Climate debate and drought trends in a warming world
The piece discusses greenhouse warming theory, conflicting satellite data on troposphere temperatures since 1979, and debates over revised measurements. It cites droughts in the Sahel, Europe, southern Africa, and eastern Asia, with links to evaporation, cloudiness, and possible floods in wetter regions.
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Congress
John Christy
University of Alabama At Huntsville
Huntsville
Christy
Trenberth
Sahel
Sahara Desert
Europe
Africa
Eastern
Asia
Back-to-school prep tips from teachers and schools
Mrs Henderson urges preparation as crowds swell before school starts. Redcliffe and Hammond Hill schools publish supply lists and run in school stores to ease shopping. Teachers advise essentials such as pencils notebooks rulers glue tissues and labeled personal supplies.
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Redcliffe
Cerned
Susan McCullough
Aiken Middle
High school players collapse in Wichita heat, two dead
In Wichita Kansas two teenage football players collapsed during workouts as practice opened in extreme heat. One student at a certain school fainted in the morning session and died later. Another student at a different school collapsed after an evening practice and died.
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Wichita, Kan
Towanda School Cancels Practices Over Heat Deaths
A Towanda area school cancels practices indefinitely after heat related illnesses rise. Hospital officials confirm the death of 15 year old Matthew Blaufuss Whit rredge from Towanda linked to heat illness, prompting safety measures.
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Towanda
Wichita
Matthew Blaufuss Whit Rredge
Clinton faces grand jury as impeachment talks ebb
Clinton prepared to appear before the grand jury as Democrats and Republicans weighed impeachment calls. The White House urged defense and GOP leaders held a conference call amid discussions of resignation while Mike McCurry defended the president's stance from Martha's Vineyard.
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Ms. Lewinsky
Clinton
Paul McHale
Pennsylvania
White House
Tom Harkin
D Lown
House
Newt Gingrich
Tom DeLay
Mike McCurry
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Capitol Ghosts Echo Through Washington Legends
A nostalgic, eerie tour of spectral tales tied to the Capitol and White House. Ghosts include a long departed guard, midnight debates, a demon cat, dancing statues, a cleaning woman with her pail, clucking chickens, and old Doorkeeper Fishbait Miller recounting hauntings. Alexander notes the line between fact and fiction.
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White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Charles Wilson
William “Fishbait” Miller
Alexander
Clinton and Vernon Jordan mark Clinton birthday quietly
President Clinton and Vernon Jordan hosted a small birthday gathering at Jordan's farm in Chilmark Mass to mark Clinton's 52nd birthday The event was subdued after Clinton's televised confession regarding his relationship with Monica Lewinsky The White House said only dinner and gifts were involved with just the two men and their families present
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Chilmark
Mass
Whitewater
Clinton
Vernon Jordan
Jordan
White House
Monica Lewinsky
Richardson confirmed as energy secretary in Senate vote
Secretary Richardson was unanimously confirmed as energy secretary by the U S Senate on July 31. Former ambassador to the United Nations, he also served eight terms as a representative of New Mexico's 3rd District and pledged to lead on national security, science, climate, waste site cleanup, and lowering electricity costs.
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Aiken
Fred Cay
Frederico) Pefia
Richardson
Pefta
U.S. Senate
United Nations
New Mexico
Department
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