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...City Councilor • The War Zone The politican responsible for the World Trade Center's district went from worrying about potholes to worrying about poisonous...
...them for a gourmet dinner to be repugnant. "It's one of the most inhumane, brutal and shady practices going on in the United States today," complains Republican Rep. John Sweeney, who sponsored the measure to ban the sale and transport of horses to the slaughterhouses. Sweeney's congressional district includes the Saratoga Springs harness racing track...
...APOLOGY DENIED. To Chen Yabian, 79, and seven other Chinese "comfort women" held as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers during World War II, in what is expected to be the last of several lawsuits against the Japanese government for war crimes; by the Tokyo District Court; in Tokyo. While the court acknowledged that Japanese soldiers had abducted and repeatedly raped the wom-en?some only 14 years old at the time?it dismissed their demands for a formal apology and $200,000 each in compensation, saying that the current government could not be held responsible for Japan's wartime military...
...ever. After years without a serious suspect, the abrupt dismissal of the burgeoning case against admitted pedophile John Mark Karr has made investigators wonder what's next. "There's a very high level of frustration. But we still very much hope it will be solved," said Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy, sounding defensive in a hastily convened press conference to explain how the case against Karr disintegrated. But Lacy seemed unsure that JonBenet's killer would be brought to justice on her watch, signaling that she expected the investigation to continue even after her two remaining years...
...Norm Early, former Denver District Attorney and now spokesman for the National District Attorney's Association, says Lacy did nothing wrong. "If the DNA had come back as a match, no one would be questioning the fact that she brought him back and spent the money to do it. Everybody would be saying it was a brilliant move." Critics, however, say that among other things, Lacy grew too close to the Ramseys - she attended Patsy's funeral, they point out - and that she wasn't sufficiently skeptical of a mentally troubled trickster. If Lacy was duped, however...