Clintons host in upstate NY faces nearly $1 million tax bill
A tax warrant shows Thomas B. McDonald owed New York State 771,682 in 1997 income tax plus about 145,000 in interest and penalties as of October 1999. With accrued interest, the total rose to 998,357.48. State official Marc Carey called it a major personal income tax delinquency.
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Senate
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New York
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Associated Press
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Marc Carey
State Department of Taxation and Finance
Conflict reignites off Canada coast over lobster rights
Tensions erupt as Indian fishermen clash with government agents in Miramichi Bay New Brunswick. Three raids see Fisheries officers backed by RCMP and Coast Guard seize or destroy about 2000 lobster traps and arrest at least four Indians. Two raiders suffer facial injuries from rocks while boats are rammed and two Indian vessels sink.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Coast Guard
Miramichi Bay
New Brunswick
Court delays release of Wen Ho Lee on bail appeal
An appeals court and U S District Judge James Parker halted Wen Ho Lee's release on bail after an emergency hearing. The Los Alamos scientist faces charges of breaching nuclear lab security while the government argues for continued detention.
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Los Alamos
Wen Ho Lee
U.S
James Parker
Lee
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Parker
Scandal Hits Vicente Fox Family Over Child Labor Claims
In SAN CRISTOBAL Mexico the family of president elect Vicente Fox concedes using children as workers on its ranch and a freezing plant. Some workers were as young as 11. The family says they fired the underage workers with no severance. The issue has caused a minor uproar amid widespread child labor in Mexico and above minimum wage pay.
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San Cristobal
Mexico
Vicente Fox
Elian Gonzalez Returns to School Amid Fame
Elian Gonzalez stood with 899 classmates in a Cuban schoolyard as a mime exercise unfolds in the morning heat. The custody saga pauses as the two year old joins the second graders to resume normal lessons, focusing on reading writing and arithmetic.
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Cuba
Elian Gonzalez
Repatriation of 63 spies tests Seoul North Korea ties
Dozens of elderly ex spies and rebels return to the North this week in a gesture Seoul hails as reconciliation. South Koreans divide over whether Pyongyang should trade releases for the many still held, with critics arguing the government is too soft on the North while supporters say the peace process requires reciprocity.
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South Korea
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South
Lee Hoi-chang
Grand National Party
Kim Daejung
Pyongyang
Kim
Kim Jong Il
North
Choi Woo-young
Choi
Koreas
Hwang Woochul
Clinton pauses national missile defense deployment decision
President Clinton said he will not authorize deployment of a national missile defense at this time pending further research. He outlined four factors technical feasibility cost arms control impact and threat urgency and noted several testing setbacks. He planned further talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin as opposition from Moscow remains. The shield aims to defend all 50 states from ballistic missiles at an estimated cost of about 60 billion dollars.
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Bill Clinton
Clinton
Georgetown University
United States
Vladimir Putin
Iraq
North Korea
Iran
Stone comments on Venice collision with paparazzi
Sharon Stone addresses media after a Venice Canal collision sparked by paparazzi chasing her as she arrived for the Venice Film Festival. She links the incident to broader issues of media interaction while noting a photographer required stitches after waves from her guards’ boat hit another boat and a water taxi.
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Sharon Stone
Venice
Italy
Showbiz
Stone
Diana
Sting to perform free Central Park concert next month
About 25,000 fans will attend a free Central Park concert featuring Sting and his hit Desert Rose. The event on September 12 is sponsored by electronics retailer Best Buy, which will pay New York $1 million to stage the performance.
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Desert Rose
Central Park
Associated Press
Best Buy
New York
Rosanne Attacks Royals On British TV Talk Show
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Roseanne Barr on Big Breakfast calling the royal family trailer park. She mocked the Queen Mother living with them and accused Prince Andrew of dating Koo Stark and Prince Charles of an old mother fixation.
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Roseann
Philadelphia Inquirer
Big Breakfast
Prince Andrew
Koo Stark
Prince Charles
Public to see Hunley submarine plan this month
The South Carolina Hunley Commission announced weekend public access to the Confederate submarine H L Hunley on Saturdays and Sundays as plans are developed. Tours of the conservation lab will pause in November for interior excavation, with tickets and security measures likely used to offset costs.
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H.L. Hunley
South Carolina Hunley Commission
Hunley Conservation Lab
Submare
Glenn McConnell
Rharteston
Commission
Sais
McConnell
Hunley
Bob Neyland
Hunley Project
Chip Limehouse
Charleston
America
Neyland
South Carolina ranks third for National Board certification apps
South Carolina teachers push for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification as 635 applicants in eight months place the state third behind North Carolina and Florida. With a 52,300 application fee funded by the state, loans and a 7,500 annual raise for 10 years accompany certification, while state certification is waived during the board-certified period.
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South Carolina
National Board For Professional Teaching Standards
North Carolin
Florida
Ann Byrd
South Caroli ‘Na Center For
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Ways and Means Committee
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Senate Education Committee
Nikki Setzler
West Columbia
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