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...hitting farm subsidies and corporate welfare. In the House Agriculture Committee, G.O.P. unity broke down, for instance, during an attempt last week to reduce farm-subsidy payments. A bill strongly promoted by chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas was defeated when Democratic opponents were joined by four Republicans from cotton-growing districts where agribusiness has taken in $4.6 billion in agriwelfare over the past 10 years...
Kids had the run of Essex St., which was packed with trays of toys, cotton candy and bouquets of balloons...
...longest in the nation. That also gave Paterno his 271st victory as a head coach, which is fourth on the all-time major college list, behind Bear Bryant (323), Pop Warner (319) and Amos Alonzo Stagg (314). The only coach ever to win the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Cotton bowls, Paterno has had five unbeaten, untied seasons and two undisputed national championships. He might have had a third last year, but the college football polls gave the mythical national championship to Nebraska, which made everyone in Happy Valley, including Paterno, very unhappy...
Nearly four months after the opening of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the prosecution introduced its most damning evidence: the apparently incriminating results of DNA blood tests. Forensic scientist Robin Cotton testified that a blood drop found at the crime scene matched Simpson's -- with a 1-in-170 million chance it could have been someone else's-and that blood found on a sock at Simpson's estate matched his slain ex-wife's, with an even smaller margin of error. On cross-examination, the defense repeated its dual themes that the blood sent to Cotton...
...prosecution in theO.J. Simpson trialtoday began laying the groundwork for the crucial DNA testimony in the case that may establish thetrail of bloodtying Simpson to the crime scene. Dr. Robin Cotton, director of the nation's largest independent DNA forensic laboratory, gave jurors whatTIME Los Angeles correspondent James Willwerthcalls "a very user-friendly lesson on what DNA is and how DNA testing is done." Their purpose, says Willwerth, is "to demonstrate the DNA testing is science rather than voodoo," as the defense will assert...