Retail sales inch up as auto drop is offset
Commerce Department data show July retail sales up 0.1 percent with gains in furniture and department stores offsetting a large drop in auto purchases. Seven major U.S. automakers report a 7.4 percent year over year rise in early August. The Dow rose, and construction of new homes grew 4 percent in Q2 per McGraw-Hill’s Dodge data. Total July retail sales reached 118.7 billion dollars.
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U.S
F.W. Dodge
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co
Beirut bombing kills at least 15 in Dora district
A Mercedes laden with 220 pounds of explosives exploded beside a coffee shop in east Beirut causing a five story Gemayel family building fire. At least 15 people died and 40 were wounded as surrounding shops and cars burned and rescuers evacuated tenants.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Gemayel
Dora
Three Years Sought For Belushi Companion In Overdose Case
Los Angeles AP Cathy Evelyn Smith awaiting sentencing for involuntary manslaughter in John Belushi death. Prosecutor says she used hard drugs, injected Belushi 20 times in last 24 hours, seeks three years in prison. Sentencing delayed to Sept 2 due to defense depositions in DeLorean case.
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Cathy Evelyn Smith
John Belushi
Miss Smith
Elden Fox
Howard Weitzman
Switzerland
England
Netherlands
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Belushi
Smith
Animal House
UPS workers find 12 human heads in leaking package
In Louisville, UPS hub employees found 12 human heads after opening a leaking package. The FBI investigates possible law violations while a Philadelphia doctor shipped the heads to a Colorado medical facility. Coroner Greathouse criticizes handling and urges immediate notification of authorities.
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Philadelphia
Colorado
Jefferson County
Richard Greathouse
UPS
Standiford Field
Greathouse
Phil Doty
White House maid among three charged in ammo smuggling case
Anita Castelo a Paraguayan born naturalized citizen and long time White House aide to Nancy Reagan faces charges for aiding and abetting illegal export of ammunition to Paraguay. She pled not guilty and was released on 50000 dollar bond as grand jury convenes September 15.
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U.S
Nancy Reagan
Paraguay
Anita Castelo
White House
U.S. District Court
Richmond
Larry Speakes
Castelo
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Speakes
FBI
Elaine Crispen
Reagan
Lacy C. Campbell
Charges filed after fiery Orangeburg crash
A North Carolina man faces failure to yield the right of way after a tanker crash at a U S 301 gas station in Orangeburg County killed Summerton resident Daniel Truesdale. The blast damaged the station and a second truck driver Lloyd Dale Ostwalt faces related charges.
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North Carolina
Summerton
Daniel Truesdale
U.S. Highway 301
Paul Simmons
Medical University of South
N.C
Ostwalt
Morgan
Simmons
Bob Williamson
Norway
U.S. 301
Orange Texaco
John Mitchum
Fire Department
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Thom Berry
Fossil Find Reveals Birds Oldest Ancestor in Texas
Texas Tech University scientists report two partial skeletons from a mudstone quarry in Texas as Protoavis the oldest-known ancestor to modern birds dating about 225 million years ago. The find, crow-sized, suggests a stronger dinosaur to bird link and challenges earlier Archaeopteryx timing.
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Washington
Texas
Texas Tech University
Europe
Sankar Chatterjee
Chatterjee
Oldest Known Bird Ancestor Fossil Recovered in Texas
British Museum researchers confirm that a Texas fossil bone cluster belongs to the earliest bird ancestor. The study corroborates the specimen as authentic, linking it to the Archaeopteryx fossils and noting Bavaria as the original discovery site in 1861.
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British Museum of Natural History
Bavaria
McClure Pushes Delay On Nuclear Waste Disposal Funding
Senator James McClure Idaho Republicans says he can persuade the House to delay nuclear waste disposal work for a year despite the Senate Appropriations Committee voting 380 million for the program The panel cut from 619 million and follows backroom bargaining The program funds disposal of highly radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain Deaf Smith County Texas and Hanford Washington with emotional local opposition noted
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Energy Department
House
Sen
James McClure
Idaho
Senate Appropriations Committee
Panel
Energy and Water Subcommittee
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McClure
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
Deaf Smith County
Texas
Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Richland
Wash
Aiken Standard Contact and Subscription Details
The Aiken Standard provides phone numbers for subscriptions and classifieds and lists office hours and address. It notes the publication schedule and postpaid subscription options, with prices for 3, 6, and 12 month terms and the publisher details.
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Aiken Standard — Pbm
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