Explosion Kills British Lawmaker At Home
A Conservative Party member and critic of the IRA, Ian Gow, was killed by an explosion outside his London home. Police confirmed one fatality and suspected IRA involvement, referencing past attacks on UK politicians. The report notes Gow chaired Northern Ireland Committee, a parliamentary caucus with no statutory powers.
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Power Outage Triggers West Side Looting in Chicago
About 20,000 homes and businesses remained without power after a system failure sparked looting at more than a dozen grocery and liquor stores on Chicago's West Side. Detectives cited 49 arrests on looting charges and noted a plant fire knocked out power to 40,000 customers. Three deaths were linked to candle use for lighting.
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Kitty Dukakis Says She Did Not Plan Death by Action
The 1969 rubbing alcohol incident is described as a mistake she did not intend to commit suicide. The Boston Sunday Herald reports in her forthcoming autobiography Now You Know that she struggled with alcohol and diet-pill addiction and faced sleeplessness the night of November 7, 1969.
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Aiken Standard Classified and Display Ads Info
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Seven Are Convicted Of Money Laundering By The Associ
In Tampa Florida prosecutors hailed a six count verdict convicting Manuel Noriega’s former banker Amjad Awan and five others in a $32 million drug proceeds money laundering scheme. The defendants faced 65 to 425 year potential terms. The group was linked to the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and laundered cocaine profits through international banking channels.
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Democratic governors push education and S L reforms
At the National Governors Association meeting in Mobile Alabama Democratic governors pressed a policy agenda targeting education oversight and the savings and loan crisis They urged a national commission to investigate the S L scandal which politicians estimate could cost taxpayers 300 billion dollars or more The group also pushed for changes in a national education oversight panel with governors members of Congress and White House appointees
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Monument Dedicates Peace Obelisk for 509th Group at Wendover
In Wendover Nevada a 16 foot obelisk is set to honor the 509th Composite Group and the crews of Enola Gay and B 29s that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Veterans from the unit and figures such as Brig Gen Paul W Tibbets will attend. Japanese adviser Hideaki Kase will speak on lessons of war and peace. The ceremony marks the August 1945 bombings and Japan's capitulation ending World War II. The 509th formed in 1944 to develop the gadget at Los Alamos.
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Bush Popular Despite Tax Turnabout Aids GOP Prospects
President Bush remains popular enough to buoy Republican candidates this fall despite GOP criticism over his shift on taxes. RNC spokesman Charles Black notes the record level remains, while critics say the tax reversal damaged Bush and the party. Newt Gingrich questions whether a budget deal will fix the economy.
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Scheduling the Week of AP News Coverage
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