Democrats boot Sanchez for Playboy fundraiser
Rep Loretta Sanchez loses a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention after holding a fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion. DNC officials meet Aug 18 to decide further actions possibly removing her as general co chair and withdrawing campaign support for her re election.
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Garden Grove
Calif
Loretta Sanchez
Playboy Mansion
Democratic National Committee
Joe Andrew
Sanchez
al Gore
Speight Charged With Treason In Fiji Parliament Raid
Coup leader George Speight faced treason, conspiracy to commit treason and being an accessory after the fact to treason at Suva Magistrates Court. Prosecutor Robert Schuster said treason is a capital offense with potential life sentences for the other charges.
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Fiji
Speight
Suva
George Speight
Isis
Robert Schuster
Associated Press
Helicopter Crashes While Responding to Climber Rescue
A rescue helicopter with three aboard crashed into a Kebnekaise mountainside in arctic Sweden while approaching two climbers. Police in Gaellivare reported the crash occurred about 6,000 feet up the mountain and the crew's condition was not known. The incident happened as rescuers tried to reach the climbers near Sweden’s highest peak, roughly 720 miles north of Stockholm.
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Tockholm
Sweden
Arctic
Kebnekaise
Gaellivare
Stockholm
Cheney 1986 Iran Contragate Moment Examined
As a 1986 congressman Dick Cheney attended a White House meeting where Oliver North misled the House Intelligence Committee. He later defended North at Iran Contra hearings and campaigned for him in 1994 while facing scrutiny as Bush’s running mate.
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Congress
Dick Cheney
White House
Oliver North
House Intelligence Committee
Cheney
North
US Senate
George W. Bush
House
EgyptAir 990 crash reports released amid dispute
US investigators say a co pilot may have deliberately plunged EgyptAir Flight 990 off the New England coast killing 217 on Oct 31. Egyptian officials reject the foul play theory and cite possible mechanical failure bomb or missile as probable causes. Reports cover human performance structure power plants maintenance and air traffic control findings.
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Washington
EgyptAir
New England
National Transportation Safety Board
Buchanan condemns moral crisis as Reform rival factions split
In Long Beach California Pat Buchanan decried a national moral crisis while rival Reform Party conventions pitched dual nominations. Perot Hagelin supporters accuse Buchanan of rigging the process and seek to block the nominee from a potential 12.5 million government grant.
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Long Beach
Calif
Reform Party
Pat Buchanan
America
Eee
Rome
Weimar
Clinton apologizes for Lewinsky scandal during Chicago talk
President Clinton called the Monica Lewinsky affair a terrible mistake and defended Al Gore in a 90 minute session with 4500 ministers in suburban Chicago. He said Gore should not be blamed and praised their work together as good while Gore seeks distance from the scandal ahead of the Democratic nomination with Sen. Joseph Lieberman on the ticket.
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South Barrington, Ill
Monica Lewinsky
Clinton
al Gore
Chicago
Gore
Joseph Lieberman
Senate
Robert Downey Jr
Ally McBeal
Los Angeles
Calista Flockhart
David
Calista
Downey
Liz Taylor discharged from L A hospital after pneumonia
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, 68, was discharged from a Los Angeles hospital where she was treated for pneumonia. KTLA quoted a Taylor spokesman saying she is doing much better. The report notes her past hospitalizations and film accolades.
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Liz Taylor
L.A. Hospital
Elizabeth Taylor
Los Angeles Hospital
Ktla -Tv
Taylor
Virginia Woolf
Ports board member calls for joint port study with Georgia
Charleston advocate William Bethea urges SC Ports Authority to reexamine a Savannah River port plan and consider jointly developing a Jasper County site with Georgia Ports Authority. He argues cooperation could avoid endless competition and aid the region while opponents push the Global Gateway project. Government officials caution about multiple issues before any joint venture.
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South Carolina
Savannah
Georgia Ports Authority
William L. Bethea Je
South Carolina Authority
Palestine
Israel
Georgia
Daniel Island
US Army Corps of Engineers
Jasper County
Savannah River
Bethea
South Carolina State Ports Authority
Patricia Reese
S.C
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Eddie Buck
Cussler seeks Pioneer II sub hunt after Hunley find
Clive Cussler, famed for locating the Confederate submarine Hunley, seeks permission to search for Pioneer II off Alabama after his team’s 1990s work in Mobile Bay. The Baldwin County Preservation Committee continues the hunt near Fort Morgan while Hunley’s discovery is celebrated.
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Ala
Clive Cussler
H.L. Hunley
Atlantic Ocean
Alabama
Cussler
Mobile Bay
Fort Morgan
Baldwin County Archaeological Preservation Committee
Charleston
S.C
Mobile Register
The
Register
Baldwin County
Custer
Jack Friend
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