Cuomo to use gymnasiums for state inmates amid lawsuit
Governor Mario Cuomo plans to place about 3,000 inmates in gymnasiums at sixteen medium security prisons to ease jail crowding and comply with a court order. The move follows threats of a contempt ruling and faces opposition from sheriffs and corrections unions concerned about safety and a hot summer.
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VA Cuts Home Mortgage Rates Across VA Loans
The Veterans Affairs Department lowers home mortgage interest by half a point effective Monday, reducing the maximum rate for VA loans to 10 percent and saving a typical $75,000 loan over $300 annually. Other rates also drop: graduated payment to 10.25, home improvements to 11.5, manufactured homes to 12.5, lot loans to 12, and manufactured home and lot to 12 percent.
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Alar sales halted and Thai testing of imports
Alar manufacturer halts U S sales amid safety concerns and recalls. Uniroyal defends the chemical while questions about food safety rise. Thailand sets 20 ppm limit for Alar as it tests all imported apples. U S remains largest supplier. Meanwhile a Colorado bus crash near Lyons injures 36 and kills a sixth grader. 41 aboard—Whittier Elementary students and staff among the injured.
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FSA expands CRP land use for haying grazing in drought area
The Agriculture Department will allow haying and grazing on erosion-prone CRP lands across 16 states and 570 counties as drought relief. Livestock producers in more than 500 counties may apply where emergencies exist, with tighter grazing rules after soil conservation inspection. Authorities expect more counties to qualify as livestock emergencies continue.
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Conservatives form Episcopal splinter in Texas
Fort Worth conservatives unhappy with the first female bishop form the Episcopal Synod of America to transform the church while remaining within the denomination. Nearly 2,000 attendees helped approve a constitution as leaders seek to influence doctrine and practice without breaking with the 2.5 million member Episcopal Church. Bishop Clarence Pope of Fort Worth chairs the new association. 21 bishops have endorsed it.
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Presbyterians hear unity call at bicentennial symposium
Philadelphia report says National Council of Churches president Patricia McClurg urged Presbyterians to work toward a single Christian church that serves the world. She stressed allegiance to all humanity, not a single denomination or nation, ahead of the 201st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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Sales halted on toy juice guns in California
A Mackie International distributor agreed to discontinue sales of the pistol shaped juice package called Chilly Bang Bang. The 35 cent product, made in the Philippines, drew numerous complaints from New York and Pennsylvania and prompted state Sen Nicholas Spano to seek a ban on food items shaped like firearms. Spano called the product disgusting and warned against teaching children to put gun barrels in mouths.
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Weather forecast and storm damage across the U.S. tonight
Weather updates show showers or storms tonight with a sunny return Sunday. Overnight low around 60, Sunday high near 75. Plains severe storms with high winds and hail, tornadoes in Nebraska and Texas, a woman killed as church steeples toppled in Massachusetts. Coastal storms in North Carolina with 60 mph gusts in Elizabeth City. Local reports from Fitchburg and other towns mention damaged trees and a fallen steeple at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Fitchburg.
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