Florida executes Robert Clark in electric chair
Florida carried out the execution of 49 year old Robert Raymond Clark for the 1977 killing of a businessman who was forced to write a $5,000 check at gunpoint and then shot. The decision followed a Supreme Court rejection of delay motions as protesters and supporters gathered outside the Florida State Prison.
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Clark
Florida State
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Atlantis Heads For Afternoon Landing At Edwards
Atlantis and its astronauts head home from a secret Pentagon mission after placing a spy satellite in orbit. Landing is set for 4:48 p.m. EST at Edwards Air Force Base California, with weather prompting early return. The mission marks the seventh and final Pentagon secret flight.
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Martinez Seen As Next Drug Cz ar Amid White House Speculation
Florida Governor Bob Martinez, fresh from an election loss to Lawton Chiles, is viewed by a White House official as the likely successor to William Bennett as director of national drug control. Bennett plans to leave for the Republican National Committee chair in January amid illness of Lee Atwater.
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William J. Bennett
Florida
Bob Martinez
White House
Bennett
Republican National Committee
Lee Atwater
Martinez Martinez
Martinez
Bill Harlow
Paris
Jon Peck
Tallahassee
Bush
Lawton Chiles
Chiles
Barbara
Jeb Bush
Mexico
U.S
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Miami
Reagan
Virginia Beach boy beats rare leukemia with cord blood transplant
Four year old Michael Sancilio, treated at Johns Hopkins after stem cells from his sister's umbilical cord were transfused, shows signs of recovery from a previously incurable leukemia. Doctors caution he is not yet cured, but bone marrow function has resumed and stem cell growth is ongoing.
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Virginia Beach
Michael Sancilio
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Michael
Virginia Beach General Hospital
Leslie Wasserman Jr
Rachel Sancilio
Cincinnati
France
Fanconi
Syria Seen Matching Iraq in Chemical Arms
U S experts say Syria possesses a chemical weapons arsenal at least as dangerous as Iraqs, with the two nations among the Mideasts largest producers. Washingtons ties with Damascus have warmed as Syria joins the anti Iraq coalition and plans 15000 troops for the Saudi led force. The Australia Group monitors exports for nerve and mustard gas components to curb proliferation.
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Syria
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Mideast
Kuwait
Damascus
Israel
Saudi Arabia
United States
Australia
Keating Five Hearings Resume With DeConcini Statement
Sen. Dennis DeConcini opens his side of the Keating Five ethics hearings as the Senate panel resumes. The Arizona Democrat joins John McCain Alan Cranston John Glenn and Donald Riegle in detailing alleged improper actions on behalf of Charles Keating Jr. Bennett to present evidence after DeConcini’s delayed opening and his public rebuttal dispute.
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Dennis DeConcini
Senate Ethics Committee
Savings and Loan
Charles H. Keating Jr
DeConcini
Arizona
Keating Five
Keating
John McCain
Alan Cranston
California
John Glenn
Ohio
Donald Riegle
Michigan
Ethics Committee
Robert S. Bennett
Bennett
Week Ahead: AP Plans Major Global Coverage
Major economic reports include October housing starts from Commerce and the October deficit from the Treasury. Key events span Conservative leadership in London and UN talks on Central America. Bush visits Saudi Arabia, Thanksgiving with troops, Daijo sai at Emperor Akihito's enthronement events, and a five-power UN Security Council meeting on Cambodia.
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Paris
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France
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Anatoly Karpov
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