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...Bianco did not rest easy. When she learned two months ago that her ex- husband was eligible for a pass under the prison's furlough program, she appealed to the local prosecutor for help. "We told them it was not appropriate or wise to release him," recalls St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Barnes. "We said we wanted to be notified if and when he ever came up for another pass." Matheney was denied that furlough, but earlier this month prison officials did grant him an eight-hour pass without notifying Barnes or Bianco. Matheney drove to Mishawaka and, according...
...protection. Ignoring the order, Anthony broke into his ex-wife's home last year and stabbed her with a hunting knife, leaving a scar that ran from her throat to her pubic bone. Police arrested him, but he soon got out on bail and resumed harassing April. Two months ago, Anthony shot his wife to death, then committed suicide...
...jail. Follow-up studies done two years after the program started show that about 80% of the women whose partners went through the program were no longer being battered. "It's made a big difference in our life," says a woman whose boyfriend attended the classes two years ago. "Without that program we would have broken up, because I know he would have beaten me again...
Although no solid scientific evidence indicates that hormones in beef are hazardous, many Americans are concerned. The European Community prohibited such drug use in cattle four years ago, and last January the E.C. banned imports of meat treated with hormones. But adding antibiotics to feed may pose an even greater threat. For years the drugs have been losing their punch against bacterial infections in humans. One explanation: the bacteria that normally flourish in the guts of farm animals are developing immunity to the antibiotics. And these new strains of superbugs are being passed on to people in the meat they...
Soon to trade his beat for London, Banta is sure to keep following the dizzying developments in Eastern Europe. "The pace of change has been extraordinary," says Banta. "Three years ago, Hungarians would laugh bitterly at the notion of free elections. Today they're about to have them." But such extraordinary change has not occurred everywhere. As the kindly Rumanian passport official put it, "I hope we see you again -- if you can come back...