Amish barns blaze suspect pleads guilty in pa fires
Darvin Ray Peachey, 23, grandson of an Amish bishop, pleaded guilty in federal court to setting eight barns on fire in central Pennsylvania last year and lying to investigators about his whereabouts the night of the fires. The March 15 incidents killed 181 head of livestock, caused about 1 million dollars in damage, with no injuries reported. Peachey faces up to 15 years and a 500000 dollar fine on the charges.
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Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Darvin Ray Peachey
Belleville
Peachey
Ciarges
MIT and government near aid data sharing settlement
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the federal government are negotiating an antitrust settlement to let colleges share financial aid information. Reports say price-fixing charges against MIT would be dropped, with an exemption allowing data exchange for social welfare. The eight Ivy League schools previously met to harmonize need based aid.
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Philadelphia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wall Street Journal
The
Boston Globe
MIT
Miami Police Officers Charged in Drug Ring Conspiracy
Three Miami police officers faced federal indictment for aiding a drug ring in exchange for money gifts and sex. The officers allegedly used city issued Glocks and badge privileges to act as bodyguards informants and escorts for middle level cocaine traffickers while hidden tape recorders and video cameras captured the actions. Investigators compared the case to the River Cops scandal of the 1980s.
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Miami
River Cops
Rights leader questions rise in black hate crimes
In Montgomery, civil rights figure Rev Joseph Lowery challenged a Klanwatch report claiming blacks commit a growing share of race related murders. Klanwatch says 58 hate crime murders occurred in three years with blacks charged in 27 cases. Lowery urged caution about a nationwide pattern.
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Montgomery
Ala
Klanwatch
Joseph Lowery
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Woman given ten years for manslaughter in Fort Wayne case
Sandra Hedlof, 46, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to manslaughter in the 1990s killing of her 20-year-old son Statton Hedlof. She said mob threats forced her to shoot to save him from torture, though investigators deemed the threats imaginary.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Sandra Hedlof
Statton Hedlof
Hedlof
Boy 7 Drowns Saving Dog on Ice in Rock Island
A 7-year-old boy drowned after falling through a frozen pond while attempting to rescue his dog. A 12-year-old cousin tried to help and ran for aid as police arrived. The dog also died, thrashing in the water before submerging.
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Rock Island
Wash
Alex Sade
Mitch Watters
Watters
Reseda High School enforces belt test over baggy pants
In Los Angeles Reseda High School officials impose a belt check on students with baggy pants to curb weapon smuggling. Principal Robert Kladisko cites safety concerns after a 17 year old was shot at the 2100 student campus. Schools have long banned gang related garb.
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Los Angeles
Reseda High
Robert Kladisko
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Raiders
Pilot dies after ejecting from U 2 spy plane at Beale
An Air Force U 2 spy plane crashed at Beale Air Force Base California after takeoff on a training mission. Pilot Captain Richard Schneider 32 of South Weymouth Massachusetts ejected and died about 35 minutes later. The U 2 is a single engine single seat reconnaissance jet with a range exceeding 4000 miles and service ceiling above 70000 feet.
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Calif
Air Force
Richard Schneider
South Weymouth
Mass
Ar Force
Am Toe Magee Ain
Power plays reshape Russia after pivotal parliamentary vote
In Moscow the Communist Party grooms itself as kingmaker as Boris Yeltsin allies and rivals fight for influence. With two thirds counted, Liberal Democrats top the polls at 24.5 percent, Yeltsin supporters second, Communists at 11.3 percent, Agrarians 8.8, and Women of Russia 8.2. Final results could take two weeks as ballots are hand counted and regional leaders in Ukraine and the Baltic states watch with concern.
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Communist Party
Boris Yeltsin
Gennady Zyuganov
Yeltsin
Zyuganov
Women of Russia Bloc
Russian Empire
Russia
pro-Yeltsin
Ukraine
Baltic States
SFT
Ome
Dallas Zhirinovsky
Eager New Americans Learn English at Syracuse Jewish Federation
Seventeen students gather several times weekly at the Syracuse Jewish Federation on Smith Street for English classes with Joyce Seversky. They rush to finish sentences, study pronunciation, and expand vocabulary, counting off by twos and practicing daily communication.
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Smith Street
Joyce Seversky
Golpa
Zhanna Saakova
Seversky
Saakova
Federation
Jewish Family Services
Silverberg
Observer
Gore tempered on Russian vote as Yeltsin reforms face test
The Associated Press reports a cautious U.S. stance on Russia's parliamentary results. Vice President Gore, arriving from Kazakhstan, noted possible limits to Yeltsin reform gains and said a working majority for reformers was uncertain. Analysts warned of a conservative bloc complicating policy as Russia's new constitution puts power in Yeltsin's hands.
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Kazakhstan
Clinton
U.S
Boris Yeltsin
Gore
pro-Yeltsin Russia Choice Party
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Yeltsin
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Viktor Chernomyridin
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