Torch lit citywide farewell to Sydney Olympic flame
Fireworks bloomed over Harbor Bridge as the Olympic torch traveled toward the 2000 Games. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor handed the flame to Andrea Bocelli at the Sydney Opera House grounds, then Olivia Newton-John carried it into Bennelong Point as crowds cheered and the rings illuminated the harbor.
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Australia
Harbor Bridge
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
Sydney Opera House
Andrea Bocelli
Bennelong Point
Olivia Newton-John
Anchorage
Boulder police rule out link between 1997 sex case and Ramsey slaying
Police in Boulder say there is no connection between the 1997 sexual assault of a 14 year old and the 1996 JonBenet Ramsey murder. A palm print match did not align with the Ramsey scene, and Chief Mark Beckner stated there are no links despite some parallels between the cases.
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Colo
JonBenet Ramsey
Once Academy
JonBenet
Ramseys
Ramsey
Mark Beckner
Beckner
Expelled students charged in robbery case in Decatur
Roosevelt Fuller, 19, Errol Bond 17 and Bruce Manns 17, expelled after a football game brawl, were charged with robbery after an acquaintance said they and a fourth teen beat him and stole 120 dollars. Also arrested was 17-year-old Darrien Spates. The case spurred Jesse Jackson’s national critique of zero tolerance policies.
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Decatur, Ill
Jesse Jackson
Roosevelt Fuller
Errol Bond
Bruce Manns
Darrien Spates
Fuller
Bond
Manns
Jackson
Lazio Clinton Debate Sparks Charged Exchange in Buffalo
Republican Rep. Rick Lazio and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton clashed in their first debate, trading sharp barbs over Gingrich links and Monica Lewinsky fallout. Lazio pressed for a soft money pledge, Clinton defended her record, saying she faced a vast right wing conspiracy and expressed regret over the era's pain.
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N.Y
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Senate
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Hillary Clinton
Bill to Speed Auto Tire Safety Reform
Lawmakers in Washington introduced the TREAD Act to expand NHTSA powers, boost investigations, and tighten consumer protection between auto and tire makers in response to the Firestone tire recall deaths. Sponsors Upton and Tauzin push for quick, bipartisan action before session end, amid recalls of 65 million tires and ongoing fatality concerns.
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Firestone
Congress
Fred Upton
Rmich
Billy Tauzin
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Tauzin
Bridgestone
Firestone Inc
Wilderness
Wall Street Journal
Upton
John McCain
R-Ariz
Senate
Jacksonville volunteers rally with Carter Kemp Fuller Delaney Weaver
A Jacksonville neighborhood hosts high profile volunteers including Jimmy Carter Rosalynn Carter Jack Kemp Millard Fuller and local leaders Mayor John Delaney and Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver aiding home building. Separately Jesse Jackson condemns a planned dump near the Selma to Montgomery civil rights trail in Lowndes County Alabama. Tom Hanks Paul Newman and other stars join rallies backing striking actors as industry mediation continues.
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Jimmy Carter
Rosalyn
Jack Kemp
Habitat For Humanity
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Delores Weaver
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Ala
Jesse Jackson
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Selma
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NEW York
Tom Hanks
Paul Newman
Alfre Woodard
David Hyde Pierce
Screen Actors Guild
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Endowment Draws Nobel Laureate to UNLV Creative Writing Chair
An 82 million endowment to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas pledges a new endowed Chair of Creative Writing in the College of Liberal Arts. The first chairholder will be Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian dramatist, poet and essayist named in Clark County.
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University of Nevada At Las Vegas
Nevada
Ons
Tsi
College of Liberal Arts
Wole Soyinka
Soyinka
Clark County
State to probe prison sex cases center on misconduct
South Carolina top law officer says his office will investigate specific allegations of sexual misconduct in prisons but not search for cases. SLED will cooperate with corrections investigations as Gov Hodges extends inquiry into inmate guard sex cases and related misconduct across facilities.
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South Carolina
Divion
Robert Stewart
Honst
David Thomas
William “Doug” Catoe
Women’s Prison
Catoe
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Corrections Department
Dave Jordan
Stewart
Lucky shot may have sunk Hunley, McConnell says
State Sen. Glenn McConnell told a Lowcountry Civil War Roundtable that a single lucky shot likely sank the Confederate submarine H L Hunley after it was raised off Sullivans Island. He noted intact rear conning tower glass and sky lights, and suggested Dixon may have been shot in the face, a finding scientists will verify.
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Bluffton
H.L. Hunley
South Carolina
Glenn McConnell
George Dixon
Dixon
Sullivans Island
America
Germany
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