New Jersey Good Samaritan bill targets bystander failures
In Trenton lawmakers push identical Senate and Assembly bills to criminalize witnessing a crime and not reporting it. Violations could bring up to 1 month in jail and a 10000 dollar fine. The measure follows a brutal August attack on a 31 year old Woodbridge woman, beaten with a baseball bat and threatened with a gun as her car was stolen, while three bystanders watched. five suspects faced caracking charges, two for attempted murder due to evidence limits.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Senate
Assembly
Woodbridge
Wife can remove comatose man's feeding tube
In Manassas Virginia Judge Frank Hoss Jr allowed Michele Finn to withhold food and water from Hugh Finn a 44 year old former Louisville Kentucky television news anchor in a persistent vegetative state following a March 1995 traffic accident Gov Jim Gilmore sought to block removal arguing euthanasia but the court ruled otherwise preserving life sustaining treatment as a possible end stage option.
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Manassas
Jim Gilmore
Michele Finn
Hugh Finn
Gilmore
William Hurd
Prince William
Frank Hoss Jr
Finn
Lousville
Judge blocks federal organ donation rule in Louisiana
A federal judge temporarily blocked a rule mandating all states join a donor pool where organs go to the first on the list regardless of residence. The injunction lasts until a hearing set for Oct. 14. Louisiana argues federal rules cannot pre-empt state law and cites its own law giving state residents first refusal.
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Baton Rouge
U.S
Ralph Tyson
Louisiana
Richard Seyoub
Lawyers seek guilty but mentally ill plea in school shooting
McCracken Circuit Court hears motion by Michael Carneal's lawyers to change the 15-year-old defendant's plea from innocent to guilty but mentally ill in the December 1 Heath High School prayer circle shooting that killed three students and injured five. The filing requests a hearing before jury selection for the trial. Carneal is charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder and his lawyers contend he is mentally ill and needs treatment.
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Paducah
Michael Carneal
McCracken Circuit Court
Jeff Hines
Carneal
Heath High School
Brothers charged in 1989 Noblesville double murder
In Noblesville Indiana brothers Brian Setters 37 and David Setters 40 were arrested at Creative Underwriters the family business. The younger Setters faces two counts of murder and possible death penalty while David is charged with two felony counts of assisting a criminal and false informing for allegedly aiding an alibi. Elwood Setters 60 and Shirley Setters 57 were murdered in February 1989 found in a remodeling home.
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Noblesville
Ind
Brian Setters
David Setters
Creative Underwriters
Elwood Setters
Shirley Setters
Two teens plead guilty in Grosse Pointe Woods case
Two 19 year old men Daniel and James Raymond pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor in a case involving underage girls. They face 60 to 90 days in jail and ail be sentenced October 28.
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Detroit
Grosse Pointe Woods
Daniel Raymond
James Raymond
Raymonds
Gcroce Pointe North Hi
Daniel Granger
Granger
Aes
Robert Cooper
Balletine Mob Attacks Mixed-Race Couple in York Neb
Eleven mob members who marched with baseball bats to the home of a mixed-race couple faced disorderly conduct charges. Prosecutors added criminal mischief charges against three others. The Sept. 17 attack involved about 30 white men shouting slurs, breaking car windows and targeting Jennifer Manire and an African American partner. Police dispersed the crowd after a confrontation that followed theft allegations involving a guest.
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York, Neb
Jennifer Manire
Jason Negley
Americans eat more produce but still rely on fries
A study summarized by Dr. Susan Krebs-Smith shows Americans consumed more vegetables fruit and grains from 1970 to 1995 though half of vegetable servings are potatoes and a quarter of those are french fries. Experts urge more leafy greens fruit and varied vegetables to lower cancer risk and note reductions may also reflect better screening and treatment.
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Atlanta
Susan Krebs-Smith
National Cancer Institute
Cancer
Krebs-Smith
Yolanda Williams
Committee narrows probe amid Clinton impeachment debate
The Judiciary Committee splits over Starr's charges against President Clinton with Republicans pressing broad inquiry and Democrats seeking limits. Some call for resignation or impeachment while others favor narrowing scope or censuring Clinton amid disputes over executive privilege, alleged obstruction, and lies to staff.
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Bob Barr
R-Ga
Starr
Clinton
Barr
House
Judiciary Committee
Monica Lewinsky
Martin T. Meehan
D-Mass
Barney Frank
Rank
Manners Rontn
Hyde
Perot calls for Clinton resignation
Reform Party candidate Ross Perot urged President Clinton to resign over the Lewinsky affair. He announced a nationwide petition drive on CNN and urged veterans ministers and small-business leaders to collect signatures to Washington in December.
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Washington
Ross Perot
Clinton
White House
Monica Lewinsky
Reform Party
Perot
CNN
Larry King
Sam
America
First Ladies Rally Behind Mrs Clinton in Chile
In Santiago, Hillary Rodham Clinton met Americas first ladies to promote women’s empowerment. She urged more women in leadership as attendees praised her stance while avoiding discussion of the Clinton affair. Clinton toured a Chilean art exhibit and spoke at ceremonies for two international agreements including a scholarship program and a $5 million U.S. funded program for cross–hemisphere city and county manager exchanges.
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Santiago
Chile
Hillar Rodham Clinton
South America
Americas
Clinton
U.S
Melanie Verveer
Monica Lewinsky
First Ladies of the Americas
Mrs. Clinton
Marta Larraeches de Frei
Jesse Trevino
San Antonio
Latin America
Caribbean
United States
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Amy Ashby
Uruguay
Christopher Renby
Montevideo
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