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REDWOOD City
Calitornia — Rachel Landa,
48, got our of her van to
pump gas, but when she
realized the hese wouldn't
reach, she instructed her
14-year-old daughter ro get
tehind the wheel and back
itup.

By the time the girl wres-
iled the van to a stop, the
mother had been run over
three times (broken ankle,
foot and finger), and the
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the station.

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The staff of the San
Francisco Human Rights
Commission found that The
Cafe, a gay and lesbian bar,
had illegally discriminated
in an incident in which a
straight, man and woman
were ushered out the door
for smooching too heavily.

According to a witness,
the bartender told the cou-
ple, “What youre doing is
very offensive to people
here,” even though gays
and lesbians freely make out
on the premises. (The Cafe
says ic has since adopted a
policy barring heavy kissing
Yy anyone.) .

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Arlington, Virginia —
Attempting to influence a
jury to give him a light sen-
tence for 20 counts of cred-

card fraud, Oludare

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Qgunde, 28, at first asked
for mercy but then said the

jury should keep him out of

rison because if he were
locked up, he would just
teach other inmates — the
“hardened criminals” —
how to commit credit card
fraud.
“And,” he reminded the
jury, “we're trying to ) Pre-
vent crime in America.”

Santiago Alvarado, 24.
was killed when he fell tace-
first through the ceiling ofa
Lompac, Californiz bicycle
shop he was burglarizing.

Death was caused when
the large flashlight he had

jaced in his mouth (to

cep his hands free)
crammed against the base of
his skull 2s he hit the floor.

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Tie Tennesecan reported
tecently on state govern-
tient engineer Ken
Kobichaun's lonely, LO-year
srusade to wipe Gut’ both
he English system of mea-
surement and the metric
ystem, in favor of one that
combines weight, length -
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of measures denominated 3s
Hor surprisingly} “robies.”
For example, 25 robies
could stand for any of 8
ounces, 1 cup, 250 milli-
liters, 250 grams or 250
cubic centimetres.
He said Al Gore, when
he was a senator, once called’
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In Milwaukee, the family .-
of Robert Senz demanded -
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July that Borgwardt Funcral
Home dig up the body
because his wallet was miss-

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reburial bill for $2,149, but
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ical ezaminer’s fault and.
sent the bill there, but that
office has denied responsi-
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