such location. The plan allows transfer to the Netherlands with observers, and would see the suspects serve sentences in Britain if convicted.
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Libya
Shen Guofang
U.S
Peter Burleigh
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Clinton seeks racial healing amid Lewinsky fallout in Oak Bluffs
President Clinton steps into public life amid controversy over Monica Lewinsky, joining Rep. John Lewis for Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Oak Bluffs, while pressure grows for fuller disclosure from Kenneth Starr and further remarks on the affair. He also tours Worcester to push anti violence school programs.
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Clintones Laugh With Worcester Students as Public Return Looms
President Clinton shares a laugh with students in Worcester Massachusetts as Hillary Clinton readies public appearances abroad. The first lady resumes public duties next week in Moscow and Belfast with the president on a trip that includes Russia and Northern Ireland.
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