Court of Appeals bars forcing last minute adoption parenthood
New York Court of Appeals ruled that a person who backs out of an adoption at the last minute can be compelled to become a legal parent, but the decision is narrow. The ruling does not apply to Broadway producer David Merrick, whose case centered on adopting two infants before a separation in 1988. The court allowed Merrick’s wife to pursue adoption on her own and said Merrick could provide financial support, a point he had disputed.
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Albany
New York Court of Appeals
David Merrick
Merrick
Philippines
Philadelphia
Howard A. Levine
Etan
Lawmaker proposes cigarette sales limited to liquor licensed venues
New York State Senator Joseph Galiber unveiled a plan to restrict cigarette sales to bars, liquor stores, and restaurants with liquor licenses. The proposal would allow revoking licenses after three violations of selling to minors, a move the Tobacco Institute calls extreme and damaging to the economy.
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Albany
New York
Joseph Galiber
The
Tobacco Institute
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Will of Schneerson Gives Estate But No Succession Clues
Rabbi Menachem Schneerson left an estate under $50,000 to Lubavitch worldwide enterprises and offered no guidance on who would lead the Lubavitcher movement. Aide Yehuda Krinsky said the movement is handicapped by his death but will continue under his guidance after a long illness.
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New York
Menachem Schneerson
Schneerson
Lubavichers
Yehuda Krinsky
Teenager mourned at prom funeral in Brooklyn
Mocha Chatman, 17, who died when a 6 inch metal coupling fell from a ceiling at the Hall of Science, was laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery after a funeral at St. John’s AME Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Police call it an accident. Chatman, set to graduate from Springfield Gardens High School, planned to study nursing at Queens College.
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Mocha Chatman
Hall of Science
Flushing Meadow Park
Queens
St. John’s Ame
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Evergreen Cemetery
Miece
Chatman
Springfield Gardens High School
Queens College
The
Associated Press
Fourth Virginia Senate race tests party unity
In Richmond, Democratic Sen. Charles Robb faces Republican Oliver North and two independents in a high stakes contest. Independents threaten to split votes, with former Democratic Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and former Republican Att. Gen. J. Marshall Coleman also entering as independents, prompting fears of erosion for both parties.
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Richmond
Charles
Robb
Oliver North
Wilder
J. Marshall Coleman
North
Historic U S Senate race draws four major candidates
A pivotal U S Senate contest features four near equal contenders. Robb leads with about 58 percent of ballots, while Wilder and Span naus vie for black and labor blocs, shaping a tight race that could end with a win under 30 percent.
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Baw Eae Wee Sade
U.S
North
Coleman
Robb
Wilder
Rollins apologizes in person to New Jersey ministers
Ed Rollins met with about 45 members of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey in a church near the Statehouse and apologized for his claim that black ministers were paid to discourage votes. The ministers accepted the apology but stressed they will not forget the hurt it caused.
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Trenton
N.J
Rollins
Black Ministers Council of New
Jersey
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