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Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.<p/>The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner took off from John F.

Three years later, Himes tinkers with Dodd-Frank The final bill -- officially the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protect Act,'' was approved by the House and Senate by almost pure party-line votes and signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010. [] as Dodd-Frank nears its third anniversary, some of the same legislative battles are sparking squalls in Congress -- and Himes, 46, a Greenwich resident, finds himself in the hot seat on the Financial Services Committee. A derivative is an instrument based on the value of another asset, and some categories of derivatives such as those based on subprime mortgages were a key culprit in the 2007-2010 financial meltdown. Alexis Goldstein, a New York-based financial analyst and a critic of the Himes amendment, says his proposal would gut the push-out requirement and allow insured banks to continue making risky investments such as derivatives, investments based on the value of other assets. The Himes amendment flips it around and allows almost all derivatives to be held inside the insured depository except for structured finance swaps based on non-investment grade asset-backed securities.'' Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has opposed the amendment, as has former Chairman Frank, who predicted that if the Senate ever adopted the change, President Obama would veto it. Most of the world regards Dodd-Frank and the financial services industry as a morality play, good versus evil,'' he said in an interview. On the one hand, you have the evil greed mongers of Wall Street and on the other hand you've got Dodd-Frank in the service of the angels. [] it follows that anything in Dodd-Frank that is weak was put in there because of bank lobbying and someone who gave in to the forces of evil.''

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BERNALILLO--Two days after getting the knock on his door that every parent dreads, Joseph Cordova went to his daughter's home to pick out a dress for her funeral. What he found when he arrived on Oct. 23, 2007 shocked him. "There were boxes everywhere. Everything was packed -- like she didn't exist," Cordova said through tears and clenched teeth from the witness stand this morning in state District Court, where his former son-in-law, Levi Chavez, is on trial for the murder of Cordova's daughter, Tera Chavez.

Camille Telusma, 21, of Gainesville, who was caring for the child Tuesday, was arrested on child neglect and cruelty charges.