Confederate flag removal marchers rally for change in S C
More than 600 protesters began a five day 120 mile walk from Charleston to Columbia urging state lawmakers to move the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome. Mayor Riley led efforts saying South Carolinians of all races want the flag down and that legislators should align with public sentiment.
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South Carolina
Joseph P. Riley Jr
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Columbia, S.C
South Carolina Statehouse
AOL Breaks into Fortune 500 Rankings Amid Internet Boom
AOL becomes the lone pure Internet company in Fortune 500 at No. 337 as MCI Worldcom rises to 25 and Dell to 56. Amgen enters at 463. Hewlett Packard with a female CEO leads tech firms, while GM remains No. 1 and Wal Mart climbs to fourth.
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Amgen Inc
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Carleton Fiorina
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Wal-Mart
Wal- Mart
Beatles Anthology aims to set record straight
London AP. The three surviving Beatles Paul McCartney George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote a 360 page Beatles Anthology to be published worldwide in fall. Spokesman Geoff Baker says the encyclopedic volume covers the band music tours drugs disputes and other aspects to answer all questions.
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Ringo Starr
John Lennon
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Britain
United States
Geoff Baker
Baker
Sri Lanka Civil War Death Toll Rises Behind Elephant Pass
In Colombo area clashes between government troops and Tamil rebels along the Elephant Pass causeway left 78 fighters dead. More than 12,500 residents near Pallai are trapped while international aid groups discuss safe access as shelling continues. Tamil lawmaker Sangam asks evacuation to safety.
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Sri Lanka
K. Shanmuganathan
Jaffna
Elephant Pass
Pallai
International Committee of the Red Cross
Associated Press
Ananda Sangam
Chanika Kumaratunga
Homework burden grows for young students across Chicago area
Brendan O Neill and other children face rising after school work as a University of Michigan study shows home study time for ages 3 to 11 rising from 1 hour 25 minutes to 2 hours 7 minutes weekly between 1981 and 1997. Experts warn about stress and family disruption from heavier homework loads.
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Brendan O'Neill
University of Michigan
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Harris Cooper
University of Missouri
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