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...railroad employees in the U.S., a day at work may now include a surprise: being selected for a random drug test. Last week the workers joined more than 650,000 other private-sector employees who during the past month have become subject to new Department of Transportation rules requiring random tests. While many transport workers are already screened before hiring and after accidents, the department hopes its expanded rules will provide an even higher level of deterrence...
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision last March that affirmed the testing of railroad and Customs workers under certain conditions, drug screening faces heated challenges. Last week a federal appeals court halted all testing for 195,500 mass-transit workers. An injunction also prevents the DOT from requiring random or postaccident tests for 3 million truck and bus drivers...
Moscow gave the impression that it had been caught unawares, but it might be more accurate to say that officials turned a blind eye. Last August, for instance, the Central Committee responded to peaceful protests in the Baltics with stern warnings. But the simultaneous railroad blockade of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijanis met with official silence. Armenian activists in Moscow claim that in the weeks leading up to the crisis, they bombarded Gorbachev, the KGB and the Interior Ministry with telegrams and letters warning of an imminent...
...murder, Matthew showed up at the designated rendezvous point. He took Carol Stuart's Gucci bag from Charles. It contained her wallet, makeup and engagement ring as well as the gun. Matthew then went to the home of his best friend, John McMahon, who traveled with him to a railroad bridge in Revere. After removing Carol's engagement ring from the purse, Matthew flung the bag into the river. Then McMahon, at Matthew's bidding, heaved the pistol 25 ft. away from the bridge into the muddy Pines River. That part of Matthew's story proved true. Police divers recovered...
...first criminal case stemming from Amtrak's dumping, a jury in a Florida state court convicted the railroad on four felony counts of commercial littering. When sentencing takes place, Amtrak could be fined $20,000 for its offal offense. The railroad, which planned to appeal, said it would halt service in Florida if the decision is upheld. Amtrak defended its foul trail as merely an "aesthetic" problem...