Woman files class action over Kodak dog nuisance
In Danbury Connecticut a woman sues Kodak owner for a dog nuisance claiming access to the courts was blocked by the dog. Judge Moraghan and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the suit, saying the claim was unfounded. The court upheld the lower court ruling that she was barking up the wrong tree.
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Monsky
Kodak
Howard Moraghan
2Nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Edeted
Parents sue over school quotas in Buffalo district
Frank and Patricia Zagare allege the Buffalo Board of Education unfairly uses racial quotas to admit students to City Honors School. They claim their sixth-grade daughter, with higher scores than several minority contenders, was denied entry due to saving 60 percent of slots for non whites. They frame it as an equity issue after a 1970s desegregation order was lifted.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Board of Education
Frank
Patricia Zagare
Zagares
City Honors School
Zagare
University At Buffalo
Border agents seize 20 Guyanese immigrants at Massena bridge
U S Border Patrol agents arrested 20 illegal immigrants and four men suspected of smuggling them from Canada to the Massena area. The group, including 11 men, eight women, and a 17 year old, were found packed inside two vans crossing the Cornwall Ontario Massena bridge. All face federal illegal entry charges.
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Massena
U.S
Poll shows drop in NYC police confidence after brutality case
A Quinnipiac poll finds New Yorkers' approval of the Police Department at 48 percent, down from 61 percent a year and a half earlier, with 62 percent believing police are tougher on blacks than whites.
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New York
Abner Loutma
Quinnipiac College
Hamden
Conn
Boy on field trip killed by runaway bus in orchard
A 9 year old boy, Robert Richards, died after a school bus veered off a field trip site at Masgur's Apple Orchard in Orange County. About 50 students from NYC and New Jersey were present when the bus rolled 70 to 80 feet, injuring four others. The bus owner, Faith's Temple New Hope Christian School in East Orange, faces investigation for possible mechanical failure.
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Warwick
Robert Richards
Bronx
New York City
New Jersey
Orange County
East Orange
N.J
Masgur
Robert
St. Anthony Community Hospital
The
Faith's Temple New Hope Christian School
Negotiators dispute aid for tobacco farmers in landmark deal
The 368.5 billion settlement between cigarette companies and the government drew limited farmer mentions. Indiana AG Jeffrey Modisett testified growers sought aid, while tobacco attorneys said farmers were not parties to the lawsuits and were not given input. Carlton's letter argues industry offered input and opposed tying aid to anti-smoking provisions.
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Washington
Indiana
Jeffrey Modiset
Senate Agriculture Committee
Modisett
J. Phil Carlton
North Carolina
Knight-Ridder
Carlton
Scott Ballin
Campaign For
Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, D.C
Ballin
Tim Cansler
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Cansler
Agriculture Committee
Congress
Russia misused aid funds and claims suitcase sized weapons
Former science adviser Alexei Yablokov alleged U S nuclear disarmament funds given to Russia under a 1991 law were diverted to other uses including unsafe reactor work. Senator Lugar warned Russia lacks reliable inventories of nuclear weapons and materials, stressing national security implications.
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Washington
Russia
U.S
Boris Yeltsin
House
Committee On National Security
Alexei Yablokov
Russian Academy of Sciences
Yablokov
Union
Richard Lugar
R-Ind
Lugar
United States
Agra Amc
Violent crime by teens falls again in 1996 report
Justice Department figures show a 9.2 percent drop in teen violent crime in 1996 after a 2.9 percent decline the year before. The teenage homicide rate fell 31 percent since 1993 and teen murder arrests dropped 10.7 percent over 1995, though rates remain much higher than a decade ago and than adult violent crime.
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Justice Department
Janet Reno
FBI
Federal agents to assist DC with 107 cold homicides
FBI and DEA agents will join District of Columbia homicide detectives to reopen 107 unsolved murders and review cases dating back to 1993. Police officials say many files show little or no work, and a critical national review prompted the partnership, which follows a lapse in notice to top officials about the report.
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District of Columbia
Larry Soulsby
FBI and
Drug Enforcement Agency
National Drug Intelligence Center
Justice Department
Alan Dreher
Soulsby
U S Girds Up for Nuclear Tech Exports to China
William Daley indicated the Clinton administration is weighing approval of selling American nuclear power and related high tech to China. The briefing during his trip to Beijing and Hong Kong runs from today through October 10.
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Boeing
Bais Ses Insine Cobetary
Wiliam Daley
War crime suspects offered quick trials in exchange for surrender
U S officials described a modest offer to lure more than 60 war crimes suspects in the Balkans to surrender to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague. The plan promises a trial within three to five months if they cooperate, reflecting frustration over slow progress since indictments.
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International War Crimes Tribunal
Balkans
Hague
State Department
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