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FBI Makes Arrest in Emulex Hoax Case - The Los Angeles office of the FBI
arrested a 23-year-old California man Thursday morning who
allegedly made about $250,000 perpetrating last week's Emulex
(EMLX.O) hoax, officials said. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation said they had evidence the man, arrested in the
Los Angeles area at 7 am Thursday morning, had made money from
of the hoax.
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More Adults Take Drugs in US, Teen Use Drops-Study - Illegal drug use has risen among
young adults in the United States but health authorities said
Thursday they are winning the war against drug use and smoking
among teens, according to a new survey. The 1999 annual survey
on drug abuse released by the Department of Health and Human
Services found that among 18- to 25-year-olds, the rate of
illicit drug use increased steadily from 1997 to 1999.
U.S. Sending More Troops, Money to Fight Fires - The federal government will send 500
more troops and $90 million more to help fight fires in the
western United States, the White House said Thursday. This week
more than 80 fires have been burning across 10 western states
as well as South Dakota and Florida, with a total of more than
1.7 million acres (680,000 hectares) in flames.
U.S. Suit Filed Seeking to Show Diana Murdered - Tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, who owns
London's Harrods luxury department store, filed a suit Thursday
to gain access to secret documents he says may prove his son
and Britain's Princess Diana were murdered in a car crash three
years ago. Speaking outside the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia, a lawyer for Fayed told reporters his
client believed U.S. security agencies, like the Central
Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, had relevant
documents.
Bush Previews 'Failed Leadership' Campaign Theme - Previewing his theme for the rest
of the presidential campaign, Republican nominee George W. Bush
declared Thursday the Clinton administration had failed to
deliver more than 'flowery speeches' and big talk and said the
time had come for new leadership. Turning combative as the
election neared the traditional start of its hectic final two
months on Labor Day, the Texas governor lashed out at Vice
president Al Gore, his Democratic rival, as a member of an
administration that failed to lead for seven years and could
not 'make the case' for four more.
Gore Calls for Patients' Bill of Rights - Vice President Al Gore ended a week of
campaigning on health issues Thursday by calling for a strong
patients' bill of rights, something President Clinton has
battled unsuccessfully for in recent years. Having laid out
plans earlier in the week to strengthen Medicare, add a
prescription drug benefit to the program and ensure access to
health insurance for all America's children, Gore turned to an
issue which has stalled in Congress.
Lockerbie Trial Adjourns, Key Witness on Hold - Judges suspended the
Lockerbie bombing trial for three weeks Thursday, leaving the
prosecution's star witness, a Libyan former double agent, still
waiting to testify. The adjournment, to let U.S. intelligence
services dig up any further information on the witness, was the
latest delay in the 48-day-old trial of Libyans Al-Amin Khalifa
Fahima and Abdel Basset al-Megrahi at the former U.S. airbase
in the Netherlands.
Kansas Official Sued for Posting 'In God We Trust' - The American Civil Liberties Union
filed a lawsuit against a county official in Kansas for posting
'In God We Trust' in county offices and allegedly using county
funds to promote religious beliefs. In its petition filed with
the U.S. District Court in Topeka Wednesday, the ACLU said
Shawnee County Treasurer Rita Cline has been promoting her own
religious beliefs through her official government capacity,
violating the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Nebraska Mercy Killer Released From Prison - A 78-year-old man who said he
shot and killed his ailing wife in her hospital bed to free her
from pain has been freed after serving a little more than a
year of his two-to-five year prison term, parole board
officials said. Vernal 'Bob' Ohlrich, was set free by a
unanimous vote of the parole board Wednesday as he made a
tearful apology for the killing of his wife of 57 years.
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