Jury faults skipper and Exxon in Valdez disaster
A federal jury opened the path to punitive damages against Exxon Corp and skipper Joseph Hazelwood in the Exxon Valdez spill. Victims including Alaska Natives and property owners allege Hazelwood was drunk and Exxon knew of his drinking, arguing recklessness caused the disaster. In Atlanta, General Motors won a ruling nullifying a $105.2 million verdict in a teenager’s death, as courts found the case tainted by lawyers who linked it to other lawsuits.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Exson Corp
Joseph Hazelwood
Atlanta
General Motors Corp
Ceorna Court of Appeas
Shannon Moseley
Former Texas inmate executed for 1984 supermarket murder
Denton Crank, 39, was put to death by injection in Huntsville after a Supreme Court ruling denied stay. He was the 78th inmate executed in Texas since 1982 for abducting and killing a supermarket manager during a holdup in 1984.
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Huntsville
Texas
Denton Crank
U.S. Supreme Court
Crank
Etna
Bill to speed VA disability appeals approved by Congress
Washington verges on faster disability benefit decisions as a House voice vote clears a bill to assign appeals to single VA Board of Veterans' Appeals members instead of three. The measure lifts the board's 65 member cap and allows hearings in Washington or VA regional offices, awaiting President Clinton's signature.
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Washington
Clinton
House
Veterans Affairs Departments Board of Veterans’ Appeals
Senate
Personal computers to take on new roles
New York Packard Bell Electronics announced a line of personal computers that double as radios, televisions, telephones and fax machines. The move marks the PC’s evolution into a multipurpose household appliance, with removable plastic panels offering colors like teal azure and sahara to add style to the utilitarian design.
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New York
Packard Bell Electronics
Disney official vows park will go ahead despite foes
Michael Eisner, chairman of Walt Disney Co., said opponents cannot block Disney's America, planned for a rural Virginia site west of Washington. He called opposition shocking, insisting the project proceeds about five miles from Manassas National Battlefield Park amid criticism from Washington insiders.
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Washington
Walt Disney Co
Virginia
Michael Eisner
Disney
America
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Eisner
Growing Evidence of Gender Gaps in US Schools
A two part analysis shows subtle and overt gender biases in education, with girls experiencing greater self esteem losses and different classroom experiences. The piece cites polls, expert views, and policy debates on single sex schooling and gender equity efforts.
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America
Bias in classrooms revealed by Sadker videotapes
Myra and David Sadker used camcorders in 100 classrooms across four states to study gender bias in teaching. Their findings describe a subtle sexism where boys receive more attention and more specific feedback than girls, with teachers often unaware of the bias.
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America
Myra
David Sadker
Makeu
Girls Inc
New York City
Aney
Cola Nabe Convite
Sadlers
Susan McGhee Bailey
Wellesley College Center For Research On
Gigst
Nancy Huppertz
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Portland
Ore
Congressional Quarterly
Welfare reform debate moves forward with Clinton plan
Clinton proposes a two year cap on cash benefits for single parents 18 and over with intense job training and child care for the youngest recipients. A subsidized work program would pay minimum wage and could be endless if progress is made while penalties apply for refusing work.
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America
US News & World Report
Clinton
House
Whitewater counsel questions Clintons on Foster death and S&L
President Clinton and Hillary Clinton answered questions under oath about Vincent Foster s death by self infliction. They also discussed Whitewater era contacts between aides and regulators at Madison Guaranty Arkansas S&L. White House says the interviews mark progress completing the Washington phase of the probe.
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Washington
Clinton
Hillary
Vincent Foster
Administration
U.S
Arkansas Savings and Loan
White House
Clintons
Fiske
Dee Dee Myers
Hillary Rodham Clinton
100000 Christian youths vow chastity till marriage
In Orlando and across the nation more than 100,000 Southern Baptist youths pledge to abstain from sex until marriage as part of the True Love Waits campaign. Teens defend abstinence amid peer pressure, viewing it as redemption and a stand against free love culture.
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Orlando
Fla
Southern Baptist
Nashville
Rob Ladd
Richard Ross
Teens pledge purity drive swells to 100000 goals
In Oklahoma summer camp rallies and urban gatherings, more than 13,300 teens pledged lifelong sexual abstinence. Across many churches including Assemblies of God and Roman Catholic groups, roughly 26 organizations joined the campaign, with the Baptist World Alliance planning a 1995 chastity rally in Argentina as Southern Baptist youth surpassed an initial 100,000 pledge target.
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Trouston
Oklahoma
Assemblies of God and
Roman Catholic Church
Campus Crusade For Christ
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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Center For Women Policy Studies
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