Rhode Island Prisons Guarded After One Day Strike Ends
A one day strike by correctional officers left the state's only prison in the hands of the National Guard and skeleton staff with 260 guardsmen. The Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers called off the action after a judge ordered resumed negotiations on the four year contract. Union president Richard Ferruccio said a good faith effort would pursue wage and retroactive pay to begin new contract talks. Night shift workers remained inside as a new shift started at 7 am.
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Cranston
National Guard
Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers
Richard Ferruccio
Ferruccio
DNA testing eyed to probe executed Georgia case
News firms including The Heston Globe Macon Telegraph and Atlanta Journal Constitution with CBS News offer to finance new DNA tests on evidence from the 1981 murder of Evelyn Joy Ludlam to determine if Ellis Wayne Felker was wrongly executed in 1996. If results show innocence it would mark a first exoneration of a capital punishment case via DNA. The project emphasizes impact on the death penalty debate.
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Atlanta
CBS News
Georgia
Ellis Wayne Felker
Evelyn Joy Ludlam
Felker
Heston Globe
Macon Telegraph
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CBS
Ben Bradlee Jr
The
Globe
Foster mother charged in heat death of boy on reservation
Vernice Switzler, once rebuilding her life, faced a tragedy as Andres Savagos died of heat exhaustion after being left in a sunlit car on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Foster mother Tamera Coffee, 33, pleaded innocent to second degree murder in Portland federal court. if convicted, she could face life in prison. Temperatures that day exceeded 90 degrees.
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Andres Savagos
Warm Springs
Switzler
Monty
Tamera Coffee
Portland
Feds seize record Ecstasy shipment at LAX
Federal agents intercepted nearly 1,100 pounds of MDMA tablets valued at 40 million dollars at Los Angeles International Airport as part of a 10 month probe. Three men were arrested with authorities seeking ringleader Tamer Ibrahim and linked to earlier global seizures including 700 pounds in 1999.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
Tamer Ibrahim
Cruise ship door crushes crewman in Alaska
A 49 year old crewman Jat Ming Dai of Shanghai died after a hydraulic door closed on him aboard the Norwegian Sky near Haines Alaska. Coast Guard and Alaska State Police investigate the interior incident as passengers and crew remain aboard the vessel.
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Juead
Alaska
Jat Ming Dai
Shanghai
China
Coast Guard
Alaska State Police
Haines
Juneau
Darrell Wilson
Executions must be visible to media and witnesses
A federal judge ruled that California cannot bar media and witnesses from witnessing lethal injections in their entirety. The decision challenges the 1996 policy allowing viewing only after the chemt begins flowing and the curtain in the death chamber is drawn. The suit, filed by news organizations, argues the procedures are part of the execution. The state had imposed the curtain and restricted observation since 1996.
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San Francisco
California
State Corrections Department
Bragman Rules Central New York Campaign Cash
State Assemblyman Michael Bragman leads Central New York fund-raising with about 1.226 million across his re-election and political action committees. Sen. John DeFrancisco trails with roughly 281 thousand as he faces a single Green Party challenger. Bragman’s mid May attempt to oust Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is noted, and he faces no opponent for his November 7 bid for re-election.
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Michael Bragman
New York
John DeFrancisco
DeFrancisco
Green Party
Jacob Roberts
Bregman
Assembly
Sheldon Silver
Manhattan
Cicero
Bragman
Excelsior
State Board of Elections
Hinerwadel’s Grove
Syracuse
Board of Elections
Excelsior 2000
Teamsters’ Political Action Committee
New York State Soft Drink Association
New York State United Teachers Union
Albany
Common Council
DeRegis
Magnarelli
Political Action Committee
State Trial Lawyers Association
PAC
Service Employees International Union
J. Patrick Barrett
Manlius
Republican
Onondaga County
Joan Christensen
Robert Faulkner
Margo Whitney
William Magnarelli
Steve de Regis
Harold Brown Jr
Daniel O'Hara
Senate
Nancy L. Hoffmann
Philip la Tessa
Campaign fund flows show big donors in Syracuse race
Magnarelli and DeRegis races attract sizable contributions from law firms, party committees, and local figures. Major donors include H. Douglas Barclay and Paul Tokasz, with $150 and $250 respectively, plus $12,000 from the Republican Candidates Committee. Hoffmann also raises funds from labor groups and longtime GOP adversaries.
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Tee
H. Douglas Barclay
R-Pulaski
Assemblyman
Paul Tokasz
Erie County
Silver
Magnarelli
Independence Party
Onondaga County Conservative Committee
Independence
DeRegis
Republican Candidates Committee
Onondaga County
GOP
Nicholas Pirro
Charlie Vinal
Syracuse
Haylor
Freyer and Coon Inc
Republican Assembly
John Faso
R-Kinderhook
Democratic Assembly
Nancy Lorraine Hoffmann
Fabius
Barclay
Oil insiders in White House bid shape Bush Cheney pair
Houston report notes two oil insiders may land in power with George Bush and Dick Cheney with Cheney leading Halliburton since 1995. Reactions vary with Sierra Club saying it reinforces pro industry stance while Democrats call it an all oil ticket. Cheney defends Halliburton ties as Bush’s political base argues industry experience matters.
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Houston
Washington
George Bush
Halliburton Co
Dick Cheney
White House
Cheney
U.S
Bush
Brian Sybert
Sierra Club
Lone Star
Santa
Santa Enery Services
Bush-Cheney
Halliburton
Ush
Dallas
Gore Clears Head on Family Vacation Before Convention
Vice President Al Gore took a break from the campaign trail with a family vacation in Tennessee before heading to North Carolina as the Democratic convention nears. Spokesman Chris Lehane said the trip is to rest and recharge, not a working vacation, with Gore visiting relatives and planning to read books such as Linda Greenlaw's The Hungry Ocean. Rumors persist over a running mate, with Massachusetts Senator John Kerry eyed as a possible pick.
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Carthage
Tenn
al Gore
Gore
Tennessee
North Carolina
Karenna Gore Schiff
Wyatt
Linda Greenlaw
Massachusetts
John Kerry
Platform panel upsets pro-choice Republicans
A Republican platform committee panel, heavily dominated by anti abortion voices, moves to shape the party line ahead of the convention. Cheney, seen as more moderate, joins Bush’s stance that abortion should remain legal in rape, incest, and life endangerment cases. Candidates and activists push for airing differing views as eight subgroups draft language. Candace Straight of New Jersey leads a group funding abortion rights candidates.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
George W. Bush
Platform Committee
Susan Cullman
Republican
Vistnessay
Bush
RFU
Dick Cheney
Wyoming
Cheney
Is5uco Sfia
Ly Women
Ane Oneal
Candace Straight
New Jersey
Congress
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Feds
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Thomas Bucker Jr
Ted Limpert
Common
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Yale
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Oeay
Parken Energy
Texas Rangers
Bill Miller
Casper
Wyo
Family
Chris Lehane
Sarah
Tipper
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