Megan’s Law attack targets high risk sex offender in Renton
Bullets ripped into the home of a local high risk sex offender in Renton New Jersey. Authorities said the incident occurred early Tuesday as the offense drew on Megan’s Law provisions requiring police to notify neighbors and schools about moderate and high risk offenders. The offender’s name was not released and the investigation status was not disclosed.
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House
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Jasper
Texas
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Fagan Indicted for Kidnapping Daughters in Palm Beach
Grand jury charges Stephen Fagan with kidnapping two young daughters taken from Massachusetts custody in 1979. He allegedly posed as Dr William Martin living a high life in Palm Beach with a red Ferrari near Donald Trump’s country club. He faces up to ten years per count. the mother’s lawyers cite narcolepsy and a history of alcohol issues.
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Fagan
Massachusetts
Palm Beach
Fla
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Donald Trump
Toowar
Samme Dagar
Barbara Kurth
Florida brush fires force evacuations near Waldo
Wind driven fires prompted evacuations for about 1300 residents in northeastern Florida. Interstates 10 and 95 were closed briefly near Jacksonville due to smoke. Waldo and Penney Farms areas were ordered out, Cecilia Field housing units cleared, as temperatures hit record highs around 95 in Melbourne and Daytona Beach.
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Florida
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Daytona Beach
Jury Selection Moves Swiftly in Ennis Cosby Case
In Santa Monica California Superior Court Judge David Perez led swift jury selection for the Ennis Cosby murder trial with jurors questioned by the judge alone. Prosecutor Anne Ingalls described defendant Mikail Markhasev as a Mexican Mafia gang member and warned jurors of potential retaliation.
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Ennis Cosby
Superior Court
David Perez
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Mikail Markhasev
Bull Cosby
Ingalls
Phoenix renames airport to honor Barry Goldwater
The Phoenix City Council renamed its major airport in tribute to Barry Goldwater. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport becomes Goldwater Sky Harbor International Airport. Mayor Skip Rumsza proposed the change, noting Goldwater’s impact as a conservative icon who died May 29 at age 89.
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Barry Goldwater
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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Goldwater Sky Harbor International Airport
Skip Rumsza
Goldwater
Icelandic bay to house Keiko sea pen project
A cliff sheltered Iceland Vestmannaeyjar bay was chosen for Keiko the whale’s ocean pen. The 250 by 100 foot enclosure will host the 20 year old after moving from Oregon Coast Aquarium to acclimate to Icelandic waters amid two research centers and frequent wild orcas.
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Ore
Iceland
Vestmannaeyjar Islands
Keiko
Free Willy
Mexico City
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Aquarium
White House to rate health care quality for consumers
A new White House group will create a uniform system to measure and report hospital, doctor, and health plan quality and price. The effort aims to help buyers compare outcomes and costs, backed by a government report urging standardized reporting and by bipartisan push for a patients bill of rights.
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White House
al Gore
Congress
Untreated pain in elderly cancer patients in nursing homes
A New York Times Service study of 13,625 elderly cancer patients in five states finds severe undertreatment of pain in nursing homes. Patients over 85 receive pain care about half as often as those aged 65 to 74, and blacks are half as likely to get pain medication compared with whites. Experts warn this reflects devaluation of dying patients as hospital stays shorten and elderly populations rise.
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New York
Giovanni Gambassi
N.Y. Times News Service
Kathleen Foley
Memorial Sloan-Kevering Cancer Center
New York City
Pain undertreatment in elderly patients questioned in study
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports less pain relief for the very old. A spokesman for the American Nursing Home Association notes legitimate issues but says the problem spans all areas of medicine. Experts cite prejudice, resignation to pain, and fear of side effects as factors, while noting inadequate staff training in recognizing pain.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Sidney M. Wolfe
American Medical Association
American Nursing Home Association
Tom Burke
Painkiller Celebra on fast track to arthritis drug approval
New York reports industry sees Celebra as a breakthrough Cox-2 painkiller that reduces inflammation with less stomach harm. If FDA grants expedited review, Celebra could hit U S shelves as early as next year and spread internationally by late 1999, potentially outselling Viagra.
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Phizer Inc
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Food and Drug Administration
United States
Panel reviews artificial fat and other medical news
An FDA advisory panel debated olestra as a non absorbed fat substitute and its obesity and diabetes potential, while some reported diarrhea and bloating. Separate court action lifted a cholesterol drug import ban, and research questioned beta blockers’ effectiveness for elderly heart outcomes. New pharmacogenomics and cervical cancer vaccine testing are also noted.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Sleep, Not Radio Wakeups, Reverse Driver Sleepiness
Researchers in the Journal of the Council on Scientific Affairs review two decades of studies and say the only way to reverse the need for sleep is to sleep. They estimate up to 3 percent of highway crashes derive from driver sleepiness and cite youth drivers with poor sleep as high risk factors.
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Council On Scientific Affairs
Ela Sime Nage
eBay
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Police probe teen gun incident and school expulsion
A 10-year-old Springfield student was arrested after an unloaded semiautomatic pistol was found in his backpack at Freedman Elementary. He faces juvenile gun possession charges and possible expulsion.
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Mass
Peter Negron
Freedman Elementary School
William Noonan
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