Judge orders FBI to reform minority promotion system
Federal judge Lucius Bunton II in El Paso Texas orders the FBI to overhaul its process for promoting Hispanic agents and other minorities. An independent panel will evaluate promotions case by case while limiting senior officials discretion and barring local office overseers from overruling local boards.
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Lucius Bunton II
el Pago
Texas
Bunton
Bureau
Judge orders FBI to adopt promotions reforms for Hispanics
In El Paso, a federal judge ruled to change how the FBI advances minorities, ordered special masters to review promotions, and upheld the national career board while limiting local override power. Attorney Antonio Silva called the decision a lasting victory for all agents.
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Antonio Silva
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Iraqi No 2 military chief dies in helicopter crash
Adnan Khairallah deputy commander in chief of the armed forces and defense minister died in a sandstorm crash in northern Iraq. At 50 he was considered Saddam Hussein's second power. Khairallah served as defense minister since 1979 and was closely related to the Iraqi leader.
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Iraq
Adnan Khairallah
Armed Forces
Saddam Hussein
Hussein
Khairallah
Coolidge Dam at risk of collapse prompts urgent repairs
Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr ordered swift emergency work on Coolidge Dam on the Gila River in Arizona. Built in 1928 to serve 40,000 people, the dam is the first of 384 warned as hazardous. A failure could flood three downstream cities, cause about 160 million dollars in damage, and hundreds of deaths. $500,000 was authorized for immediate repairs and a 24 hour seepage watch.
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Lujan
Washington
Arizona
Interior
Manuel Lujan Jr
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Interior Department
House Appropriations Subcommittee On Energy and Water Development
Bus Crashes with Forty Teens Injured in Catskills Spill
A YMCA camp bus carrying 40 ninth graders and four teachers from Bronx Junior High School 14 veered off Route 55 in Sullivan County. It rolled into a field, down an embankment, and into a creek near 5 p.m. Friday, injuring all aboard as the group had been at Frost Valley YMCA camp in Ulster County since Monday.
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Catskills
New York City
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Sullivan County
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Frost Valley
Ulster County
Fisherman Missing After Boat Capsizes in Lake Champlain
A Clinton County man, Randy Guay, 24, fell from a 12 foot fishing boat as waves of about five feet capsized it on Lake Champlain near Point Au Roche. A search resumed this morning after authorities suspended the effort Friday night. Guay was last seen around 2.15 p.m. Friday. Guay's companions Vernon McKee and Arthur McKee reached shore and reported him missing in 38 degree water.
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Clinton County
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Altona
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Peru
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Correction notice for May frolic admission and district budget loss
The Herald Journal corrects the Parke S. Avery House frolic admission: $2 for adults, $1 for children. It also clarifies Gov Cuomo veto potential Baldwinsville district loss estimated at about $106,000 this year.
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Maria Cuomo
Burglary Suspects Pay Toll, Halt Chase in Fla
Two burglary suspects fled a western clothing store with about 900 dollars worth of goods. police spotted them driving away and the chase reached high speeds before they stopped to pay a 10 cent toll at an unattended Sawgrass Expressway booth, allowing officers to catch one man, James Warren of West Palm Beach, charged with burglary grand theft reckless driving no valid license and fleeing eluding police. The other suspect escaped on foot.
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Jodie Weinflash
James Warren
West Palm Beach
Thornburgh Threatens ABA Role in Judicial Screening
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh warns he may end the American Bar Association’s screening of prospective federal judges unless the ABA commits to not considering political or ideological beliefs. The ABA says it did not make such a commitment.
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Dick Thornburgh
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Standing Committee On Federal Judiciary
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David Runkel
Baker to carry Bush policy to Moscow
Secretary of State James Baker III will travel to Moscow to set a new pattern for U S Soviet relations. He aims to broaden dialogue to include environment pollution terrorism and drugs while maintaining arms control from the Reagan era. He will test Gorbachev's new thinking and seeks a mid June start for strategic arms reduction talks and regular meetings with Shevardnadze.
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James Baker III
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U.S Soviet
George Bush
Baker
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Makhal Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
United States
Eduard Shevardnadze
Rejected suitor kills woman in Kankakee street ambush
Dee Eastman 25 of Bourbonnais rammed the victim’s sports car in front of LaFayette Elementary School, then shot Jennifer Marie Mesenbring 25 at point blank. He wounded two officers during a police chase ending with a crash at the Kankakee Sewage Treatment Plant.
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Ill
Dee Eastman
Bourbonnais
Jennifer Marie Mesenbring
Mesenbring
Hastman
LaFayette
Eastman
St. Mary's Hospital
Weather outlook for Sunday shows cool, showers and clouds
The forecast indicates cool conditions with showers and cloudy skies on Sunday and a high near 50 degrees. Winds light, scattered rain possible across areas.
Flood watch issued for eastern New York and Vermont
Wet conditions persist with more rain and possible thunderstorms under cloudy skies. National Weather Service at Hancock Airport forecasts overnight low in the low 40s and northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Flood watch covers eastern Mohawk Valley Lake George Saratoga region western Adirondacks Capital district Catskills and lower Hudson Valley through tonight. Sunday stays cool and cloudy with a likelihood of showers. Sunday high near 50.
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Mohawk Valley
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Adirondacks
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