Carly Simon Opens Up On Troubled Childhood
In the August Vanity Fair interview Carly Simon describes a unsettled childhood that she says explains her stammer stage fright and sexual obsession. She alleges her mother Andrea hired a 20 year old college student as a weekend companion for her brother Peter and later began an affair. The companion then moved into the family home and Simon says she developed a stammer as a result.
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Vanity Fair
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Boathouse Collapse During Alabama Storm Kills Three
A family seeking shelter from high winds amid a southern storm lost three members when a boathouse on the Coosa River near Ragland collapsed. A 28 year old woman, her four year old niece and eight year old nephew died, four other family members were critically injured. In Moberly Missouri a tornado damaged City Hall and dozens of downtown buildings and about 100 homes with no serious injuries reported.
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Japan Tightens Transit Security After Cyanide Bombs Found
Police boost patrols in Tokyo trains and subways after cyanide bombs were discovered at two stations before activation. The prime minister convened a cabinet emergency meeting and signaled heightened security with possible links to the Aum Shinrikyo cult, though no firm evidence yet.
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Tokyo
Tomiichi Murayama
Kozogarashi
Shinji Kyo
Supreme Truth
Seoul Considers Tougher Building Standards After Store Collapse
Seoul officials push for stricter safety rules as workers search rubble for survivors. Six days after the ritzy department store collapse, hopes faded while doctors warn survival without water is unlikely. Ten more bodies were found overnight, lifting the death toll to 128 with over 300 missing. A city official was arrested and reportedly confessed to receiving thousands.
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Seoul
South Korea
Sampoong Department Store bribery probe widens
Newspapers quote Chung Ji hwan aged 99 saying he and other city officials approved the store’s 1989 illegal addition of a fifth car and expansion of the fourth alor. Initial test showed substandard materials were used. Nine city officials suspected of taking bribes have gone into hiding.
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Chung Jihwan
Alor
Shuttle Crew Returns To Exhaustive Medical Tests
Atlantis resumes extensive medical testing for its three newest crew members as Mir recedes into space. Commander Robert Gibson notes Mir remains visible on the horizon about 140 miles away during sunrise. NASA and cosmonauts Thagard Dezhurov and Strekalov undergo increased medical checks after living aboard Mir mid March.
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Norman Thagard
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennady Strekalov
Parole of Soldier Triggers Violent Protests in Belfast
Rioters in Northern Ireland hurled gasoline bombs and torched a car showroom as protests erupted over the early parole of British paratrooper Pvt Lee Clegg. Police reported dozens of attacks across Belfast and Londonderry, with authorities using plastic bullets. Cardinal Daly warned of jeopardized peace efforts amid tense security.
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Karen Reilly
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Cahal Daly
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