NY death penalty clash grows in Albany Legislature
Albany faces a collision as the Assembly and Senate prepare separate versions of a death penalty bill. Gov Pataki and leaders had once agreed, but crafting differences linger. Key dispute centers on funding for defense costs and whether separate juries or mental defect exemptions apply.
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New York
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Base closing commission put on hold
Senators D Amato and Moynihan quietly halted confirmation of the base closing commission members as Rome Laboratory in New York faces possible closure on a Defense Department draft list. Governor Pataki acknowledged skepticism after a briefing with officials, while lawmakers vow to press to save the Rome facility amid prior clashes over New York bases.
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Defense
John Deutch
George Pataki
D'Amato
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Independent Base Closure and Realignment Commission
James Courter
New Jersey
Plattsburgh
Weather forecast for a cold week with flurries
Tonight cloudy and cold with scattered flurries. low around 10. Sunday partly sunny and cold with a few flurries. Monday shows a chance of snow showers. Tuesday will be sunny periods and cold. Wednesday is fair and cold.
Simpson jury to hear from key witness
Judge Lance Ito ordered the sequestered jury to hear Rosa Lopez testify after concerns about contradictions in her sworn statements. Lopez, a former maid near Simpson, feared leaving the country due to media harassment, and court proceedings led to a delay with testimony planned for Monday.
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Lance Ito
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Rosa Lopez
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Lopez
Simpson
el Salvador
Nicole Brown Simpson
Clinton Attacks GOP Spending Plan in Ottawa News Conference
President Clinton harshly criticizes Republican proposals to cut federal spending and the balanced budget amendment. He denounces affirmative action attacks and warns that spending cuts could hurt children while accusing Republicans of racial polarization. The remarks come as Senate showdown looms and Democrats reassess minority programs.
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Canada
Clinton
Washington
Senate
White House
Mass casualty raid on Karachi mosques fans sectarian violence
Gunmen attacked two Shiite mosques in Karachi Pakistan fatally wounding seven worshipers last night and this morning. In the dawn assault at Abu al Abbas mosque si men died and several were injured. A second attack at Mehfil Murtaza mosque two miles away killed fourteen and left others wounded. The toll since Friday night rises to 27 with ongoing clashes fueling wider violence in the city. Prime Minister Bhutto’s government struggles to curb the bloodshed amid revenge claims over mosque deaths.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Baitul Mukeram
Benazir Bhutto
Abu al-Abbas
Mehfil Murtaza
Man confesses to killing on Howard Stern show
A man charged with causing fatal harm to his girlfriend called Howard Stern from jail and admitted the incident on air. Lee Elmer Newman, 27, spoke of cutting his fiancée Debra Lyn Eberle during a 1994 attack and joked about execution methods and attending his own death. His lawyer questions the confession.
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Lee Elmer Newman
Stern
San Jose
Calif
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Newmas
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Newman
Debra Lyn Eberle
Grand jury declines to indict Frasier star Grammer
A New Jersey grand jury refused to indict Kelsey Grammer on a sex charge after hearing a 15 year old girl claim they had sexual relations when she was 15. There was no physical evidence. Prosecutor Nicholas L. Bissell Jr. announced the decision Friday. The accuser later recanted. Grammer was golfing in California at the time. The grand jury only considered the first allegation.
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Grammer
Nicholas L. Bissell Jr
Somerville
N.J
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