Electoral College sportswear boosts Maine business
OATLAND Maine AP The electoral theme craze grows as orders flood Electoral College Sportswear and Accessories a Maine firm created after John Diamond a 1988 Democratic Convention delegate inspired the line. John and Marcia Diamond quit their jobs to meet demand for college style T shirts sweat shirts and caps tied to the presidential voting system amid a tight Bush Gore race.
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Doctors hope new cells fix hearts
Researchers at the American Heart Association meeting report advances in regenerating heart tissue by growing muscle and blood vessels from patients own cells to repair damaged hearts. French team patches a man heart with thigh muscle in an early trial as the approach remains largely experimental in animals.
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California adopts bold drug treatment plan under Prop 36
California rushes to implement a statewide treatment program for an estimated 36 000 drug users annually as counties adapt by July 1. San Francisco has long backed diversion of nonviolent offenders into treatment, while Arizona shows rewards for completing programs to avoid jail.
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Fox party holds Jalisco win in regional vote
In Jalisco, exit polls show Francisco Ramirez of National Action beating PRI candidate Jorge Arana while Raul Vargas of the Democratic Revolution Party trails. The result bolsters Fox's PAN in a state long contested with PRI influence.
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South Carolina churches say lottery fight was worth it
In Columbia and Charleston churches across South Carolina say the $300,000 donated to No Lottery 2000 was worthwhile even as voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing a lottery. Clergy argued the lottery is morally wrong and churches must oppose sin despite the outcome. Exit polls show church positions and moral concerns influenced some voters.
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Clinton to visit Vietnam amid Brunei summit and lingering war legacy
President Clinton plans an Asian trip starting Monday aimed at formalizing ties with a unified Vietnam while attending a summit of over 20 Asia Pacific leaders in Brunei. He underscored progress on Vietnam relations and the repatriation of missing in action as he visits Arlington and Vietnam remains cases.
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Rescuers pull 155 plus victims from Austrian cable car blaze
Rescue teams recover the first bodies from the Kitzsteinhorn cable car fire in Kaprun as 155 victims are identified or confirmed among the dead. The toll includes 52 Austrians, 42 Germans, 10 Japanese, eight Americans, two Slovenes and a Croat, with four others still unaccounted for. The cause remains unknown and the tunnel was cleared of smoke after more than a day.
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Jim Carrey says Grinch costume was hellish and claustrophobic
In Radnor Pennsylvania Jim Carrey describes the Grinch suit for Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas as painful and claustrophobic. He says contact lenses felt like knives and he even visited a Navy SEAL for relief, learning to stop panic attacks.
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Bush relaxes in Spain after election trip hunt at Avila site
Former President George Bush and General Norman Schwarzkopf vacationed at the Pinos Altos estate near Ciudad Real Spain joining a red partridge hunt. They planned meetings with King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Bush was to inaugurate a Madrid cancer clinic. They toured Avila en route.
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