McMartin Preschool founders plead innocent in sex abuse case
In Los Angeles the elderly founder Virginia McMartin 76 and six other defendants pleaded not guilty to a 115 count indictment alleging rape sodomy and other abuse of 18 children from the Virginia McMartin Preschool. Prosecutors seek a single trial to minimize trauma for witnesses. A May 17 pretrial and June 18 hearings set to determine trial readiness.
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Philibosian
Virginia McMartin
Manhattan Beach
Bradley Brunon
Brunon
William Powell
Mary Ann Jackson
Libyan incongruent clash over London embassy siege
Libya accuses Britain of provocative actions over the Libyan embassy in London as 8,000 Britons in Libya face potential danger. In Tripoli, Libyan foreign minister Treiki met with British ambassador Oliver Miles and presented counter proposals to end the siege. Police in London maintain the standoff after a sniper killed a policewoman and wounded 11 protesters while Britain seeks access for questioning and a search.
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Libya
Ali Abdussalam Treiki
Tripoli
Oliver Miles
Miles
Treiki
Foreign Office
Leon Brittan
St. James Square
Britain
Kenneth Newman
Vast Storm Slams Nation Spanning Seasons Across U S
A massive storm system lashed the country with fires of heat in Texas and hail in the plains while snow trapped travelers in Colorado. Tornadoes killed a camper in Lake Canton Oklahoma and injured others as lava threatened Kalapana Hawaii and floods surged in Utah and Idaho.
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Polk County
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Polk Sheriff's Department
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Bruce Kaliser
Utah State Prison
Salt Lake County
Snake River
Idaho- Oregon
Snake
De Lorean sought to pull out of cocaine deal in sting tapes
A court heard tapes in John Z. De Lorean's drug trial showing he tried to back out of a proposed cocaine sale more than a month before his arrest by weaving financial mishap stories and IRA links. He later agreed to continue negotiations with an undercover agent and bring his wife Cristina to meet the contact.
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Los Angeles
John Z. de Lorean
Irish Republican Army
Maverick
FBI
Cristina Ferraro de Lorean
de Lorean
Northern Ireland
Cleveland Faces Highest City Inflation At 7.7 Percent
Cleveland posted a 7.7 percent inflation rate last year, the highest among 28 cities in a Labor Department survey. National urban inflation averaged 3.2 percent. Medical costs rose 10.6 percent, second only to Houston. Fuel, utilities up 12 percent and housing up 12.3 percent.
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