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A group seeking an NFL team in the Carolinas faces claims by the Catawba Indian Nation to 225 square miles across York and Lancaster counties. The suit, in U.S. District Court, challenges site plans for a potential stadium in York County. Mark Richardson cautions against building a stadium that could be awarded to the Catawbas.
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Rock Hill
Upstate
Carolinas
York County
York
Lancaster Counties
U.S
Mark Richardson
Cork shortages worry winemakers in wine trade
Yakima Washington AP reports cork shortages from Portugal threaten quality of premium wines. Producers consider alternatives like screw tops and plastic seals as Virgin cork supply dwindles, risking poorer cork quality that can ruin wines, according to Lisa Van de Water of The Wine Lab in Napa.
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Yakima
Wash
Portugal
Lisa van de Water
Napa, Calif
Partly Cloudy Skies Tonight and Tomorrow Peak Heat
Weather forecast shows partly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow with a low in the 70s and a high in the 90s. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible tomorrow.
Obituary notices list several deaths across multiple towns
Deaths are reported for Effie Brown Jackson L. C. Colbert Christina M. Gilmore Inez G. Hartley Melvin C. Jackson Leroy Johnson M Ansel Quattlebaum Nathalia L. Roth Grover K. Stroman Lloyd D. Tyler Lucille R. Veno Nellie M. Waters Mary B. Webb from North Augusta Swansea North Augusta Aiken Wagoner Evans Perry Williston West Hempstead N Y Page 6A has details.
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Effie Brown
Jackson
L.C. Colbert
Swansea
Christina M. Gilmore
North Augusta
Inez G. Hartley
Leesville
Melvin C. Jackson
Edgefield
Leroy Johnson
West Hempstead
N.Y
M. Ansel Quattlebaum
Evans, Ga
Nathalia L. Roth
Aiken
Grover K. Stroman
Wagoner
Lloyd D. Tyler
Perry
Lucille R. Veno
Williston
Nellie M. Waters
Mary B. Webb
Aiken Standard Launches Three-Part Literacy Series
The Aiken Standard begins a three part series Friday on the importance of learning to read. The coverage will mix statistics, state and local official comments, and profiles of volunteer literacy workers.
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Aiken Standard
Bennett Seeks Senate Backing For 7.9 Billion Drug Plan
National drug policy chief William J. Bennett brings the Bush administration plan to Capitol Hill, arguing the $7.9 billion request will curb drug trafficking, boost treatment by 53 percent, and expand prisons, while Democrats debate funding and strategy. Bennett faces Senator Biden in the first hearing and urges sticking to the plan despite criticisms of scale and funding.
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Washington
National Drug Policy
William J. Bennett
Capitol Hill
Bennett
Bush
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph R. Biden Jr
National Press Club
Biden
Congress
America
Safety of SRS K Reactor Restart Hailed By Contractor
Westinghouse Savannah River Co official J M Morrison told the DOE advisory panel that ultrasonic testing of the K-Reactor tank is unnecessary before restart. Tests will be done on P and L reactors, while a December 1986 videotape showed no cracks, only minor gauges and corrosion. The safety committee concluded two days of public meetings at SRS.
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Savannah River Site
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
J.M. Morrison
SRS
U.S. Department of Energy
Advisory Committee On
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DOE
Critics cast restart doubts on Savannah River reactors
For an hour a DOE advisory panel heard critics of the Savannah River Site call for restarting the three idled reactors. Chair Frances Close Hart of the Energy Research Foundation questioned the need for operation and rejected fears of a national security gap without SRS tritium production for U.S. weapons.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Advisory Committee On
Savannah River
Frances Close Hart
Energy Research Foundation
Columbia
Drug Lords Defied In New Edicts
In Bogota the government extradited Eduardo Martinez Romero, a 35 year old accused money launderer, to the United States under emergency powers amid threats from traffickers who vowed to murder judges. US officials say Martinez is tied to laundering 1.2 billion dollars of cocaine proceeds.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Eduardo Martinez Romero
U.S
Martinez
Colombian Supreme Court
Medellin Cartel
Carlos Lehder
Bakker ruled competent for trial in fraud case
Psychiatrists testified Bakker is not suffering a hidden mental illness and can aid his defense. Former PTL fundraiser Carol Price tearfully described being fired for speaking out and recounting attempts to deter an elderly woman from buying a $1,000 lifetime partnership with lodging.
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Sally Johnson
Federal Correctional Institution
Butner
Ms. Johnson
Bakker
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