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Reagan said yesterday he would choose a newnominee as soon as possible. He is expected toconsider seriously the two other finalists in hislast search for a nominee, Judge Anthony A.Kennedy of Sacremento, Cal., and Judge William W.Wilkins of Greenville...
...learned Moore's secret: he was really George Raffield Jr., 21, a rookie officer working undercover for the local police department to ferret out drug use among the 765 students. On Oct. 24 his body was discovered in a clump of cedar trees near town, a .38-cal. bullet hole in the head. "His cover was blown, and he was murdered because of it," said a Texas Ranger investigating the case...
...National Association of Working Women, claims that many women telecommuters are working unreasonably long hours without overtime pay, doing computerized piecework in what she calls "electronic sweatshops." One of the most troubled telecommuting programs was set up by California-Western States Life Insurance in Sacramento. Eight women, all veteran Cal-West claims processors, sued the firm, asking for $1 million in punitive damages. Among their complaints, the women contended that Cal-West pressured them into working as much as 16 hours a day at home and misrepresented the working arrangements. Cal-West denies the charges...
...spotted an unknown intruder in the house and fatally stabbed him after a ferocious struggle, he told Webster County Sheriff Eugene Fraker. In the bedroom Schnick's wife lay dead, shot twice in the head. The mysterious intruder, who was sprawled dead in the hallway, a .22-cal. pistol clutched in his hand, turned out to be Kirk Buckner, Schnick's 14-year-old nephew...
...would be crazy enough to undertake such a deadly commission. Pica promptly said he would volunteer -- if the price was right. Three months later, as James Pierson, a 42-year-old electrician, left his Long Island home for work one morning, Pica shot him five times with a .22-cal. rifle...