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...apparently drifted off the road and struck a rock ledge, Burke said. Mildbrandt was pronounced dead at the scene...
...dining services union struck in 1983 and 1986 after Harvard tried to hire subcontractors...
During his eight-day investigation, Van Kappen found evidence that no fewer than 36 Israeli shells had landed in or near the U.N. camp, concentrating in two areas. According to his report, the first pocket, 120 yds. south of the base, was struck almost exclusively by "impact-fuzed" shells, which explode when they hit the ground. These rounds, which are most effective at destroying equipment and munitions, landed close to where Hizballah had been firing a mortar at a nearby Israeli ground unit. The second area, located in the U.N. base itself, was hit mainly by "proximity-fuzed" shells, which...
Until recently the idea of studying twisters in the field would have struck most people as foolhardy. After all, these monsters of the atmosphere are as unpredictable as sharks, and considerably more dangerous. Just ask the 12,000 residents of Beatrice, Nebraska, whose town was vandalized by a big tornado last week. Or ask Sheriff Donnie Joe Yancey of Izard County, Arkansas, who tangled with the funnel that rampaged through his section of the state last month, killing seven people and injuring 30 more. Yancey was preparing to get out of his jeep, he recalls, when "it got real dark...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Supreme Court decided Monday on a tight 5-4 vote to curtail punitive damage awards from juries. The court struck down as "grossly excessive" a $2 million award won by an Alabama doctor dissatisfied with his BMW. Althought businesses around the country hailed today's decision as a victory, the ruling did not contain any new legal guidelines for future punitive damages caps. The Court only made clear that the awards in this case were excessive and "transcended the constitutional limit". Among the dissenting judges, Antonin Scalia wrote for himself and Clarence Thomas that the ruling...