South Carolina voters favor education lottery poll finds
A Post-Courier WCBC-TV poll shows 62 percent of 819 registered voters support a state lottery if proceeds go to education while 29 percent oppose. All six regions back the lottery with a 3.5 point margin of error.
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Post-Courier
Wcbc-Tv
General Assembly
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Mason- Dixon Research Inc
Columbia
Bart Daniel
Sut
Ryan Shealy
Lexington
Baptist Church
Florida
Train Firekills Over 60 in India After Outcry
Reports say more than 60 people died when a passenger car was set ablaze on a train near Hyderabad amid outcry over Prime Minister V P Singhs job reservations. The incident follows violence linked to protests and a Palestinian uprising in Jerusalem with multiple deaths and international reaction.
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Jerusalem
Israel
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Israel Radio
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Al-Aqsa
Islam
Security Council
Bush
Rappers Trial Opens Amid Protests in Broward County
The defense in the 2 Live Crew obscenity case argues jury pool lacks Black and young jurors. Bruce Rogow notes only 4 of 25 questioned were Black and one under 25 as jury selection continues, stressing community standards and alleged racial bias in the high profile trial.
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Broward County
Rogow
Court to study fetal protection policies at Supreme Court
Supreme Court agrees to hear a sex bias dispute over whether employer fetal protection policies that bar women of childbearing age from hazardous jobs violate Title VII. Johnson Controls faces suit by eight employees and the United Auto Workers, challenging lead exposure rules across 13 plants nationwide.
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Supreme Court
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Dench
Congress
Johnson Controls Inc
Johnson
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Delaware
Florida
Ilinois
Kentucky
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Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Oregon
Texas
Vermont
Wisconsin
United Auto Workers Union
Epi
Sap
Boen Fe
Bello Bop
Klaus Threat To S C Disintegrates
Tropical Storm Klaus formed into a hurricane then a tropical low, weakened, and finally disintegrated near the Bahamas. Emergency officials welcomed the retreat with relief as remnants were forecast to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to Florida and some rain to South Carolina.
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Charleston
Klaus
Bahamas
Paul Lunsford
State Emergency Preparedness Division
South Carolina
Mitchell Charges Campbell Aide With Misusing Gas Tax Funds
Democratic candidate Theo Mitchell and State Sen. Ernie Passailaigue alleged improper spending of gas tax revenues by the Coordinating Council for Economic Development at a Tuesday news conference. They claimed the council may have misused funds and raised money for a private foundation, while officials disputed the audit findings.
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Columbia
Theo Mitchell
Carroll Campbell
Greenville
Campbell
State Coordinating Council For Economic Development
Ernie Passailaigue
Dne Cornes
Mitchell
Passailaigue
Sai
Coordinating Council
Legislative Audit Council
LAC
George Schroeder
Tucker Eskew
Coordinating Council For Economic Development
Theo
Ernie
Cew
Public-Private Partnership Foundation
Otheycad
Fred Allen
Camp
Ernest Passailaigue
Discovery's Near Perfect Mission Lifts NASA Morale
Discovery's crew returned from a near perfect mission sending the Ulysses solar probe toward the sun and boosting NASA image after a six month gap since the last shuttle flight. Commander Richard N. Richards and pilot Robert Cabana landed at Edwards Air Force Base after a successful deployment.
Discovery Mission Report Ulysses Solar Probe Launch
NASA confirms Ulysses spacecraft deployed as planned to travel to Jupiter for a gravity assist. The probe aims for a unique solar polar orbit with passes over the sun’s poles in 1994 and 1995, as the shuttle’s 50 foot robot arm was retracted Tuesday.
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Discovery
Ulysses
Jupiter
Crude Oil Hits Record High On Saddam Threats
War jitters from the Middle East lift crude to above 40 a barrel marking the highest level since 1979. Light sweet crude rose to 40.40 on the New York Mercantile Exchange on November delivery amid fears of supply disruption and a colder US winter.
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Middle East
Iraq
Kuwait
U.S
New York Mercantile Exchange
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