Woman christens destroyer named for Navy hero
Evelyn Momsen Hailey, 82, christened a new $1 billion 510 foot guided missile destroyer in Bath Maine. The ship honors Vice Admiral Charles Bowers Momsen famed for a 1939 deep sea rescue of 33 sailors. The ceremony featured a champagne bottle break on the bow as crowds cheered. The vessel is designed to withstand chemical attacks and carry advanced radar for multi domain combat.
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Maine
Evelyn Momsen Hailey
Charles Bowers Momsen
Christopher Hailey
Momsen
Navy
Submarine Corps
Insurers Block Demolition of WTC Deutsche Bank Tower
Allianz and AXA oppose plans to demolish the 40 story Deutsche Bank building damaged by the 9 11 attacks arguing repair is possible A Deutsche Bank source says the bank will sue the insurers if they refuse demolition The tower suffered a large facade gash from the twin towers collapse and is now mold asbestos contaminated and unusable, the bank says
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New York
World Trade Center
Allianz
Germany
AXA
France
Deutsche Bank
Bank
Insurgents fire rockets at U.S. base in Afghanistan
Afghan insurgents launched six rockets at a U.S. base near the Pakistan border in Shkin Paktia. No casualties or damage were reported, and U.S. forces returned fire from Bagram as coalition troops face frequent rocket attacks on small southern and eastern bases.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Pakistan
Shkin
Paktia
Rodney Davis
Bagram
Moussaoui Prosecutor Hints Others In Plot To Hit White House
In Alexandria VA prosecutors say Zacarias Moussaoui and additional would-be hijackers may have conspired to crash a plane into the White House. Prosecutor Kenneth Karas noted at a January 30 court hearing that more people were involved beyond Moussaoui.
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Zacarias Moussaoui
White House
Moussaoui
Kenneth Karas
Karas
al-Qaida
Schwarzenegger Enters California Recall Race at Recorder’s Office
In Sacramento Schwarzenegger signed autographs and filed to run for governor with a crowd cheering. Peter Ueberroth followed, joining Cruz Bustamante Larry Flynt Arianna Huffington Bill Simon and others as candidates on the recall ballot to decide Davis’s fate on Oct 7.
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Calif
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office
California
Peter Ueberroth
Gray Davis
Cruz Bustamante
Larry Flynt
Davis
Cially
Bustamante
John Garamendi
Bill Simon
Tom McClintock
Arianna Huffington
Schwarzenegger
Maria Shriver
Iraqi combat, smuggling raid, and arrests headline US military actions
Four American soldiers wounded in guerrilla attacks as US-led forces thwart a diesel smuggling operation off Umm Qasr by boarding a ship. In Kirkuk and Basra troops came under fire or protest violence, with British forces sustaining injuries. Saddam Hussein's former interior minister surrendered to coalition forces, now held in custody. The Navstar tanker seizure and embassy bombing probe add to security developments in Baghdad.
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Iraq
Umm Qasr
178Rd Airborne
Kirkuk
Bill McDonald
4Th Infantry
McDonald
Maj
Todd Mercer
82Nd Airborne Division
Basra
Associated
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmad
Central Command
Cmdr
Nick Balke
L. Paul Bremer
HMS Sutherland
Navstar
Bremer
FBI
al-Qaida
Ansar al-Islam
Ansar
al- Qaida
Afghanistan
Nine comedians to host 55th Emmy Awards show
Los Angeles announces nine hosts Ellen DeGeneres Brad Garrett Darrell Hammond George Lopez Conan OBrien Garry Shandling Martin Short Jon Stewart Wanda Sykes will share hosting duties on September 21 on Fox with a different host after each segment. Howard Stern settles Are You Hot suit against ABC Telepictures for undisclosed terms. Quincy Jones to help organize Legends of Los Angeles Pop New Year concert downtown aiming for 30000 attendees with $15 tickets and portion to his foundation.
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Ellen DeGeneres
Brad Garrett
Darrell Hammond
George Lopez
Conan O’brien
Garry Shandling
Martin Short
Jon Stewart
Wanda Sykes
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Fox
Howard Stern
Stern
ABC
Telepictures Productions
Quincy Jones
Jones’ Foundation
Holcombe sues for heartbreak. jury awards 175000
Albert Edwin Holcombe Jr. sued Harry Stevens for destroying his marriage to Andrea Holcombe. A jury awarded $175,000 to compensate for emotional damages from the affair and breakup of a 1980 marriage that ended in 1999.
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Miss
Albert Edwin Holcombe Jr
Harry Stevens
Holcombe
Stevens
Andrea Holcombe
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