Stocks fall amid conflicting reports
Stocks extended a volatile retreat as traders weighed conflicting economy signals and rate outlooks. Dow fell 8.64 to 4542.61 after a brief rise. Nasdaq and NYSE indexes slid amid weak overseas markets and lower bond prices. The session opened lower but rebounded briefly on mixed data, including a steep drop in consumer sentiment in June.
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Kevorkian Opens Obitorium Amid Legal Threats in Oakland County
Detroit AP reports Jack Kevorkian opened the obitorium in Oakland County a former hardware store offering death by own action. A 60 year old Kansas City woman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning is classified a homicide while prosecutors await sheriff reports.
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House committee passes deep cuts in federal programs
Washington AP Republicans join Democrats to preserve a 13 year old moratorium on offshore oil drilling while the Appropriations panel backs deep cuts to Interior Department science and habitat research. The panel bars new endangered species listings and limits habitat studies, cutting science funding from 166 million to 112 million. The National Biological Service is dissolved into the US Geological Survey.
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Sawyer Denies Being Deep Throat in Watergate
Diane Sawyer rejected a rabbi's claim she was the Deep Throat source. Bob Woodward said there is no evidence Sawyer had that knowledge. The Post reporter noted no involvement by Sawyer in Nixon's White House.
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Bill Clinton saved me from death by my own hand
Roger Clinton recalls in a new book that in 1984 he was ready to kill himself after cocaine arrest. Bill Clinton rushed to his side in the Hot Springs home, grabbed him, and berated him. He says Bill saved his life by confronting him and urging him to live.
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