12 year old pilot hopeful aided by donor funds
In San Francisco a 12 year old boy named Andy Hedin plans a cross country flight to Alaska aided by a donor after sponsors backed out following the fatal crash of Jessica Dubrett. He has 150 hours flight time and will fly a rented Cessna from Livermore, aiming to complete the trip in about four days with a flight instructor.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Jessica Dubrett
Andy Hedin
Jessica
Andy
Livermore Municipal
California
Tonigh
Hol
Dubraff
Andy Heolin
Sunol
Calif
House moves to bar child piloting in record bids
Congress advances a bill to prohibit any unlicensed person from attempting a record or competition in aviation. The measure would revoke licenses of pilots who hand over controls to non pilots during a record attempt. It follows the 1999 death of Jessica Dubroff, age 12, in a Cross country flight.
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Andy
Congress
Chayanne Wn
Tessica
Washington
Jessica Dubroff
House
70 Pregnant Peacekeepers Sent Home From Bosnia
Pentagon says about 70 of 1,500 female U.S. soldiers in Bosnia have been sent home for pregnancy, a 4.6 percent rate. Officers note this aligns with past patterns and compare it to a higher rate in the Persian Gulf War. Troops were returned to Germany. Stars and Stripes reports describe restrictions and personal circumstances.
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Washington
U.S
Bostia
Pentagon
Bosnia
Army
Rick Scott
Department of Defense
Scott
Stars and Stripes
Lawful gambling probe panel approved by House
The House on Monday approved a resolution for a national probe into legalized gambling. An investigative commission, authorized by the bill, will have two years to study economic and social effects as gambling expands in 48 states. It can compel corporate documents but cannot force individual testimony and must keep trade secrets confidential.
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Senate
White House withholds Americans files amid GOP push
The White House refuses to disclose lists of Americans whose records are kept for events and invitations. Lawmakers accuse a cover up as Republicans demand the full list and access to files on doctors reporters lawmakers and even those who send holiday cards to the President.
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White House
Lotus
GOP
Clinton
Thirty three states pass health care consumer protection bills
Thirty three states approved consumer protection measures related to managed care this year. They addressed emergency room coverage access to specialists maternity hospital stay length appeals procedures for denied care and availability of information on managed care per Families USA.
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Families USA
Mechanical Lawn Buddies Speak for Messages at Home
Philadelphia readers learn of 36 year old inventor Bill Killian who created the Lawn Buddy, a talking mechanical lawn ornament that rises from planters to deliver messages. It records notes, responds to visitors, and inspires a broader line of Home Buddies and Room Buddies with playful programmable voices.
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Philadelphia
Bill Killian
Killian
Publisher faces suit over hit man manual court case
In 1992 James E. Perry used a Paladin Press manual to kill three people, prompting a federal judge to consider whether the publisher and its president Peter C. Lund can be liable for aiding and abetting. The case tests free speech limits as the judge weighs dismissal of the suit. The 10.13 page book, first published in 1983 and selling 13,000 copies, lists titles on lethal techniques.
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James E. Perry
Crame
Paladin Press
Peter C. Lund
Perry
Paladin
Boulder
Colo
Whitewater witness disputes cash for job links to Clinton
In Little Rock Arkansas a Whitewater defendant says the 1990 meeting with Bill Clinton focused on a Perryville ballfield project, while prosecutors press cross examination over the delivery of $15,000 in campaign checks.
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Little Rock
Ark
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
Perryville
Robert M. Hill
Whitewater
W. Hickman Ewing Jr
Kenneth Starr
Hilk
Clinton
Haming Horby Brunseum Jr
Arkansas Highway Commission
Branscum
Hull
Perry County Bank
Hul
Army disputes Audubon wetlands loss claim in Ohio
Army Corps official says Ohio has had a net wetland gain since 1990, dismissing a Audubon Society report as flawed. He notes the study relied on a small sample and lacks statistical significance while citing 32 permitted wetlands mitigation actions from 1990 to 1995 approved by both the Army and the Ohio EPA.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Audubon Society
Army Corps of Engineers
Juve Ibbing
Society
Great Lakes
Paul Leuchner
Corps’ Regulatory Branch
Buffalo
Leuchner
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Dan Rostenkowski Begins Prison Term in Rochester
Former congressman Dan Rostenkowski reports to federal prison hospital in Rochester Minnesota to begin a 17 month sentence for mail fraud related corruption charges. At 68 he turned himself in and was processed after entering through security gates and a fingerprinting procedure. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud stemming from his House office operations and faces at least 15 months under sentencing guidelines.
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Chicago
Dan Rostenkowski
Federal Prison Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Rostenkowski
House of Representatives
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