Weather outlook with showers and mild temperatures
Cloudy today with an 80 percent chance of showers. Highs near 58 to 60 degrees. Sunrise is 7:26 a.m. Sunset around 5:35 p.m. Weather notes indicate slight variations in sunrise and sunset times.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 2002
Page
2
Cloudy today with an 80 percent chance of showers. Highs near 58 to 60 degrees. Sunrise is 7:26 a.m. Sunset around 5:35 p.m. Weather notes indicate slight variations in sunrise and sunset times.
Today’s history note lists significant events on January 5 across years, including Roentgen’s X rays discovery reported in 1896, Benedict Arnold’s naval raid on Richmond in 1781, Dreyfus’ treason conviction in 1895, Nellie T. Boss becoming Wyoming governor in 1925, Coolidge’s death in 1933, Truman’s Fair Deal in 1949, the Yablonski murders in 1970, Sutcliffe’s arrest in 1981, O’Neill’s death in 1994, Bush’s Seoul visit a decade ago, and Netanyahu and Arafat’s 2000s summit.
Thought for today offers a pithy aphorism about wisdom, noting that true wit combines a wealth of ideas with restraint. The line contrasts abundance of speech with the discipline of silence, attributed to an anonymous source.
A brief religious reflection cites I John 4 7 8 urging believers to love one another as love reflects God and those who love are born of God. It emphasizes that God is love and that lack of love indicates not knowing God.
Houston tops the nation as the fattest city for the second year running per Men's Fitness. The city plans a Shape Up Houston campaign with Jared Fogle promoting weight loss, plus fruit and vegetable intake goals and a statewide Shape Up Texas effort to improve fitness. The ranking weighs air quality, recreation, obesity, parks, climate, and nutrition.
In Cambridge Mass police Sgt James Cormier testified that he found Michael Costin 40 dead and the suspect Thomas Junta 42 at the Burbank Ice Arena after a July 2000 fight between hockey dads Costin died the next day Junta claims self defense Prosecutors say Junta used his size to overpower Costin and pound his head on the arena flags Costin was surrounded by children and witnesses include the players sons and nine others The case seeks manslaughter charges and ongoing testimony details the two fights and aftermath
AT&T Com will cut 5000 additional jobs and take a 1 billion fourth quarter charge to cover the cuts and 5100 earlier layoffs. The positions affected are in business consumer and corporate units, with more than half in management. Since the 1984 AT&T breakup the company has faced loss of long distance market to new entrants and cellular options.
London scientists report Bally the cloned sheep has arthritis in her left hind leg at the hip and knee at 5 1/2 years old. Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute notes the condition could be due to cloning or coincidence and stresses current cloning procedures are inefficient.
Hundreds of buyers report defective Xbox consoles with weeks long repair waits, though analysts say the issue likely does not threaten Microsoft's hardware push. John Kreis of Chicago waited a month for a replacement after his $300 system failed early, amid widespread customer service complaints.
A major southern snowstorm moved offshore leaving cold air to refreeze runoff and extend misery into the weekend. Up to 16 inches fell in parts of Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia disrupting travel. At least 10 traffic deaths were blamed as frigid temperatures threatened more ice and power outages.
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