AP Names 2000 Top News Stories in Its Yearend Survey
The Associated Press survey ranks the presidential race in Florida first, followed by the Elian Gonzalez custody saga and the USS Cole bombing. Also in the top ten: soaring oil prices, Firestone recall, Microsoft breakup, genetic code mapping, Y2K, Milosevic toppled, and a record tobacco damages verdict.
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Associated Press America
Elian Gonzalez
Associated Press
George W. Bush
Florida
News Cooperative
Cuba
Miami
USS Cole
United States
OPEC
Firestone
Fox greets Mexican migrants at Reynosa border visit
President Vicente Fox saluted returning Mexicans at Reynosa as they passed through customs. He calls for dignified treatment of migrants, citing past delays and extortion by border guards and praising the Paisano program as he tours Texas Arizona. A Texan resident praised improved handling of his pickup search and said robbery was common before.
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Reynosa
Mexico
Vicente Fox
Texas
United States
Fox
San Antonio
Matamoros
Brownsville
Madonna and Ritchie wed at Skibo Castle in Scotland
Reporters waited at Skibo Castle in the Scottish Highlands as Madonna and Guy Ritchie kept wedding plans secret. Sting and Trudie Styler attended as Donatella Versace moved through the gates, signaling near ceremony preparations.
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Dornoch
Scotland
Madonna
Guy Ritchie
Turner donation helps U N win bid to cut dues
Billionaire Ted Turner helped the United States secure a deal to reduce U N dues with a 34 million donation cleared through the State Department. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke credited the gift for unlocking negotiations that lowered U S share of the administrative budget from 25 to 22 percent and peacemaking aid from 31 to about 27 percent.
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United Nations
Ted Turner
United States
Turner
U.S
State Department
Clinton
Richard Holbrooke
Holbrooke
U.N
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Elian Saga
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Kursk
Koreas
Milosevic
Tiger Woods
Microsoft
Microsoft Corp
At&T’s
Arizona
Jose Loeza
Austin
Presi
Dent
Tampico
Skibo Castle
Sting
Trudie Styler
Donatella Versace
Belen OL
UEC Sey Prac
Thomas Kinkade
Garland Gallery
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
2Nd Avenue
C.R
Mt. Vernon Rd
S.E
Vernon Village
GAP Carpet & Rugs
Third Avenue
LifeCare
Oaknoll
Patricia Heiden Bingham
Health Service Administration
Oaknoll Drive
Iowa City
Iowa
Oaknoll.com
Great Furniture
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Sun
EYE Laser Vision Institute
P.c
H Ave
Foxeye.com
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