Baptist convention keeps Lyons as leader amid forgiveness
In Denver the National Baptist Convention USA votes to drop a probe and forgive Rev Henry Lyons while urging stronger oversight. The board found no misappropriation and backed continuing his presidency, despite calls for a Reform Commission and tighter financial controls.
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Democrat challengers loom in Dornan race
A Democratic bid to regain Bob Dornan's 46th district seat sparks clashes with GOP allies. Richard Gephardt warns of a House shutdown if investigations into Dornan defeat proceed while Republicans push ahead with a probe into Loretta Sanchez's upset victory involving alleged voter fraud by non citizens in Orange County.
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Study links tobacco money to voting against teen sales aid
A study finds members of Congress who took tobacco money were three times likelier to vote against state efforts to curb underage cigarette sales. The FDA seeks 34 million to help enforce new limits, a Senate panel approved 4.9 million, and a 52-48 Senate vote rejected Sen Harkin's bid for remaining funds. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids reports supporters of full funding received far less tobacco money.
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Doctor who treated King breaks silence after 29 years
Atlanta report quotes Rufus Brown the first doctor to treat Martin Luther King Jr in 1968. He questions how a single bullet could produce the head neck and chest trajectory described by investigators. G Robert Blakey and Memphis prosecutors affirm the one bullet theory amid Ray's 1969 sentence and later recantations.
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West Indian Day Parade draws Giuliani amid Louima anger
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani attended the 30th West Indian American Day Carnival Parade in Brooklyn wearing shirt sleeves as boos rose over the Louima police assault. Candidates Messinger Sharpton and Albanese joined the event while Haitians blame the mayor for an police atmosphere. Louima remains in critical but stable condition after alleged police officers’ attack.
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Lawmakers urge permanent shutdown of Brookhaven reactor
Sen. Alfonso D Amato and Rep. Michael Forbes call for permanently shutting down Brookhaven National Laboratory's High Flux Beam Reactor. They cite groundwater contamination from tritium and cobalt-40 and warn the facility poses a future threat despite no drinking water contamination.
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Two bikers killed in York fund-raiser crash
Two motorcyclists died when their bikes collided with a pickup truck that had stopped to turn during a Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraiser in York Livingston County. Rochester man David Hartmann, 37, and Chili resident Ronald Popowich, 49, were killed. seven others injured including five riders and the car occupants.
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Giuliani faults Bratton exit over party image
The New Yorker interview cites Mayor Rudolph Giuliani saying he dismissed former New York police commissioner William Bratton 18 months earlier for spending too much time partying and worrying about his image. Bratton, fired after a power clash with City Hall, stepped down in March 1996 while heading the nation’s largest police force.
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