Discovery Launch Delayed by Valve and Bolt Issues
Space shuttle Discovery’s flight to the ISS is postponed to next week due to a sluggish valve and suspect bolts in the external fuel tank. A valve did not open quickly enough, risking liftoff during final checks. NASA officials say a computer would halt countdown if problems persisted, delaying the mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
International Space Station
NASA
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Bakaly acquitted in leaks case
Charles Bakaly III, former spokesman for Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, is acquitted in a contempt of court case over allegedly leaking information about the Clinton investigation and his role. Judge Norma Holloway Johnson dismissed the claims, noting no criminal contempt conviction exists for misleading statements. Bakaly expressed relief at the ruling.
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Washington
Kenneth Starr
Clinton
Charles Bakaly III
Norma Holloway Johnson
U.S. District Court
David Kendall
Bakaly
Johnson
Canadian man leaps to death from Empire State Building
A 19 year old Montreal man Sylvain Laverriere died after climbing over the 86th floor observation deck barrier and plunging 65 floors to an outcropping on the 21st floor of the Empire State Building. Police say he said he did not want to live and recent breakup preceded the act. He had arrived from Quebec days earlier and wore a pirate style outfit.
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New York
Empire State Building
Sylvain Laverriere
Montreal
Laverriere
Quebec
Barak vows retaliation as truce collapses in Jerusalem clash
Israeli commandos storm a contested Jerusalem shrine tearing down a Palestinian flag as nine Palestinians die in West Bank and Gaza gun battles. Arafat travels abroad while violence spreads to Netzarim and Nablus as Camp David hopes fade. Security at the Noble Sanctuary is stepped up with joint Palestinian security in charge at Friday prayers.
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Gaza Strip
Ehud Barak
Channel Two Television
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UN. Com
Friay
Yasser Arafat
Tunisia
Spain
Tunis
Arafat
Zine el Abidine Ben Ali
Ramallah
Nablus
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Temple Mount
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Injectable contraceptive Lunelle approved after decade of testing
Pharmacia wins FDA approval for Lunelle a monthly injectable birth control replacing pills for some users. It rivals Depo-Provera with faster return to fertility and a similar monthly price around 35 dollars. Lunelle aims wide access in pharmacies and workplaces with a self administer version planned.
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New York
Pharmacia Inc
Lunelle
Food and Drug Administration
Pharmacia
Kristin Elliott
Merrill Lynch
Young actor pleads innocent to yacht theft in Florida
Brad Renfro known for The Client pleaded innocent to charges of third degree grand theft and criminal mischief after police say he and a companion tried to steal a 45 foot yacht at Holiday Harbor on Aug 28. He is free on 10000 bond. The vessel suffered stern damage when docking lines snagged.
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Fla
Brad Renfro
Bart Heffernan
Renfro
Knoxville, Tenn
Holiday Harbor
Hodges popularity rises in state poll
A Charleston Post and Courier WCBD-TV survey shows Governor Jim Hodges with 48 percent positive rating after 22 months in office. The poll notes higher scores in Florence and the northeast, with 54 percent among women and 67 percent of Black respondents, while 16 percent view him poorly.
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Jim Hodges
South Carolina
Hodges
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Brad Coker
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc
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Plant lays off workers pending court decision
Cardinal Chemical Co. laid off most of its 160 employees while awaiting an administrative judge ruling on when the Columbia plant can reopen after the Department of Health and Environmental Control ordered a halt Sept. 15. Regulators cited poisonous tin-based compounds linked to sewer and river contamination and a prior Lexington County fish kill. The company expects the layoffs to be temporary subject to safety audits and compliance orders.
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Department of Health and Environmental Control
Cardinal Chemical Co
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Lexington County
Cardinal
Charles Sanford
Fred Crawford
DHEC
Thom Berry
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