Gasoline price jumps to record high across nation
Gas prices rose six cents in two weeks, hitting an all-time adjusted peak of 1.4713 a gallon across grades and taxes. Lundberg cites strong demand and high crude oil prices, with analysts unsure if OPEC will boost output in April. Regular, mid grade and premium averages are listed, noting consumption remains steady despite the spike.
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Los Angeles
Lundberg
Trilby Lundberg
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Web leaders discuss future of the Internet at Stanford
The Summit in Silicon Valley gathered executives from Amazon.com eBay America Online Cisco Systems Microsoft Intel Yahoo and others for a two hour session at Stanford University. Talks covered privacy security hate mail and content with the AOL Time Warner deal as a central topic. Steve Case faced questions about the proposed merger and the potential power it could yield across media and online platforms.
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Tom Brokaw
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America Online
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Microsoft
Intel
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AOL
Steve Case
Citizen Kane
CNN
Time Magazine
Chechen rebels break through lines in Chechnya
Dozens of rebels pierced federal lines in southern Chechnya dodging air and artillery, joining comrades in the mountains. Capt. Vladimir Maslennikov cited a 2,700 rebel concentration around Shatoi and noted militants slipping through Russian defenses despite attempts to target them.
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Russia
Chechnya
Vladimir Maslennikov
Interior Ministry
Shatoi
Maslennikov
Jurors Defend Diallo Verdict Amid Calls for Reform
Jurors who acquitted four white New York police officers in the Amadou Diallo case defend the verdict as just. Across the state, marchers and pastors press for police reforms and a federal inquiry into Diallo’s shooting, while juror Helen Harder from Albany County says the outcome “turned out the only way it could turn out.”
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Albany, N.Y
New York
Amadou Diallo
New York City
Helen Harder
Albany County
Kramer to make return to NBC sitcom
Michael Richards returns to television as Vic Nardozza a sugar loving private investigator in a new NBC comedy slated for fall The character is a USA Detective School graduate who starts his own agency and dances like a pogo stick as described by TV Guide March 4 issue.
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NEW York
Michael Richards
Nine Sescan “Seinfeld
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Vic Nardozza
NBC
Nardozza
USA Detective School
TV Guide
Pro-government rally as Cuban diplomat expelled from US
Teenagers staged a pro government rally outside the Havana home of Jose Imperatori 46 after US authorities expelled him for refusing to leave the country. He was flown to Montreal with his family uncertain when he would arrive in Havana as Canada seeks an honorable solution.
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United States
State Department
Jose Imperator
Montreal
Canada
Imperatori
Vedado
Matilde Garcia
Foreign Ministry
Ottawa
Eantime
Patrick Hebert
Raquel Fundora
Fundora
Darlington
Marion County
Darlington County
Michael Durant
Marie Durant
Darlington County Sheriff's Department
Internet gambling grows into big business
Beverly Richard, a 53 year old from Cranston, moved from casino visits to online slots at home, accumulating 13000 in debt before seeking recovery. The piece notes rapid growth from 15 online casinos in 1996 to over 700, raising concerns about addiction and minors, while lawmakers consider enforcement challenges and possible prohibition style bans.
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Beverly Richard
Cranston
R.L
Foxwoods
Connecticut
Richard
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House
Fred Faust
Rolling Good Times
South Carolina auto insurance reform marks first anniversary
A year after South Carolina overhauled auto insurance to boost competition and curb recoupment fees, insurers and regulators report a smooth transition and generally lower prices. Some rate hikes loom as market share shifts, while the state plans privatizing parts of the high risk JUA and shrinking the reinsurance facility from 508,000 to 57,990 policies.
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South Carolina
David Rowell
Rowell Insurance Agency
Charleston
Sen
Ernie Passailaigue
Allison Dean Wright
South Carolina Insurance News Service
Bruce White
State Farm
Progressive Insurance
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Rowell
Ann Ashworth
Chapin Area
JUA
South Carolina Associated Automobile Insurers Plan
Ernst Osiszar
Clayton Ingram
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