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A MAN WHO WRITES a newspaper column in Columbia, Mo., about his daily struggles with AIDS was thrown through a restaurant window, police said. Clifford Moyers, who writes a "Living with AIDS" column in the Columbia Tribune each Sunday, was hospitalized in stable condition, police said. . . . FIVE PEOPLE DIED and an 8-year-old boy was severely burned early Wednesday in an apparent arson fire at a Chicago southwest-side apartment, authorities said. A gasoline can was found in the dining room of the apartment and investigators also found evidence that gasoline was poured in the dining room and living room, Nolan said.