State election board audit flags corporate contribution breaches
Comptroller H. Carl McCall urges review of financial disclosure reports from all 58 election boards. An audit flags 34 potential violations of the $5,000 per candidate limit across several counties including Nassau Suffolk Westchester and Rockland. Officials cite weak enforcement and lack of personnel to audit all boards, while considering an electronic filing system.
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Rochester Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty In Rape And Murder Case
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty against career criminal Owens in a string of rapes and the murders of Rose Mary Constantino and Sherry Tuthill. Owens, 37, is charged with first degree murder and rape in the deaths, with Constantino found April 29 along a Genesee River footpath and Tuthill found near an apartment complex in June. He faces additional rape charges involving two other women and pleads not guilty. Trial date pending.
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Budget surplus forecast grows to 1.9 trillion over decade
The report projects a total surplus outside Social Security of 0.8 to 1.8 trillion dollars over 10 years with Social Security turning to a deficit in 20 years as boomers retire. Clinton aims to reveal further projections in two weeks and to propose tax and spending measures. He also seeks to retire by 2013 the 3.6 trillion dollars owed to the public via Treasury bonds.
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Judge allows TV camera at trial of NYC officers
A state judge ruled the Diallo officer case may be televised, striking down New Yorks 1952 ban as unconstitutional. The ruling moves coverage to Albany with Courtroom Television Network to provide the cameras. Jury selection will be off camera. The decision could set an influential precedent for other states though not binding.
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Vieques Base Talks Accelerated Over Training Referendum
The White House sides with a Navy plan offering Vieques residents a referendum within 3 to 18 months on resuming live fire training with $40 million in aid or closing the base within five years. Governor Rossello opposed the referendum before talks resume in Washington.
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New York Times
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States split on Microsoft breakup plan
States involved in the Microsoft antitrust case expressing mixed views on breaking up the software giant. Ohio AG Bet Montgomery says a ban on certain Microsoft behaviors is preferred over forced restructuring. Secret deliberations by 19 state attorneys general continue as settlement talks face potential government division.
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Thomas Penfield Jackson
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Clinton leverages gambling outlets to seize winnings for child support
President Clinton plants a budget proposal for fiscal 2001 to let gambling venues seize winnings of patrons owing child support. The White House estimates this move could raise 348 million dollars over five years as part of a broader plan to collect 2 billion dollars in back support, with 1.2 billion from distribution rule changes to push funds to families.
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