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...PHILADELPHIA--Dan Curtin sacked Bucknell quarterback Scott Auchenbach for a safety with 5:58 left to lift Penn...
EARLIER this month, the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of 26 Philadelphia anti-abortion protesters who were fined $108,000 under the federal Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO...
JUSTICE Department regulations now prohibit "creative" uses of RICO by the federal government, but this restriction doesn't apply to private organizations. In Philadelphia, an abortion clinic sued protesters who picketed their clinic weekly for nine years. The case was complicated by the fact that the defendants broke in a couple of times and damaged the clinic's equipment. The $108,000 award to the clinic was essentially a death sentence for the defendants' group...
...Philadelphia clinic's "success" has invigorated others who feel they have been slighted by the so-called "pro-life" movement's efforts. The town of Brookline, Mass--branded as unpatriotically liberal during the last presidential campaign--is invoking the wrath of RICO against Operation Rescue. Brookline is home to several abortion clinics and has therefore been the target of repeated protests. The town wants money for police overtime and injuries incurred by officers in the line of duty...
...Philadelphia Electric...