Miracle baby found on turnpike and improving
The infant known as the miracle baby was found naked on the Pennsylvania Turnpike berm within hours of birth. She was upgraded to fair condition at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh and is expected to move from the pediatric ICU to a regular ward. State police pursue clues about the mother as rescuers praise the baby's resilience.
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Jane Doe
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Wate
Children’s Hospital
Turnpike
Bruce Brinkos
Ihower
Brinkos
Guy Jeffrey
Cabe Frank LoPresti
New York
Judge strikes down part of Everglades law
A federal judge invalidated a provision of Florida's Everglades Forever Act that allowed dumping of harmful discharges into the Everglades until 2006. The ruling, by order to accelerate anti pollution work, drew mixed reactions from Dexter Lehtinen, representing the Miccosukee tribe, and Charles Lee of the Florida Audubon Society, who criticized regulatory capture by the sugar industry.
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Miami
Everglades
State
Environmental Protection Agency
Dexter Lehtinen
EPA
Lehtinen
Trevelades
Charles Lee
Florida Audubon Society
Florida student group settles defamation case
In Gainesville Florida a University of Florida student group will pay 85000 to settle a defamation dispute after fliers labeled candidate Charlie Grapski a child molester. The jury previously awarded Grapski 250000 and found Florida Blue Key and John McGovern responsible. McGovern remains liable for 165000.
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Gainesville. Fla
University of Florida
Charlie Grapski
Flonda Blue Key
John McGovern
Blue Key
Lawton Chiles
Bob Graham
Connie Ad
Grapski
McGovern
Youngest Los Angeles murder suspect is 6-year-old brother
A 6-year-old boy was charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of his 11-year-old brother during horseplay in Bellflower near Los Angeles. Travis Sutton died after a chest wound from a 41-inch steak knife, while a babysitter’s 18-month-old child witnessed the incident as the mother worked. The suspect faced Juvenile Court proceedings.
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Los Angeles
Travis Sutton
Bellflower
USC alumni give $20 million to education for the poor
Southern Cat alumni donate twenty million dollars to USC’s school of education to aid the poor and learning disabled. The university will rename the school in honor of Roger and Barbara Rossier. Caltech receives eighteen million for a center in biological sciences from Eli Broad. UCLA gains fourteen hundred thousand from HHMI for undergraduate research and improved labs and computing in biology education.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
School of Education
USC
Roger Rossier
Barbara
Pasadena
California Institute of Technology
Eli Broad
SunAmerica Inc
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
Pala Band backs anti gambling coalition in ballot fight
The Pala Band of Mission Indians endorsed the Coalition Against Unregulated Gambling amid a clash with other tribes over Proposition 5. The measure seeks broader legal video slot machines, which Gov. Pete Wilson says California law currently bans.
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Los Angeles
Pala Band of Mission Indians
Pete Wilson
California
Pala Tribe
Ferraro ends elected career after Senate loss
In New York, former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro conceded defeat in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. The crowd at a Manhattan hotel reacted with sadness as Ferraro, 75, vowed she will not seek elected office again, a historic figure who rose from Queens to national prominence.
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Geraldine Ferraro
U.S. Senate
Ferraro
Sas
Mickey Karpeles
Manhattan
Karpeles
Ferrara
U.S. House of Representatives
Walter Mondale
Momta Boesenwetter
Sarah Bilofsky
Gerry
Queens
Judy Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Dead candidate loses Oklahoma Senate runoff
Oklahoma voters rejected Jacquelyn Ledgerwood the deceased candidate who advanced to a four way Democratic runoff. Ledgerwood died after filing and officials said removal was too late. Don E. Carroll, an air conditioning repairman, won the Democratic runoff to face incumbent Don Nickles.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Senate
Jacquelyn Ledgerwood
Don E. Carroll
Ledgerwood
Don Nickles
Associated Press
Beatles Lyrics Notebook Sells At Sotheby's For 168000
A notebook with draft lyrics for Hey Jude and Sergeant Pepper was bought by Alan Murphy of Liverpool for 168000 at a Sotheby's rock memorabilia sale in London. It includes Lennon's doodles and was compiled by Mal Evans who died in 1976. Also sold was John Lennon's corduroy jacket for 13000.
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Los Angeles
London
John Lennon
Sotheby’s
McCaughey Ross Pursues Liberal Bid After Primary Loss
Lt. Gov Betsy McCaughey Ross vows to run on the Liberal Party ticket to challenge Gov George Pataki after losing the Democratic primary to Peter Vallone. She cites family issues and a cash crunch with $45,116 on hand, while her husband Wilbur Ross pulled $2.2 million.
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IME
Betsy McCaughey Ross
New York
Betsy MccCaughey Ross
George Pataki
McCaughey Ross
New York City Council
Peter Vallone
Manhattan
Liberal Party
New York State
Wilbur Ross
Diana Fund Expands Charity Reach Beyond Britain
The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, four days after Diana's death, has donated 22 million to preferred causes and holds 117 million in assets. A U S branch will become a grant body this year, with plans to begin overseas disbursements by early 1999, funded by investment income to total 6.5 to 8 million annually.
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Diana
Diana Princess of Wales
United States
Britain
Andrew Purkis
Chicago Trigun
Fair Sensation Hog Attracts Crowds At New Mexico State Fair
Harley the 1 050 pound Yorkshire hog draws cheers at the New Mexico State Fair as spectators marvel at an eight foot length four foot height with a salad plate sized snout. Admission costs 50 cents and crowds react with astonishment and humor citing the hog as a massive celebrity of the event.
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New Mexico
Harley
Moon's thin atmosphere puzzles researchers
Scientists led by Urs A Mall of the Max Planck Institute study the moon's tenuous gas envelope. They note pressures a billionth that of Earth and explore sources such as rock vaporization, volcanic outgassing, and heat-driven release from beneath the surface.
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Urs A. Mall
Max Planck Institute For Aeronomy
Katlenburgsnau
Germany
Earth
Malls
Moatoany Jean
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