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General Motors will recall some 470,000 Cadillacs and pay an $11 million fine in what the Justice Department said was the first-ever court-ordered automobile recall. At issue: a computer chip, installed in 1991, that fixed a stalling problem by enriching the fuel when the heater or air conditioner was on. The resulting emissions were three times greater than allowed under the Clean Air Act. In announcing the recalls, Attorney General Janet Reno told a news conference, "It is simply not fair to burden people's health to improve the sales of automobiles." But Detroit bureau chief William...
...owes his title to skillful bull riding and a botched grocery-store robbery; and Terry Hawkins, a former butcher-shop employee who killed his supervisor with a hammer and went on to win this year's "Guts & Glory," an event in which contestants try to remove a poker chip taped to the forehead of an angry bull...
...Every time O.J. Simpson opens his mouth in public, he gets in trouble," says TIME's Elaine Lafferty. "Like when he said he wanted to knock the chip off Marcia Clark's shoulder." Seeking to avoid any more such trouble, Simpson's lawyers were in court Wednesday to ask Judge Alan Haber to seal Simpson's upcoming deposition in the wrongful death suits brought by the families of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Simpson attorney Robert Baker argues that the depositions must be kept private to avoid prejudicing potential jurors, but lawyers for the Brown family say there...
High school coaches are asked to respond and inform the staff if they believe they have any candidates. In addition, Murphy and his staff look at Blue-Chip and other national and regional recruiting publications, and get input from alumni across the country...
...SIMPSON'S PHONE-CALL INTERVIEW with the New York Times, he said he had been wrong to "get physical'' with his wife. Simpson went on to tell the Times later in the interview, "I'd like to be able to knock that chip off Marcia's shoulder.'' Seems to me that Simpson still has difficulty in trying to control his impulses and anger in committing violence against women LOUISE PASTUCK, New York City