Memphis police strike ends as unions clash with mayor
Memphis police return to work after seven day strike amid a dispute over contract terms with Mayor Wyeth Chandler. Firefighters plan 7 am shifts Saturday as negotiations continue, with both sides claiming progress on pay and benefits.
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Craig Schwed
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Memphis
Wyeth Chandler
Chris Cothran
Police Union
Kucinich Survives Recall With Narrow Cleveland Lead
In Cleveland, Mayor Dennis Kucinich's recall election margin narrowed to 233 votes as Cuyahoga County officials recounted ballots. After two days of counting, results show Kucinich leading 60,234 to 59,843 with 585 of 645 precincts completed. The county Election Board planned to certify recount results at an 11 a.m. meeting.
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Cleveland
UPI
Dennis Kucinich
Cuyahoga County
Elections Board
Kucinich
County Election Board
Time out time in Medina shows clocks read differently
A Medina Gazette photo shows four square clocks on the Public Square with times ranging from 4:19 to 11:36 as officials note the old Courthouse bell tower from 1872 and the 1915 Highs clock. A 1968 courthouse clock and a modern Savings Deposit Bank digital clock complicate what time it is.
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Pam Hall Medina
Medina
Savings Deposit Bank
Gazette
Thomas
Medina County
Craig Holman
Florida couple wins test tube baby lawsuit
Florida couple John and Doris Del Zio were awarded 50,003 in damages in a 1.5 million suit over the termination of the test tube baby experiment at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The jury found for defendants on property deprivation claims.
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New York
UPI
Florida
John
Doris del Zio
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.S. District Court
Charles Stewart
Vande Wiele
Ande Wiele
Mother pleads guilty in brain-death trial
Denise Ellison, 24, confessed to first degree manslaughter in the June beating of her 4-year-old daughter Stacey. The plea change from third-degree murder came after morning conferences with counsel and her Chicago father. Sentencing is set for Sept. 26. the murder charge could have brought 40 years. The dispute over a television set touched off the fatal assault as the mother, a student in the medical library program at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, sought to advance in her job.
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Arnold Dibble
ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Poncesias
Denise Mercedes Ellison
Stacey
Jessie Ellison
Chicago
Ramsey
J. Jerome Plunkett
University of Minnesota Hospitals
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