Doctors urge continued use of blood pressure drugs
New York doctors respond to a study linking calcium channel blockers to a 60 percent rise in heart attack risk. Presented March 10 at an American Heart Association meeting, the researchers caution that individual short term risk is small but affect many of the 6 million long term users. Some call conclusions overstated. others stress need for more research. one drug maker defends newer forms not in the study.
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New York
American Heart Association
Bruce Platy
University of Washington
Seattle
Three death sentences in Delaware for single murder case
Nelson Shelton, age 27, was executed by injection after refusing to appeal his death sentence for the beating death of 64-year-old Wilson Mannon Jr. along with his brother and a cousin. Shelton spent hours before execution with his former Sunday school teacher and heard prayers and a remorseful statement read by the teacher.
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Sam D. Arthur
Arthur
Wilson Mannon Jr
Delaware
Woman linked to welfare fraud found with cash in trunk
Police stopped a Raleigh woman in Dinwiddie Virginia and found about 85 thousand dollars in food stamps in her wallet and nearly 95 thousand dollars in cash in her trunk. Harper admitted earnings from handbags but unpaid taxes were alleged.
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Harper
Clownish GOP Victory Upsets Chicago Mayoral Race
Ray Wardingly known as Spanky the Clown won the Republican nomination with 2,447 votes in Chicago's February 28 primaries. He has worked as a limo driver taxi dispatcher and part time clown, while Daley faces Roland Burns and two Democrat-turned independents in the April 4 election.
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America
Ray Wardingly
Spanky
Windy City
Richard M. Daley
Illinois
Roland Burns
Wardingly
Woman dies in exorcism attempt in Oakland area
In Emeryville a Korean woman Kyong A Ha died during a six hour exorcism led by evangelist Jean Park and three other women. Park and four others face murder charges in Alameda County after allegedly beating Ha and leaving her body in the apartment for days.
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Calif
Kyong-A Ha
Emeryville
Jean Park
Park
Alameda County
Suspect in Seattle warehouse fire nabbed in Brazil
A man accused of setting a Seattle warehouse fire that killed four firefighters was arrested at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Martin Pang, 39, faces four counts of murder and arson after the January 5 blaze at his parents' warehouse.
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Copacabana
Martin Pang
Rogerio
Rio de
Anita Hill to quit University of Oklahoma post
Anita Hill, the law professor who testified in the 1991 1992 hearings on Clarence Thomas, plans to leave her tenured position at the University of Oklahoma. The memo notes she is on a two year leave to write books after national attention from the Senate proceedings. David Boren, then a senator and now OU president, supported Thomas.
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Clarence Thomas
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Supreme Court
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
David Boren
Oklahoma
University
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Congress toasts Irish at St Patrick luncheon
President Clinton and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams shared a five minute exchange after a long handshake that surprised guests at the congressional St Patrick's Day luncheon. Adams called the engagement cordial while aides planned further talks with Prime Minister Major to ease tensions.
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House
Ireland
John Bruton
Clinton
Gerry Adams
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
John Major
Britain
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Peter King
Seaford
King
We Assorui
Eazy-E Reveals AIDS Diagnosis Amid Health Battle
Rapper Eric Wright known as Eazy-E of N.W.A reveals he has AIDS and lies in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Intensive Care. He says the disease is real and non dis discriminatory and hopes to use his experience to help others.
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Eazy-E
N.W.A
Eric Wright
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Paula Correia
Wright
Norman Winters
Winters
Ron Sweeney
Pataki faces criticism over hiring practices
Albany Pataki faces scrutiny for distributing jobs to relatives and allies while pursuing a 5 percent state-employee cut. Robert Bruno, brother of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, is hired as special assistant at 73 600 a year, and Joseph Bruno’s son begins a 45 000 state job. Tara Jackson, Linda Doherty, and Susan Bruno also hold or have held roles in state agencies tied to Pataki inner circle.
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Pataki
Senate
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Robert Bruno
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Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Richard Chady Sai
Joseph
State Office of General Services
The
Herald-Journal
Chamber
Bruno
Assembly Republicans
Susan Bruno
GOP
OGS
Tara Jackson
Richard Jackson
Linda Doherty
Thomas Doherty
Robert Bellafiore
Pataki relatives land plum posts amid watchdog concern
Andrew Greenblatt of New York Common Cause says hiring patterns raise questions when relatives of well-connected politicians get high level posts. The Pataki administration has named Constance Barrella, William Powers Jr., and Eileen Long to state roles, drawing criticism from watchdog groups about nepotism and favoritism.
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Andrew Greenblatt
New York
Pataki
Constance Barrella
Michael Finnegan
Department of Environmental Conservation
William Powers Jr
GOP
William Powers
Department of State
Eileen Long
Conservative Party
Michael Long
Blair Horner
Public Interest
Chady
Robert Bruno
Glens Falls
Boston
Divi
113 Prison Teachers Laid Off In New York Budget Move
Albany reports 113 prison teachers and 30 drug treatment counselors face layoffs as state tightens budget. Most shock incarceration staff may be rehired later while drug programs continue. Officials say non-violent inmates enter the four shock facilities and most workers could leave temporarily. Robert Gangi calls shock camps models for the country and emphasizes remaining drug treatment efforts.
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Albany
New York
James Flateau
Plateau
Flateau
Robert Gangi
The
Correctional Association of New York
McAuliffe forecasts Clinton win and debt record
Terry McAuliffe predicted a Clinton victory next year while noting the Democratic committee raised 42 million dollars, setting a non presidential year record but leaving the group about 5 million in debt. He cited party efforts on Clinton health care, campaign help, and attacks on the Contract with America, amid a mixed electoral year.
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