House Ethics Committee Recommends Gingrich Penalty
The House ethics panel votes 7-1 to sanction Newt Gingrich with a $300,000 fine and a reprimand, marking the first formal discipline of a House Speaker. Gingrich accepts the penalty after a six hour hearing revealing a pattern of conduct over five years. The charges involve pressuring policy via tax exempt foundations and misleading Congress. The full House vote on punishment follows on Tuesday.
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House
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Nancy Johnson
R-Conn
Lamar Smith
Texas
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Cosby killing witness traumatized and unable to help
Los Angeles police could not provide a sketch of the Cosby homicide suspect because the main witness, a 47 year old screenwriter, is too traumatized by the event and public exposure. Ennis Cosby, 27, was shot while changing a flat tire beside his Mercedes Benz before 1 45 am Thursday.
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Willie Williams
Ennis Cosby
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Cosby
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Daily News
Frigid Lake-Effect Snow Forecast With Warmer Breaks
The region shows a cold front with lake-effect snow diminishing and cloudy Sunday. Murray reports a chance of snow showers as highs reach 32 and 20. Through Tuesday to Wednesday, partly sunny conditions return with highs from 38 to 43 and lows 24 to 30, breezy midweek.
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Pilot Stricken Son, Mother Pilot Die In Three-State Crash
A Piper single engine plane piloted by David Riach and carrying his 71 year old mother Torothy Riach crashed near Lake Winnipesaukee after both succumbed to fumes. Air traffic controllers and private pilots assisted during the two hour drama spanning Connecticut Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Rescuers recovered the two bodies from dense woods and neighbors noted Riach’s aviation experience and his Citibank programming job.
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New Hampshire
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Babylon
N C
Torothy Riach
Morris Township
N.J
Farmingdale
N.Y
Saranac Lake
David
Westbury
New York Times
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National Guard
Ivate
Harold Hamre
Hamre
Concord Monitor
Michael O'Donnell
Sikorsky Airport
Riach
Lake Winnipesaukee
Monitor
Citibank
Upstate
New York
Norwegian completes first solo trek across Antarctica on foot
Borge Ousland, 34, arrives at Scott Base NZ completing the first solo foot crossing of Antarctica. He walked and skied 64 days, about 1,675 miles, towing a 400 pound sled and enduring freezing winds. He predicted 90 days, beating it by nearly a month. He plans showers and rest.
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New Zealand
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Oslo
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Qosto
Hans Christian Erlandsen
Australian Associated Press
Twin sisters found in subzero cold near home
Jennifer and Kourtney Woracek three year old twins from Omaha Nebraska were found outside in near freezing temperatures after wandering from home early Friday. Jennifer was unconscious with a body temperature under 70 degrees and heart stopped but revived with bypass surgery. Both girls were hospitalized overnight in frostbite and exposure.
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Omaha
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Children's Hospital
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Muldoon
Salinger to release first book in 34 years with Orchises Press
Reclusive author J D Salinger will publish Hapworth 16 1924 through Orchises Press, a small Virginia firm run from a professor’s home in Alexandria. The novella first appeared in The New Yorker in 1965, with no new material since.
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New Yorker
Roger Lathbury
George Mason University
Moynihan plans Senate bid with high-dollar fundraiser
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan signals near certainty of running for re election as he schedules a March 10 fundraising dinner at the Rainbow Room Rockefeller Center. The $1,000 plate event was first reported by The Forward.
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