IMF loans speeded up as Korea faces auto plant shutdown
Seoul wins early delivery of 10 billion dollars in IMF and G seven rescue loans, with 2 billion from the IMF and 6 billion from G seven, to help Korea's economic crisis and stabilize markets. The move accelerates disbursement ahead of next year amid a plunging stock market and calls for action from industry leaders.
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Winter Storms Slowed Travel and Caused Damage Across Regions
Storms disrupted Christmas prep from New England to the Midwest with tornadoes in Alabama and heavy snow in Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Connecticut. Power outages hit Massachusetts and delays hit airports Logan and Bradley while a snowplow killed a woman.
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Fired postal worker holds hostages at Denver mail center
A former postal worker fired 18 months earlier seized three or four hostages at gunpoint at a Denver regional mail center. Negotiators talked as police evacuated the area and workers tried to remain calm. no shots were fired.
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John Freeman
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Patrick Henry Sherrill
Edmond
Okla
Milwaukee
Stores fear disappointing holiday sales
Washington reports show consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in November to a $5.59 trillion annual rate, below expectations of 0.5 percent, while personal incomes rose 0.8 percent to $7.08 trillion. First-time jobless claims fell 13,000 to 307,000, signaling a tight job market despite income gains.
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Iraqis Accused of Training Guns on U 2 Flights
The Pentagon says Iraqi forces seem to be organizing missiles to shoot down U S spy planes over Iraq. Despite the threat Washington states the high flying U 2 plane will continue operating over the region.
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Ramadan surveillance flights extend over Iraq
Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said surveillance flights will continue during Ramadan, the month-long dawn-to-dusk fast. Iraqi missile forces may still organize SA-2 missiles to target a U-2 over central Iraq for the U.N. weapons inspection mission.
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Pentagon
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Test for mad cow disease speeds screening efforts
In San Francisco researchers report a fast reliable test for mad cow disease. They engineered mice highly sensitive to bovine illness to detect infection in cattle tissue, enabling quicker screening of blood medicines and other cattle-derived products. Infected cattle show symptoms only after years, but the mice reveal signs within about 120 days.
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Aiken Standard subscription and contact details
Local contact and subscription information for The Aiken Standard includes office hours, switchboard and extension numbers, publisher contacts, mailing address, and subscription rates. The piece lists phone numbers for editorial and circulation and notes delivery options and frequencies.
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al Aken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
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