Maine gay rights law delayed by referendum signatures
The Maine anti discrimination act, signed by Gov Angus King, faces a possible referendum after opponents gathered enough valid signatures. Elections officials have 30 days to certify. If insufficient, the law takes effect. otherwise it stays on hold until the referendum occurs after November.
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Augusta
Maine
Dan Gwadesky
Angus King
Michael Heath
Christian Civic League of Maine
Karen Geraghty
Lesbian-Gay Political Alliance
Judge denies bail for James Earl Ray in King slaying case
In Nashville Tennessee Judge Cheryl Blackburn refused to grant bail to James Earl Ray while he seeks a heart or transplant operation his lawyers call vital to his survival and potential trial. Ray 69 remains under 99 year sentence for the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospitals refuse transplant candidacy due to age and authorities block out of state travel. His lawyers say clemency or furlough are unlikely options and that he will pursue medical clemency next week.
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Nashville
Tenn
Thursday
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Ray
Cheryl Blackburn
Tennessee
Andrew Hall
Former security guard dies after day-care standoff
Wilbert Predium, 43, also known as Wilbert Jackson, hid in his estranged wife's car outside Reynolds Academy day-care, opened fire inside, then shot himself after a seven hour standoff with police. No children or staff injured. Police used tear gas before discovering his body in an adjacent house.
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New Orleans
Wilbert Predium
Wilbert Jackson
Reynolds Academy
Predium
Protesters challenge Air Force memorial near Iwo Jima site
In Arlington, a neighborhood group and congressman sought a federal injunction to halt the Air Force Memorial claiming its proximity to the Iwo Jima Memorial harms the sanctity of the area. Judge Bryan denied halting the marker, while noting the site remains the planned future home of the memorial.
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Arlington
Air Force Memorial
New York
Iwo Jima Memorial
Herbert Newman
Iwo Jima
U.S
Albert V. Bryan
Alexandria
Potomac River
Arlington National Cemetery
Cloud of hydrogen sulfide forces Detroit school evacuations
A hydrogen sulfide leak from the Quaker Chemical plant sent about 45 people, mostly children, to four area hospitals after drifting to Courtis and Keidan Elementary Schools. The two schools closed briefly but were expected to reopen following containment.
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Detroit
Courtis
Quaker Chemical Co
Iesha Stevens
Wxyz-Tv
Southfield
Keidan
Fred Batten
AMA to discipline staff over Sunbeam deal fallout
The American Medical Association board of trustees plans discipline for staff involved in the Sunbeam Corp deal. The trustees faulted responsible individuals for ignoring ethical implications and AMA policy, noting there were no product tests and that the contract was canceled after scrutiny. The action follows criticism of auctioning the AMA logo and emphasizes board oversight of deals.
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Rosemont
Amercan Medical Association
Sunbeam Corp
Sunbeam
AMA
Tamraz Testimony Reveals Push for White House Access
Roger Tamraz, a 57-year-old oil financier, testified before a Senate panel on campaign finance abuses detailing his $300,000 in Democratic contributions aimed at pressuring a White House meeting for a Caspian Sea pipeline. He admitted seeking access as a primary motive and hinted at future larger contributions, while recounting intense lobbying by CIA, Energy Department, and DNC figures and a White House security list keeping him out.
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Washington
Roger Tamraz
White House
Clinton
Amraz
U.S
Joseph Lieberman
D-Conn
Tamraz
CIA
Energy Department
Democratic National Committee
National Security Council
Senate
Carl Levin
Dmich
Sheila Heslin
Lebanon
Don Fowler
Bob
Heslin
Dick Durbin
D-il L
Durbin
Atah
DNC
Fred Thompson
Rtenn
NSC
Hestin
John Carter
Carter
FBI recovers millions stolen from armored car
FBI agents recovered about 18.83 million dollars in cash from a Mountain Home storage unit near Asheville, believed to be the bulk of the Loomis Fargo armored truck heist in Jacksonville Florida. The money weighed 900 pounds and was mostly tens twenties fifties and hundreds. One suspect, Johnson, already faces robbery by force kidnapping and money laundering charges.
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Charlotte
N.C
U.S
Mountain Home
Asheville
FSI
Loomis Fargo
Jacksonville
Fla
William Perry
FBI
Philip Noel Johnson
Buzz Cook
Cook
Chris Johnson
Johnson
Perry
Henderson County
Brownsville
Texas
United States
Mexico
Roger Dale Lawter
Lawter
Customs
Bill Check
Mir reactivates gyroscopes after computer crash
Space station Mir resumed guidance systems as nine of ten gyroscopes were reactivated after a computer malfunction forced power and oxygen reductions. The crew delayed reconnecting Priroda power while reassembling a spare computer and preparing Atlantis shuttle crew changes.
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Moscow
Mir
Mission Control
Irina Manshilina
U.S
Michael Foale
Anatoly Solovyov
Pavel Vinogradov
Interfax
Foale
Atlantis
Davit Wolf
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