BRIEFLY : ART MUSEUM HEAD EYED FOR DETROIT JOB.Graham W.J. Beal, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. for the past three years, is being actively considered for the directorship of the Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), originally named the Detroit Museum of Art, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. , LACMA LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA Los Angeles County Medical Association LACMA Latin American and Caribbean Movers Association sources said Wednesday. While no job offer has been made, Beal, 51, is currently in Detroit meeting with officials of the Detroit arts institute and community leaders, said LACMA spokesman Keith McKeown. -Daily News Apartment shooting fatal for teen-ager A 17-year-old boy died from several gunshot wounds Wednesday at a North Hills apartment complex, police said. Two men approached the teen around 4 p.m. at 9100 Langdon Ave. and shot him several times in the upper body, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sgt. Paul Miller The name Paul Miller is shared by a number of people.
-Daily News Accountant to pay for anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis scare An accountant who delayed his bankruptcy hearing by calling the Woodland Hills courthouse with a warning of anthrax contamination that turned out to be a hoax has been ordered to pay $600,522 in police and fire costs dealing with the scare. Harvey Craig Spelkin, 53, of Calabasas faced a maximum sentence of life in prison, but U.S. District Judge George H. King on Wednesday instead sentenced Spelkin to one day already served, five years of supervised release, the cost of the city's emergency response, and 400 hours of community service. -Daily News Chick seeks review of rare species find City Councilwoman Laura Chick on Wednesday called for environmental review of two rare or endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. discovered on the site of the proposed Ahmanson Ranch development. In 1993 the city of Los Angeles
On Wednesday, Chick called for the city to demand Ventura County to examine the impacts of the project on two newly identified species. -Daily News Court puts homeless man's case on hold The state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review the case of a homeless man who was sentenced to 25 years to life after trying to break into a church in Los Angeles to steal food. The justices also voted to put Gregory Taylor's case on hold until they decide another case raising a similar issue: whether someone accused of theft can argue that he believed he owned the property or had the right to take it. That case has been under review since last September and has not yet been scheduled for a hearing. -Associated Press Computer system to ID tax cheaters State authorities signed a contract with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) to develop a computerized system to identify California tax nonfilers, state Controller Kathleen Connell said Wednesday. Connell, who also chairs the Franchise Tax Board, said the system should be fully operational by December 2001. With the new high-tech hardware, the state expects to collect about $36 million annually from individuals who previously avoided detection, according to Connell's office. -City News Service Fugitive in slaying of teen girl arrested A fugitive wanted in connection with the slaying of a 14-year-old girl in Santa Monica was arrested Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala. Dennis Ronald Scott, 24, is charged in connection with the 1998 strangulation strangulation /stran·gu·la·tion/ (strang?gu-la´shun) 1. choke (2). 2. arrest of circulation in a part due to compression. See hemostasis (2). stran·gu·la·tion n. of Shevawn Geoghegan in Santa Monica. -Associated Press |
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