Gore Leads in Payroll as Bush Tops TV Ad Spending
Gore has the highest payroll among presidential candidates, while Bush and Bradley lead in television ad spending. The Campaign Study Group analysis covers Jan 1 to Dec 31, 1999, noting McCain’s campaign dedicates over a third of funds to fundraising. Clinton’s 1996 re election payroll stood at 6.4 million.
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al Gore
Texas
George W. Bush
Bill Bradley
John McCain
Campaign Study Group
Clinton
Gore
Vodka price rise tests Russian public resolve before elections
Russia faces a 30 percent minimum vodka price hike at month end as Putin campaigns for March elections. Citizens rush to buy stock, with pensioner Alexei Dokchus condemning the move as government theft and predicting votes will swing against Putin.
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Kristall Vodka
Moscow
Putin
Britain tough on Afghans seeking asylum after hijacking
London reports a hard line against Afghan asylum seekers following a Stansted hijack standoff. Afghanistan warned the hijackers could face death on return.74 hostages requested asylum as police say some will face trial while others weigh options. British tabloids criticized asylum speculation.
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Britain
Afghanistan
Stansted
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California man indicted for online marijuana sales in Louisiana
A California man running an Internet marijuana business was indicted in Louisiana on federal charges of illegally distributing the drug. U S Attorney Eddie Jordan said the case shows efforts to pursue online illegal activities. The suspect Michael David Aronov reportedly sent marijuana to two undercover agents.
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California
Louisiana
Eddie Jordan
Michael David Aronov
Nobel Peace Prize nominations flood in reach record 144
The 144 nominations include bids for President Clinton and tiny Kukes Albania. Clinton receives multiple nominations for safeguarding world peace, with Carter also repeatedly named. Do-good groups such as Salvation Army and Human Rights Watch appear on the list. Timothy Wengert to receive the Melanchthon Prize in Germantown. Deborah Norville faces a five day jail spell in North Carolina. Pope commissions Haydn creation in Baltimore with Gilbert Levine conducting the Pontiff's Millennium series.
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London
Philharmonia Orchestra
Franz Joseph Haydn
Baltimore
Pope John Paul II
Gilbert Levine
Wall Street blast shatters windows near NYSE
A pre dawn device exploded outside Barclays Bank on Wall Street near Water Street, blowing out windows and injuring one person. Police seek a kneeling man. mayor says not yet a terrorist act. Four postal workers narrowly avoided harm. $11,000 reward offered for tips leading to arrest.
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Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
Patrick Kelleher
Barclays Bank
Wall and Water Streets
Kelleher
Dennis Theodore
World Co. LLC
Barclays
Bank
J.P Morgan
Dresdner Bank
Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
NYSE
Joseph Muscarella
Navesink
Exchange
Peeler seeks resignation over car tax calculation flaws
Republican Lt. Gov. Bob Peeler demanded the resignation of Betsy Pentier, director of the South Carolina Revenue Department, after reports showed the state used retail values instead of loan values for about 12,000 car types. He criticized Gov. Hodges for claiming ignorance and tied the issue to prior disclosures about the revenue department. A separate Virginia based project will review Fayette County voter rolls in Pennsylvania and Atlantic Beach in Washington DC to purge ineligible names amid fraud concerns.
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Bob Peeler
State Revenue Department
Jim Hodges
Revenue Department
Peeler
Reven Department
Betsy C. Pentier
Hodges
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Fayette County
Pittsburgh
Voting Integrity Project
Arlington
Grand Jury
Deborah Phillips
Atlantic Beach
D.C
Phillips
Britain suspends Northern Ireland power-sharing amid IRA disarmament deadlock
Britain halted Northern Ireland's 72 day old power sharing, placing rule under direct UK government after the IRA refused to disarm. Peter Mandelson said the home rule assembly is suspended until progress on disarmament, though officials noted possible rapid restoration if talks with the IRA yield concrete gains.
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Britain
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican
TRA
Peter Mandelson
Northern Ireland Assembly
Mandelson
Independent
Commissio
IRA
Scana earnings fall amid weather and expansion costs
Scana Corp reports 1999 earnings of 179 million dollars or 1.73 a share, down from 223 million and 2.12 in 1998, as mild winter and Georgia gas operations weighed on results. Fourth quarter rose on a propane unit sale, while deregulation and start-up costs for new operations trimmed per share.
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Scana Corp
Georgia
Seana
Public Service Company of
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South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Scana
New York Stock Exchange
Kevin Marsh
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