Keating pleads guilty to four counts in S&L scandal deal
Former Lincoln Savings chief Charles Keating Jr. admitted to four fraud counts, accepting a deal allowing his release. The case centerpiece of the 1980s S&L crisis involved about 200 million in investor losses and a 3.4 billion taxpayer cost. Prosecutors had indicated they would seek retry.
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Ottawa transit worker opens fire at bus garage killing four
An Ottawa transport agency employee shot four people at the citys main bus garage before taking his own life with a high powered rifle. Police said the attack happened in a cavernous maintenance facility housing about 500 buses and that the gunmans name would not be released pending family notification.
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Hartford Officers Arrested in Soliciting Case
Hartford police officers Michael Basile and Jesus Rivera were arrested on federal civil rights charges alleging they coerced prostitutes into sex under threat of arrest. A former officer pleaded guilty to related charges and a fourth arrest was possible, with Basile and Rivera each released on $100,000 bail.
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Stephen Adams
Police Department
Michael Basile
Jesus Rivera
Michael Wood
Hartford Police Union
Pye
Red flags trigger audits in IRS computer system
The IRS uses a secret DIF computer formula to select returns for audit, auditing less than two percent. Self employed incomes with high itemized deductions and unusual medical, charitable, or casualty write offs raise flags, while proper documentation and prompt written responses help close cases. experts note two main flag categories and emphasize thorough records and timely replies to IRS inquiries.
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Washington
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
Mike Szalkowski
Ernst & Young Accountants
Atlanta
Don Roberts
Martinsburg
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New York
Nick Morrow
Clinton Defends China Plan Amid Cold War Fears
President Clinton defended engagement with China amid criticism of human rights and trade policies. He warned against a campaign-driven cold war that would isolate Beijing and harm opportunities for dialogue, information access, and ties with the democratic world as Zhu Rongji prepares for talks.
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Beijing
Clinton
United States
China
Zhu Rongji
United States Institute For Peace
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America
Man on Death Row Freed Is Charged With Murder
Rolando Cruz, exonerated after nearly a decade on death row for the 1983 Naperville murder, faces new murder charges for his own lies amid a probe accusing seven Illinois officials of framing him. The case alleges conspiracy to obstruct justice and official misconduct with added perjury counts for deputies.
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Cruz
Smithsonian Adds Balloon to Exhibits at Museum
The Smithsonian welcomes Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon entry to its National Air and Space Museum display lineup. Balloon stands 181 feet tall when inflated and will be shown with its gondola featuring a bunk, toilet, kitchen, control panel, oxygen tanks, solar panels, satellite phones and a fax machine.
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Bertrand Piccard
National Air and Space Museum
Charles Lindbergh
Switzerland
London
Missing atheist leader O Hair case widens to murder probe
FBI and prosecutors probe the 1995 disappearance of Madalyn Murray O Hair as two ex cellmates face firearms charges. David Waters once ran the American Atheists office and is linked, by defense, to possible involvement. Gary Karr admits helping dispose of four bodies in Texas, including a man linked to Waters. No direct link disclosed by authorities.
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
David Waters
Waters
FBI
Karr
O'Hair
Patrick Ganne
Gamne
Mrs. O'Hair
Supreme Court
U.S
God
Starr to testify on independent counsel law before Senate panel
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and the three-judge panel that appointed him will testify April 14 before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee considering renewal of the Watergate era law. The panel will hear Starr and three judges. The issue centers on reform or expiration of the 1978 statute governing independent counsels.
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Kenneth Starr
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W Starr
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T. Fay
David B. Sentelle
Thompson
Clinton
Court of Appeals
Lawrence Walsh
Reagan
Justice Department
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