Brattleboro teen sentenced to diploma program option
An 18 year old Brattleboro boy was sentenced by two district court judges for aggravated assault after shooting another boy with a BB gun last October. He was placed on probation for six months to seven years and must obtain a high school diploma or pass a GED during probation.
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Brattleboro
Michael Page
Page
Department of Corrections
Sheriff pushes on after Massachusetts chain gang ban spread
Dartmouth and Freetown selectmen voted to ban community cleanup work by inmates chained in Bristol County. Sheriff Hodgson vowed to continue tandem work crews after New Bedford began operations with two five man groups painting a fence at a drug treatment center.
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Mass
Massachusetts
Freetown
Bristol County
Thomas Hodgson
Hodgson
New Bedford
Police: Drugged man bludgeoned with hammer in abuse case
In Bossier City Louisiana a woman her daughter and niece allegedly drugged and beat her abusive husband with a hammer after giving him horse tranquilizers and drugs. Michael Glass 33 was unconscious and woke to seek help at a neighbor’s home. Brenda Glass 38 Brandy Jordan 20 and Stephanie Jackson 27 face conspiracy and attempted murder charges.
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Fordice resigns from Quayle campaign post
Mississippi Governor Kirk Fordice resigns as national co chairman of Dan Quayle's presidential campaign amid a personal affair. He says he seeks a speedy divorce from his wife Pat to wed Ann Creson of Memphis, asserting family values center on a two parent home.
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Four teens face adult trial over school massacre plot
In Port Huron Michigan a judge ordered two 14 year old Holland Woods Middle School students Jedajah Zinzo and Justin Schnepp to stand trial in adult court for conspiracy to commit first degree murder. The four boys allegedly planned a robbery to obtain firearms seize the school office trigger an assembly in the gym and massacre students and teachers.
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Port Huron
Mich
Jedajah Zinzo
Justin Schnepp
Holland Woods
Daniel Fick
Jonathan McDonald
Lead Exposure Linked to Higher Child Tooth Decay
A study of 24 501 children ages 5 to 17 found that lead exposure may raise tooth decay risk. Researchers grouped participants by lead levels and observed about 14 percent of decay in the high exposure group and 10 percent in the medium group, after adjusting for income diet and dental visits.
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Mark Moss
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Presbyterians vote to consider ordaining gays and lesbians
In Fort Worth Texas the Church Orders and Ministry committee voted 24 to 14 to recommend striking a prohibition on ordaining self-affirming practicing homosexuals from the church constitution. The measure moves to the full 560 member assembly for a simple majority to proceed to nationwide approval by ministers and elders.
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Texas
Presbyterian Church
Church Orders and Ministry
Clinton sees Kosovo refugees at Stenkovec camp
President Clinton met displaced Kosovo Albanians at Camp Stenkovec, hearing wrenching stories of separation and loss. He urged Republicans to back a broad aid package for reconstruction and peacekeeping, while noting hopes and worries about children scarred by the conflict and the path to Kosovo reconciliation.
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Kosovo
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Besert
Wiesel
Ethnic Tensions Rise as Kosovars Return Home
In Kosovo Serb houses burn in one city and Serbs bar Albanians from crossing a bridge in another as Italy Britain Germany and France press a peace plan visit with UN envoy Vieira de Mello and NATO commander Jackson. UN peacekeepers remove a Serb family while Albanian and Serb tensions flare and civilians face mine hazards amid refugee shifts and KLA vows to retain arms under a NATO overseen plan.
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Yugoslavia
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Kosovo
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Kosovska Mitrovica
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Macedonia
Refugees Return as NATO Deploys in Kosovo
The UN refugee agency estimates over 170,000 refugees have returned to Kosovo since NATO troops began deploying in the province on June 72. About 70,000 ethnic Serbs have fled the area since the March 1998 start of the dispute, the report notes.
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U.N
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
NATO
Millennium bug limits gains say experts at UN conference
More than 170 countries participate as experts warn the Y2K problem cannot be erased by January 1. They urge six months of action to fix systems, prepare contingencies, and avoid panic while noting progress, especially in banking and energy sectors.
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Tucsor
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World Bank
Braga
James Lee Witt
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Pakistan
U.N
Ahmad Kamal
Russia
Kamal
United States
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