TV pioneers, ad girl Betty Crocker dies at 86 and 93
Virginia Graham a landmark talk show host dies at 86 from heart attack complications. Adelaide Hawley Cumming known as Americas First Lady of Food dies at 93 in Bremerton after a hospital stay. State Dept orders three Cuban diplomats to leave the U S over a spy probe linked to Miami. A 20 year old girlfriend pleads guilty as an accessory in Matthew Shepard murder case. James Kopp antiabortion activist car found in Newark airport parking lot tied to Slepian slaying investigation.
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Iraqi leader feared mutiny as airstrikes neared
General Anthony Zinni said Saddam Hussein moved ground troops into four sectors and installed loyal lieutenants to curb internal plots. U.S. intelligence saw decentralization as internal security, not military prep, while Cohen kept a sizable Gulf force. Berger vowed to contain Iraq and monitor weapons activity.
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Palestinians Free Hamas Leader Yassin Amid Tense Peace Talks
Palestinian Authority releases Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin from house arrest sparking renewed mistrust with Israel. Israel denounces the move as bowing to Hamas demands while Gaza residents celebrate outside Yassin’s home in a wheelchair.
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Mandelson resigns over 1996 loan from colleague in Britain
Peter Mandelson quits as secretary for trade and industry amid questions about a $625,000 home loan from Geoffrey Robinson in 1996. Blair had not been told until recently, and Robinson then resigns as paymaster general at the Treasury shortly afterward.
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Balloonists cross Yellow Sea on world flight bid
Richard Branson, Steve Fossett, and Per Lindstrand piloted the ICO Global balloon across northern China into the Yellow Sea after China granted passage through restricted airspace. The crew now heads toward the United States aiming for a nonstop around the world voyage, with speeds up to 160 mph and a hoped Pacific crossing by Christmas Day.
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On This Day in History: Key December 24 Events
Dec 24 marks the end of the War of 1812 with the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium. The Library of Congress fire in 1851 destroyed about 35 000 volumes in Washington DC. Confederate veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski Tennessee in 1865. Verdi's Aida premiered in Cairo in 1871 for Suez Canal opening. Caruso gave his last public performance in 1920 at the Met in New York.
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