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...weeks ago, Vice President Al Gore was thrown for a loop on "Meet the Press." Host Tim Russert asked him whether he would postpone the execution of pregnant death row inmates until after they had given birth, and Gore, after some hemming and hawing, finally came up with an answer: "The principle of a woman's right to choose governs in that case." Gore didn't want to alienate his pro-choice constituency, so he just went on autopilot...
...front of one of the row houses, Dolores Dandridge had just placed a table outside to serve her grandchildren lunch. From out of nowhere, she says, nearly a dozen policemen streaked after Jones about 100 yds. from her. Dandridge watched as about five or six officers caught up to him. "The police were swarming around him like bees swarm honey," she says. "They began to beat him, punching him and kicking him. He had his hands in the air, and I didn't see any gun. People were screaming at the police, telling them to stop, that they were going...
Philadelphia Direct Action Group (Tuesday, August 1): Focusing on what it calls the "criminal injustice system," the organization will demonstrate against the "criminalization of people of color and youth" and capital punishment, specifically the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is on death row for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia policeman...
Crashing down a row of tollbooths a week before the Senate election in the hopes of endearing Massachusetts voters essentially did just the opposite: They scoffed at his meager endeavor. Kerry pranced off to Washington leaving Weld in the dust without his coveted Senate seat. Splashing his name on The New York Times and Newsweek appeared to be his next sortie; however, his attempts to create another fifteen minutes of fame were demolished by the churlish Jesse Helms. For once, Helms, the bane of politics, had the right idea. Weld, seeking the illustrious position of Ambassador to Mexico, made himself...
Maryellen Broderick of Lawrence, Mass., said she took a 5:30 a.m. train into Boston. Her efforts were well rewarded--she was sitting in the front row of seats near the Aquarium...