Connecticut sues HMOs over patient care failures
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal leads a federal suit against four large HMOs for denying medical claims delaying payments to doctors and misinforming patients about appeal rights. The action seeks to represent thousands harmed as the firms defend their commitment to quality care.
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Connecticut
Ators Hey Gone Rll
U.S. District Court
Richard Blumenthal
Pulang
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Georgia suspends sorority over racism charge
University of Georgia suspended the Alpha Gamma Delta chapter after accusations it rejected a black woman due to race. The chapter cannot hold social events or recruitment during investigation led by university officials, with President Michael Adams criticizing the sorority's motive and actions.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Alpha Gamma Delta Chapter
Michael Adams
Louisiana moves to end corporal punishment in juvenile prisons
Louisiana officials back a settlement to stop corporal punishment in juvenile prisons amid a federal lawsuit accusing guards of brutality and neglect. The plan calls for stricter supervision and limits on guard behavior, with U.S. District Judge Frank Polozola expected to approve next month.
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Louisiana
Justice Department
U.S
Frank Polozola
Feud over easement ends in deadly city shooting
In Bunker Missouri a long running feud over a one acre easement near a city sewage lagoon escalated when Garry Dewayne Watson opened fire on workers preparing to dig. City employee Rocky Gordon and alderman David Thompson were killed. another worker and the town marshal were wounded as Watson fled and remained at large.
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Garry Dewayne Watson
Watson
Skip DeSalme
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Rocky Gordon
David Thompson
Family ill after eating anthrax infected cow
Six members of a Minnesota farm family are treated after consuming meat from a cow found heavily contaminated with anthrax. The illness includes two with gastrointestinal symptoms. the cow was raised on their farm and processed at a small custom slaughterhouse. Regulators do not inspect meat from such operations.
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Minn
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health
United States
Richard Danila
Jury orders Aryan Nations to pay 6.3 million in damages
Civil rights attorney Morris Dees hails a 6.3 million verdict against Aryan Nations and its leaders for failing to oversee guards who assaulted Victoria and Jason Keenan in 1998. Dees vows to seize all assets and pursue shutdown of the group.
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Idaho
Aryan Nations
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Richard Butler
Saphire Inc
Victoria
Jason Keenan
Stealth fighter near United jet triggers radar alert
An F-117 stealth fighter flew close to United Airlines Flight 174 from Los Angeles to Boston, triggering the passenger jet’s onboard radar. The Boeing 757 stayed at about 10,800 feet as the Nighthawk passed overhead, with reports citing about 500 feet vertical and 0.6 miles horizontal separation.
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United Airlines
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Boston
Chas Nardella
United
Nardella
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TAA
Juihy Ousuli
Teuiadey
Snyder
Freezes point to a warmer Northern Hemisphere climate
The study analyzes 150 years of lake and river ice records from Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Siberia, Japan and the United States, linking later freezes and earlier thaws to about 3.24 degrees Fahrenheit warming. Researchers say the evidence supports real global warming and highlights direct human observations over instrument readings.
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North America
Asia
Europe
Science
John J. Magnuson
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Magnuson
David R. Easterling
National Climatic Data Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration
Canada
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Switzerland
Siberia
Japan
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United States
U.S
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Monona
Geneva
Wisconsin
Detroit
Minnetonka
Minnesota
Oneida
New York
Moosehead
Maine
Scott Collins
National Science Foundation
Clinton speaks as UN vows to overhaul peacekeeping
At the United Nations Security Council Clinton addresses world leaders including Tony Blair and Madeleine Albright as the body pledges to strengthen UN peacekeeping. The summit yields a nonbinding annex outlining rapid deployment and better resources amid calls for reform and disputed Middle East talks.
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Clinton presses for accord in Mideast
In the United Nations Millennium Summit, President Clinton pushed Israeli and Palestinian negotiators back to work after a failure to agree on Jerusalem holy sites. Barak and Arafat offered guarded positions, with Barak open to U S ideas if Arafat reciprocates, and Arafat demanding full Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem. Clinton proposed delaying full Jerusalem agreement while pursuing other issues.
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East Jerusalem
United Nations
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Old City
Mideast
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Campaigning Amid Heating Price Hike Faces No Easy Fix
Washington report notes rising energy costs as autumn starts push fuel bills higher. Republicans accuse Clinton Gore of oil influence failures while Gore says Bush offers no energy plan beyond drilling wilderness. Both candidates offer conservation aims, with little chance of major new programs this season.
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U.S
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George W. Bush
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