Desperate firefighters battle fast spreading Washington wildfire
Firefighters set backfires across southern Washington to corral a lightning sparked blaze that reached 100000 acres in two days near the Yakama Nation reservation threatening 50 homes and 24 structures. President Clinton ordered up to 2000 federal managers to aid firefighting efforts.
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Wash
Washington
Yakama Nation
Paul Hill
Benton County
United States
Clinton
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Chris Rock Misses Emmy Ballot Amid Award Season Glitches
Chris Rock was left off the Emmy ballot for his stand up comedy special. The Academy corrected the error after ballots were mailed. The season has faced multiple mishaps from stolen Oscar statues to missing Emmy vote tapes and a blocked hip hop awards event.
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Chris Rock
Emmy
Los Angeles
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Thomas O'Neil
Judge dismisses Flowers defamation suit in Nevada
U S District Judge Philip Pro dismissed Gennifer Flowers defamation action against Hillary Rodham Clinton and advisers George Stephanopoulos and James Carville finding the suit barred by the statute of limitations The filing previously alleged ongoing libel and slander by the aides since 1982 and accused the first lady of orchestrating burglaries and invasion of privacy.
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Las Vegas
Gennifer Flowers
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Philip Pro
Flowers
Clinton
George Stephanopoulos
James Carville
Nigeria pins hopes on Clinton visit
Nigeria expects U S investment and debt relief from President Clinton's weekend trip as oil wealth meets violence and poverty. In the Niger Delta port city of Warri the road is dangerous, with wrecks and bandits, while officials hope Western support spurs stability and growth.
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Nigeria
Clinton
U.S
Africa
Niger Delta
America
Onyeka Okoroafor
People's Democratic Party
E-mail inquiry upheld in court
A federal judge denies an end to the seven month e mail inquiry and orders testimony from former White House counsel Charles Ruff. The testimony aims to explain why officials did not inform the court about a 1998 test of the White House e mail system after a glitch that kept thousands of messages from being archived and reviewed in investigations.
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White House
Royce Lamberth
Charles Ruff
Ruff
Lamberth
Monica Lewinsky
Whitewater
Widow charged in fatal shooting of NFL back Fred Lane
Deidra Lane, 25, planned her husband Fred Lanes killing to collect a $5 million life insurance policy. Prosecutors say she waited for him at home and shot him twice, during an argument at their Mecklenburg County residence. Bail set at 100000 cash. judge ordered her to remain in county. Lane had recently moved from Panthers to Colts after a 2000 trade.
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Fred Lane
Deidra Lane
Gentry Caudill
Mecklenburg County
Richard Boner
Lane
Caudill
Henderson Hill
Boner
Nashville
Tenn
Indianapolis Colts
Carolina Panthers
Colts
Gulf Air Flight 072 crash near Bahrain airport mystery deepens
An Airbus 320 with 143 aboard crashed into shallow waters north of Bahrain after pilot Ihsan Shakeeb aborted a night approach. Investigators will review cockpit communications and flight data as Gulf Air officials note the captain’s extensive 6,800 plus hours and deny pilot error.
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Manama
Bahrain
Gulf Air Flight 072
Bahrain International Airport
Ihsan Shakeeb
Shakeeb
Bahrain International
Gulf Air
Hameed Ali
Ali
Europe
United States
American Airlines 767 makes emergency landing in Goose Bay
A Boeing 767 bound from London to New York diverted to Goose Bay Newfoundland after cockpit smoke was reported. There were no injuries and 172 aboard including 160 passengers and 12 crew. The plane landed safely around 5 30 p.m. officials said.
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Newfoundland
American Airlines
London
New York
Larry Pittman
Rob Brooks
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Madonna fights for internet domain madonna com
Madonna Ciccone seeks transfer of madonna com from Dan Parisi via the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. Parisi earlier ran adult material on the site but now disputes Madonna s claim to the domain.
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Madonna
Geneva
United Nations
World Intellectual Property Organization
New Jersey
Dan Paris
Parisi
Madonna Ciccone
Hunley May Go On Public Display In Charleston
South Carolina Hunley Commission considers public access to the Civil War submarine now in a Charleston conservation lab. The Hunley, raised off Sullivans Island, will eventually be displayed at the Charleston Museum but remains in lab custody as researchers plan safe entry to remove crew remains and study the wreck.
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Charleston
South Carolina Hunley Commission
Glenn McConnell
Sullivans Island
Friends of the Hunley
McConnell
Commission
Charleston Museum
Injured Amtrak Couple from West Palm Beach Hospitalized After Derby
Leon and Mable Chapman were hospitalized in stable condition after Amtrak Silver Meteor derailed near Lake City. Their son Richard plans to bring them home when released, amid NTSB investigations into a street sweeper possibly damaging the track.
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Miles
Richard Chapman
Hollywood
Fla
Lake City
Rhode Island
Leon Chapman
National ‘Transportation Safety Board
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