Widows of Firefighters Sue Warehousing Owners in Mass
Widows of two firefighters killed last December in a warehouse fire in Massachusetts filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the warehouse owners. The suit names CDB Realty Trust and its operators, alleging negligence in maintenance and failure to inspect or repair the building.
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Timothyser
Ts Sax
Ima Warencare
Ware Wunderg
CDB Realty Truzt
Kwan
Shu May Kwan
Janeauil
South Carolina churches reject flag compromise plan
A coalition of black churches in Columbia rejects the Confederate flag compromise and pledges continued support for an expanded NAACP boycott. Lawmakers voted to remove the flag from the Statehouse and place it on a pole near a Confederate monument, a move Gov Hodges said would heal divides. The Rev Joe Darby chairs the church coalition.
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South Carolina
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Linehouse
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Senate
Capitol
Statehouse
Jim Hodges
South
Ant swarm blamed in nursing home death of Alzheimer’s patient
Sarasota officials report Mary Moraies Gay died after being bitten by fire or red ants while in a Quality Health Care Center bed. She was found covered with ants at 8 am after a morning check. 1,625 stings were counted. Toxicology results pending. medical examiner probes cause of death.
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Sarasota
Fla
Mary Moraies Gay
Gay
Sarasota County
Quality Health Care Center
North Ty
Wilson Broussard
Racist assault in Hapeville sex attack with slur carved
A Hapeville woman was bound and raped in her apartment after midnight. The attacker carved a racial slur on her stomach with a box cutter and dumped her at a club used by Alcoholics Anonymous, then fled masked and gloved. Police suspect acquaintance involvement and ruled out her boyfriend and ex-husband as suspects.
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Hapeville
Ed Attaway
Assilant
Alcoholics Anonymous
Aidress
Allen Herd
Sirhan Sirhan seeks new trial in federal court
Lawyers for Sirhan Sirhan petition the U S District Court for an evidentiary hearing and new trial after the California Supreme Court rejected a similar request. They allege fraudulent evidence and a cover up of multiple shooters at the Kennedy assassination, with claims of substituted bullets and destroyed or altered physical evidence. Sirhan remains in prison for Kennedy's 1968 death and has been denied parole ten times.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
California Supreme Court
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Lawrence Teeter
US. District Court
Kennedy
Tralsa
Ambassador Hotel
New York Democrat
House moves to repeal vintage taxes
The House votes to repeal the 3 percent federal excise tax on telephones dating to 1896 and backed a plan to phase out estate taxes by 2010. Supporters cite relief for households paying about 34 dollars yearly on calls, while opponents warn about risks to Social Security and Medicare funding. The bill heads to the Senate with a June floor date.
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Tee House
House Ways and Means
Milan
Senate
Canton
Congress
Aes
Charles Rangel
Dn.y
Bragman Clambake Draws 3400 Amid Political Turmoil
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Eliot Spitzer headlined a North Syracuse clambake for Assemblyman Michael Bragman as he pledged reform of the Assembly. The event drew over 3,400 attendees despite Bragman’s failed coup against Speaker Silver and shifts in Central New York political alignments.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Michael Bragman
Syracuse
Bragman
First Jady
U.S
Senate
Eliot Spitzer
Hinerwadedl's Grove
D-Cicero
Silver
Assembly
Spitzer
D-Manhatton
Albany
Anyuod
New York
Clinton
Mike Bragman
McCall
Magee
Cuomo
Ees Rgd
Por Bragman
Mar Blake
Blake
Richie Smith
Elliot Foxal Tegmen
Smith
Independence Party
Jack Essenberg
Edward Sullivan
Manhattan
Peter Atbate
Brooklyn
Charles Schumer
Washington
Schumer
Alabama GOP Faces Scrutiny Over Giuliani Fund Drive
Alabama Republican officials admit the states fund raising for Giuliani’s abortive Senate bid raised little money and generated more press than funds. About 57 Alabama donors gave 430,000 earlier, but most contributions came in a July swing. Clinton received 6750 from eight Alabama donors while Lazio became Republican candidate.
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Ala
Alabama
Republican Party
New York
GOP
Hi Rodham Clinton
U.S. Senate
Rudolph Giuliani
Senate
SOF
Twinkle Andress
Winton Blount II
Blount
Alabama Gop
Andress
Ghillani
Giuliani
Clinton
Pokes
Republican State Committee
Leilers
Rick Lazio
Lazio
Republcan
Lazio Clashes With Clinton in NY Senate Poll Heat
Polls show Clinton leading Lazio 46 to 44 percent with a 4 point margin of error in one survey. Lazio ties or narrows gaps among Upstate voters and unenrolled residents while Clinton leads in New York City and among youth. suburbanites tilt toward Lazio.
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Albany
U.S
Puck Lazio
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Senate
Clinton
Lazio
Zogby International
New York City
Rudolph Giuliani
Zogby
Lazo
Upstate
Labor calls action as China vote prompts union push
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney vows a major effort to judge candidates on trade votes. Local unions threaten to withhold support from Democrats who backed the China trade bill, aiming to groom pro labor candidates for 2002 races and beyond. Clinton aims to unite the party while Sweeney stays firm on Gore endorsement.
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Alles
Afl-Cio
John Sweeney
Sweeney
China
Labor
Congress
Ite House
Clinton
al Gore
Lois Capps
California
Thomas Sawyer
Ohio
Denis Moore
Kansas
Mike Mathis
Mathis
Abor
House of Representatives
House
White House
Gore
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