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...Reported by Jeanne McDowell/Los Angeles, Alice Park/ New York and Lisa H. Towle/Raleigh
There are those who use raw elbow grease to be valedictorian, and there are those who use elbow grease plus lawyer's fees. At New York City's Bayside High School graduation last week, PAIGE GOODMAN (top) and LISA CAMILLERI were named co-valedictorians. But Goodman, whose GPA is 0.05 point higher, found this unacceptable. "I'm senior-class president," Goodman told the New York Times. "I feel like I've been slapped in the face after I've done so much for the school." When the Board of Education said the two should share the honor, Goodman sued...
...death penalty. During the trial, Fort Bragg's chief psychiatrist testified that Kreutzer suffered from a personality disorder that began when he was an adolescent and now makes him chronically depressed and paranoid. "This was a man who for quite a while was coming unglued," reports TIME's Lisa Towle. "As his actions and pleas for help went ignored, he set himself on a path of destruction. And Kreutzer's family accused the military of ignoring all the obvious signs of mental distress." But the prosecution argued that Kreutzer's threats toward fellow soldiers demonstrated that his actions were carefully...
...death penalty. During the trial, Fort Bragg's chief psychiatrist testified that Kreutzer suffered from a personality disorder that began when he was an adolescent and now makes him chronically depressed and paranoid. "This was a man who for quite a while was coming unglued," reports TIME's Lisa Towle. "As his actions and pleas for help went ignored, he set himself on a path of destruction. And Kreutzer's family accused the military of ignoring all the obvious signs of mental distress." But the prosecution argued that Kreutzer's threats toward fellow soldiers demonstrated that his actions were carefully...
...Dream Girls, a.k.a. the U.S. women's basketball team, won their 47th-straight game, defeating Cuba 106-58. Smothering defense helped turn a 58-32 halftime lead into a rout over a team that should be a medal contender in Atlanta. Lisa Leslie, the 6-ft. 5-in. center, led the Americans with 17 points. She said the team is paying no attention to its winning streak. "It means nothing to us," she said. "When we go to the Olympics, it's going to be zero-zero...