Marathon winner victim of ketchup con game in New York
Grete Waitz, nine time NYC Marathon winner, was relieved of her purse on a busy midtown street as crooks used a hand lotion distraction. Police nabbed a 24 year old suspect amid the escape, the handbag recovered. The Waitz couple were in New York on business.
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New York
Grete Waitz
New York City
Manhattan
Waitz
Jack
Victor Pucci
Pucci
Waitzes
Oslo
Norway
Band
Names In The News and Royal Honors Stir London Headlines
The United Nations boycott pressures South Africa as the Commodores cancel a planned Sun City visit intended to urge an end to apartheid. Prince Charles blasts British schooling as poorly taught and calls for education reform while Queen Elizabeth II bestows the Order of the Garter on Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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Los Angeles
The
Commodores
South Africa
United Nations Center Against
Commodore
Walter “Clyde
Orange
Las Vegas
London
Prince Charles
Charles
Prince
Foundation For Education Business Partnerships
St. James’s Palace
Elizabeth II
Beatrix
Netherlands
Britain
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Juliana
Margarethe
Denmark
Edward III
Juan Carlos of
Spain
Experimental TPA variant may cut heart attack cost
A longer lasting tissue plasminogen activator variant could lower treatment costs by allowing smaller doses and reduce second heart attack risk after therapy. Researchers led by Joseph Sambrook report in Nature on a TPA version that remains active longer in blood, potentially addressing deactivation and liver clearance.
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New York
Joseph Sambrook
Sambrook
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
Nature
Medical
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Amy Irving Files To End Marriage
Actress Amy Irving filed for divorce from Steven Spielberg citing irreconcilable differences. The petition requests child support and joint custody of their 4 year old son Max, with property already disposed of by written agreement. The couple, married in November 1985 in Santa Fe, NM, announced their plans to divorce in April.
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Los Angeles
Amy Irving
Steven Spielberg
Superior Court
Ms. Irving
Norman M. Dolin
Max
Spielberg
Santa Fe
N.M
Proposed Bill to Study Wolves Return to Yellowstone
Rep. Wayne Owens proposes a bill directing the National Park Service to study reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone National Park. The plan faces opposition from ranchers and Sen. Alan Simpson who warn of risks to people and livestock.
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National Wildlife Service
Yellowstone National Park
Wayne Owens
Utah
Morning Star
Capitol
Owens
National Park Service
Cheyenne
Wyo
Alan K. Simpson
America
Alaska
Minnesota
Michigan
Montana
Yellowstone
M. Rupert Cutler
Defenders of Wildlife
Cutler
Rockies
National Wildlife Federation
National Parks and Conservation Association
Simpson
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
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National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers
Kenneth Baker
Associated Press
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Servistar
U.S. 1
Aiken
Hoqae
Tasko
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