Cleared convict seeks damages for jail term
Izzy Zimmerman, once on Death Row for a murder later cleared, seeks $10 million from New York State for 25 years behind bars. He claims the ordeal ruined his life, while his lawyers press for permission to sue amid ongoing political vetoes. He was freed after witnesses recanted and a court ruled perjury tainted the conviction.
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Odor school seeks average noses in Colorado program
Denver reports the Colorado Department of Health runs an odor school since 1971 to identify inspectors with average smell ability. Few enroll, about half pass tests. course tests nose against scented bottles, odor distinguishments, and uses a charcoal device.
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Richard Fox
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Fox
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Air Quality Control Commission
Liverpool riot stresses police amid clashes and fires
Rioting youths in Liverpool injured about 120 police and fire crews as clashes spread, with tear gas used for the first time on the British mainland. Police said the mobs, some 100 strong, attacked lines with a cement mixer and metal pole assaults. Two dozen injuries reported in related unrest in West London and Toxteth.
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Britain
Northern Ireland
Bernard Keegan
Liverpool
Southall
Biting monkey faces death penalty in Louisiana case
A Capuchin monkey named Columbo faces execution to determine rabies after biting Kathy Haik and her 7 year old son David in Gretna Louisiana. Judge Wallace LeBrun held a hearing to decide if the animal must be killed, with a court-ordered stay blocking the planned 8 am death.
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UPD
Wallace C. LeBrun
Columbo
John Coleman
Kathy Haik
David
Rabies Debate After Columbo Captivity At Parish Shelter
Jefferson Parish Animal Center held Columbo for a 10 day rabies observation but officials with state Health Department concluded the animal must die. Experts noted rabies in long kept primates is rare but could not be ruled out.
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Columbo
Earl Botkins
Animal Center
State Health Department
Nineteen Rescued After Ship Sinks in Labrador Waters
Nineteen survivors were plucked by helicopter from a raft after two days adrift in icy Labrador seas. Eight bodies were recovered and five crew members remain missing from the Arctic Explorer, a 170 foot seismological research vessel. Two Americans were among the survivors, including John Hobert from Dallas. Coast Guard ships searched through the night and officials waited for daybreak to resume air search.
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John Hobert
Dallas
Texas
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Newfoundland
John Robson
Carino Company Ltd
Geophysical Services Inc
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