IRA declares new cease-fire in Northern Ireland
IRA says it will halt hostilities against British rule starting at noon Sunday and opens doors for peace talks with Protestant groups. Leaders including Mo Mowlam and President Clinton welcomed the move as a step toward a lasting settlement.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Ireland
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Iras
Mo Mowlam
Clinton
Hurricane Danny Pounds Gulf Shores Coast Hard
Hurricane Danny parked over Mobile Bay delivering 80 mph winds and torrential rain that felled power to about 20 000 homes and flooded low lying seashore homes. Tornado warnings sent thousands to shelters as authorities warned of ongoing risk and possible further weakening. An early death was blamed on the storm while residents remarked the impact paled beside 1979 Frederic. Ground floors flooded in Mobile County and Dauphin Island as rainfall totaled near 30 inches in the worst hit areas.
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Ala
Danny
Mobile Bay
Alabama
Bay
National Weather Service
Randy McKee
Mobile
Carl Foster
Foster
Frederic
Pleasant Church
Mobile County
Dauphin Island
Proposal on same sex marriages falls short at convention
At Philadelphia Episcopal General Convention a measure to recognize same sex marriages was narrowly rejected, leaving backers hopeful and a pending vote on ordination of homosexuals still to come. Bishop Edmond Browning invoked inclusion as the crowd of leaders and visitors listened to his call for welcome.
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Philadelphia
Episcopal Church
Jesus
Edmond Browning
Browning
Episcopalians split over same sex unions vote
A divided Episcopal Church faces a 2.5 million member base with a 30 year 30 percent decline. Conservative bishops representing about 10 percent warned that approving same sex marriages and active gay ordination would push some dioceses to break away. Lay delegates failed to bless same sex unions with a 56 56 tie and clergy delegates voted 56 to 57 against.
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Kathy Atwood
Giuliani cites slavery among Mexican workers in New York
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said many deaf and speechless Mexicans were kept in virtual slavery while selling trinkets for a man who kept their earnings. Police found 62 Mexicans, including 10 children, confined in two apartments.
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New York
Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
Weather Update Forecast for Tomorrow and Week
Tomorrow will be partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms and a high near 90. A similar pattern continues into the early week with daily highs around 90 and the 50 percent rain chance persisting through Tuesday and Wednesday.
Surreal infight rocks GOP leadership after Paxon offer
In a late night Capitol session New York Rep. Bill Paxon offered to resign from GOP leadership amid a crisis of loyalty within the House majority. Majority Leader Dick Armey accepted the offer though unclear on authority, signaling deep mistrust and prompting questions about Armey Boehner and DeLay loyalties in the turmoil.
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Capitol
New York
Bill Paxon
Newt Gingrich
House
Gingrich
Dick Armey
Paxon
Armey
Texas
John Boehner
Ohio
Sought killer Cunanan eludes Florida net in July murder case
Reports place Andrew Cunanan in Miami Beach during two months near a pink hotel. Witnesses describe him as well dressed and polite, pawned a stolen coin, and used cash to pay weekly at the hotel. He travels under an alias while investigators chase leads across south Florida.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Andrew Cunanan
Sunanan
South Florida
Gianni Versace
Cunanan
Versace
Fort Lauderdale
Aiken Standard shows office hours and contact details
The notice lists office hours from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday and contact numbers for switchboard subscriptions and editorial inquiries It includes publisher notes and pricing for home delivery county mail and other services with rates and terms for subscriptions and mail delivery services.
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Scott B. Hunter
Scescape
Aiken
Aiken Communications Inc
Rutland Drive
8.C
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