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...BLOOD Prosecutors contend that O.J. left blood--his own and that of his victims--around the crime scene, in his car and at his home. Defense attorneys say the blood was either contaminated by police incompetence, making DNA tests unreliable, or planted by Fuhrman and Vannatter. To support the latter claim, they point out that blood disappeared from the lab sample taken from Simpson's arm for comparison purposes in the DNA tests. A nurse originally testified that the sample contained around 8 cc of blood on June 13, but according to defense testimony it lost 1.5 cc of blood...
...front yard, where the two families battled it out before a gathering audience of passersby. The Tulls claim that Heath was on his knees begging for the life of the baby in front of Mary's father, who was preventing him from speaking with his daughter. Mary's parents contend that Heath, along with his family and several friends, was screaming and calling them "baby killers." The Smiths called the police, and Heath was arrested for assaulting a police officer (a charge he later pleaded guilty...
...Tulls contend that it wasn't Mary but her parents who wanted an abortion, which puts their pro-life allies in the unaccustomed position of opposing parental consent (which happens to be the law in Nebraska). In light of the lawsuit, the Tulls are also considering a petition for custody of the child. "After all, whose interest is the other side looking out for?" asks the Tulls' local lawyer, Andrew Ferguson. "Eventually someone is going to have to explain to this young girl why her maternal grandparents sued her father for trying to prevent her from being aborted...
...Clinton aide put it, "He's road testing new material.'' Even on Medicaid, the health-care program mostly for the poor that Republicans propose to hand back to the states, Clinton has been warning that the G.O.P. plan threatens government support for long-term care, leaving baby boomers to contend with their parents' nursing-home bills. "I don't think that's right'' is a big applause line...
Belief is the entire process, contend scientists. About 30% of positive reactions to all drugs can be attributed simply to patients' faith in their power, the so-called placebo effect. "Thought processes can control people's responses," says Purdue's Tyler. "You might as well take a milk-sugar tablet. It's a lot cheaper...