71. -- A convicted forger jailed for one month for refusing to testify before the Los Angeles County grand jury filed defamation claims against the county and the police department. 72. A Democratic senator called on lawmakers to bring the chief executives of the seven largest U.S. tobacco companies back to testify before Congress. 73. A cancer society that gets federal funds might then not be able to testify before Congress on the best prospects for cancer research. 74. A handful of corporate executives have spoken out publicly against the embargo in recent months, and others have testified before Congress. 75. A Democratic senator called on lawmakers to call the heads of the seven largest U.S. tobacco companies back to testify before Congress. 76. A few hours later, Majority Whip Tom DeLay, R-Texas, lashed out against campaign finance overhauls while testifying before the House Administration Committee. 77. A French journalist, who said she had had a range of illnesses since covering the Persian Gulf and Balkans wars, has been called to testify before Parliament. 78. A number of Holocaust survivors and their relatives have testified before Quackenbush and other state insurance commissioners about the refusal of insurance companies to honor claims. 79. A lawyer for Chang, Bradley D. Simon, said his client would not comment on the case but was eager to testify before the Senate Ethics Committee. 80. A prosecution witness, he previously testified before the Alabama grand jury that returned indictments against Blanton and Cherry. |