Goetz libel suit against Kunstler dismissed
New York judge ruled Bernhard Goetz cannot collect damages from attorney William Kunstler for calling him a murderous vigilante with venomous feelings toward Black people. Justice Cohen said Kunstler’s statements were protected opinion and Goetz, a public figure, must prove actual malice for defamation. The suit referenced Kunstler’s autobiography about the 1984 shootings.
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Bellow Embraces Writing From Illness Experience
Nobel laureate Saul Bellow told MIT listeners he plans to turn a severe pneumonia ordeal into a book. He described near-death experiences during hospital treatment and coma in December while discussing his work and career at Boston University.
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12-year-old robbers thwarted by passers-by
In Newport News two 12-year-olds robbed a 62-year-old woman at knife point on a street. Two men intervened as she called for help, one chasing a thief and recovering the purse, the other grabbing the second youth. The youths were taken into custody, laughing at arrest. The victim was shaken but unharmed.
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Newport News
Olivia Perry
Perry
Infection risk higher in large day care centers
Finnish study in The Journal of the American Medical Association shows children under two in large day care centers face 36 times the infection risk of home cared children, 4.4 times higher in small family centers. Streptococcus pneumoniae common in healthy kids. risk rises with more children together. Dr. Joan Chesney of Memphis notes limited options for parents and centers.
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Woman shoots pregnant fiancé in Houston parking lot
Evelyn Miller Crosby, 42, died from multiple gunshot wounds after a distraught woman fired at her former boyfriend's fiancée in a state parole office parking lot. The baby, born 9 to 10 weeks early, remains in extremely critical condition after a Caesarean delivery. The suspect Kathryn Williams Duncan, 49, was wounded in the thigh by a security guard and hospitalized in fair condition. she attended with her 9-year-old grandson.
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Drifter Lucas gets reprieve hours before execution
Henry Lee Lucas, convicted of the 1979 hitchhiker murder near Georgetown, Texas, avoids execution as an appeals court orders a new trial after ruling prosecutors suppressed evidence. Lucas had been linked to 12 other killings and once claimed hundreds, later recanting all.
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Public library names up for $1 million donation
Los Angeles officials propose renaming any of the 53 city branches after a donor who gives one million dollars to the library system. The plan, sent by Mayor Riordan and the library commission to the City Council, envisions a donor having their name engraved on a public building.
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Insult to Injury: Battered Women Face Insurance Bias
Victims of domestic violence told a NASIC panel of insurers' discrimination. Judy, beaten by her ex-husband, was denied life insurance in 1990 after insurers found past abuse. Advocates warn denials deter reporting and push for NAIC model legislation to prohibit such practices. Congress actions follow state cases, with insurers adjusting some policies while citing existing criteria.
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Cisneros to stay on HUD job during federal inquiry
President Clinton backs Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros as the Justice Department seeks an independent counsel to decide if his statements to the FBI about payments to his former mistress amount to a criminal violation. Reno cites false information given about the payments and possible concealment.
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Tax-cut plan clears one more hurdle
Washington Democrats abandoned amendments as the House Ways and Means Committee approved a Republican tax cut plan by 21 to 14. The bill includes a 500 dollar child tax credit and capital gains relief, with Archer predicting a floor vote in weeks amid veto risk and ongoing revenue concerns.
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Healthcare campaign cost millions under White House seal
Congressional investigators say Clinton health care campaign cost taxpayers at least 9.6 million but totals remain opaque as the White House withholds records. Patsy Thomasson testified the GAO saw only a narrow glimpse of spending by the Task Force on National Health Care Reform.
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General Accounting Office
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