Irving Loses Libel Suit Over Holocaust Scope Claim
British High Court rules against historian David Irving in his libel suit seeking to clear his name after Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books accused him of denying the Holocaust. Irving contends he questions totals and methods of Nazi camp deaths while not denying Jews were killed.
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DNDON
David Irving
Irving
Deborah Lipstadt
Penguin Books
Britain
High
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Lipstadt
Chinese to lend zoo two pandas to Smithsonian
The National Zoo plans to host two pandas from China for ten years with a signed letter of intent reportedly exchanged by officials. Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small was set for a news conference to confirm the major announcement amid discussions on about eight million dollars in rental costs and negotiations with Chinese authorities.
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Washington
National Zoo
China
Post
Big Small
Associated Press
Senate probes funeral industry amid competition and fraud fears
The Senate Special Committee on Aging opened hearings on alleged unscrupulous funeral practices. Senator John Breaux urged fair pricing while industry groups cite an annual survey showing 80 percent of consumers satisfied with services.
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Washington
Senate
Special Committee On
Arovider
John Breaux
Uisiana
Barak seeks peace talks during 19 hour Washington visit
Denounced by Yasser Arafat as an extremist Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak visits Washington for 19 hours to plan an orderly Lebanon retreat and press for further territorial concessions to the Palestinians. Syria’s response to Clinton overtures is deemed inadequate by the State Department. Albright says there is not much give from Syria, but notes some response.
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Washington
Yasser Arafat
Ehud Barak
Lebanon
Syria
Clinton
Madeleine Albright
Israel
Gas tax rollback debate drums up Congress spotlight
The Senate faces a vote on rolling back 4.3 cents of the federal gas tax for the rest of the year and suspending the full 18.4-cent tax if average prices top $2 a gallon. County Leader Trent Lott, R Miss, sponsors the bill needing 60 votes to end debate and advance toward passage.
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Senate
Capitol Hill
Congress
Trent Lott
R-Miss
Lott
Newport casting call for sea worthy men in Cuban missile crisis thriller
About three dozen people answered a gifting call on Sunday to portray officers and sailors in Kenin Ostner's political thriller about the Cuban missile crisis. Cast included divers and hobbyists posing for snapshots before the camera in Newport. Freddie Prinze Jr. says he loves comics and bought rare X-Men Spider-Man Fantastic Four issues. He met Stan Lee, creator of many favorites. Montel Williams announces divorce after seven years of marriage Grace Williams. Williams notes they separated and filed last November. he hosts the Montel Williams Show for nine seasons.
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Kenin
Movieline Magazine
Prinze
Stan Lee
Elian Saga Near An End As Family Relents To Father
Five months after Elian Gonzalez was rescued, Miami relatives meet with government psychiatrists to plan the boy’s transfer to his father. Federal appeals court hopes fade as thousands gather in Little Havana waving Cuban flags and praying for Elian.
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Elian Gonzalez
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Lazaro Gonzalez
Washington, D.C
Ninoska Perez
Cuban American National Foundation
Little Havana
Carlos Rodriguez
North Santee Woman Wins Internet Lottery Prize
Blanche Bolam a 77 year old former farmer and house wife from Santee South Carolina won 1 million dollars in an Internet lottery with FreeLotto.com She said she played nearly daily since February and picked numbers by chance without a system The lottery’s parent company PlasmaNet credited the win as one of four million dollar prizes since FreeLotto began online in June 1999.
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FreeLotto.com
Bolam
Kevin Arnon
FreeLotto
PlasmaNet
Mass killings coverage wins Pulitzer prizes
New York report notes pulitzer honors for mass-killing coverage from Korea to Colorado and Kosovo. AP won for investigative reporting on a bloody early Korean War incident. The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Denver papers, and others received multiple awards for public service, reporting, criticism, and photography.
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Korea
Colorado
Kosovo
Associated Press
U.S
Columbia University
Washington Post
The
Wall Street Journal
Paul Gigot
Denver Daily
Radiation exposure tied to higher blood cancer risk studies
Los Alamos and three other U.S. Department of Energy sites are linked to an increased risk of multiple myeloma from ionizing radiation. The UNC Chapel Hill study analyzed worker exposure and health records, noting greater susceptibility for older workers and stressing caution for younger workers.
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U.S. Department of Energy
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Annals of Epidemiology
DOE
Hanford
Wash
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tennessee
Savannah River
South Carolina
Steve Wing
University of North Carolina School of Public Health
US Department of Energy
Wing
Washington
DNA tests led to brothers in Louisiana rape case
Clyde Charles was freed after DNA proved he could not commit the rape of a nurse 19 years ago. New tests now link his brother Marlo Charles to the crime, prompting authorities to accuse Clyde of knowing of the act. The pair’s paths diverged that night in bayou country and the case has reignited as Marlo faces arrest in Virginia.
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Clyde
Mario Charles
South Louisiana
Bayou
Clyde Charles
Marlo Charles
PBS
Frontline
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Marlo
Virginia
Terrebonne Parish
Black lawmakers challenge courtesy title plan in South Carolina
Some black legislators oppose Gov Hodges plan to require students to address teachers as sir or maam saying it echoes oppressive eras. Rep Leon Howard says it risks placing Black students in subservient roles while Rep Todd Rutherford defends the measure as boosting civility. The bill would start in K to grade five next year with phased implementation for higher grades.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Leon Howard
South Carolina
Hodges
Morton Brilliant
Todd Rutherford
Dcolumbia
Rutherford
Marines confident of finding cause of Osprey crash
Washington Marines expect quick determination of why an MV-22 Osprey crashed near Arizona. Infrared footage from a nearby fighter jet and data from the flight recorder should reveal the cause within a week, officials said. No distress signal was issued and weather was calm with 20 mile visibility.
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Fred McCorkle
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McCorkle
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