Briefs from Arkansas and nationwide AP notices
An 8-year-old in Jonesboro was suspended for three days for mimicking a weapon. In Gainesville a grandfather was found guilty of abducting six grandchildren for years. Bethesda residents pressed for vaccine disclosure amid Lymerix concerns. A Colorado skier received 90 days for a fatal Vail collision.
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Gainesville
Gordon Winrod
North Dakota
Bethesda, Md
Fagle
Colo
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Vail
Nathan Hall
Alan Cobb
Denver
Timeline highlights from 1861 to 1979 major world events
Key historical moments include Texas secession in 1861, Edison’s motion picture studio in 1893, Puccini's La Boheme premiere in 1896, RCMP founding in 1920, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in 1943, Lie's UN secretary-general selection in 1946, Greensboro sit-ins in 1960, the Saigon police chief's 1963 wartime execution, and Khomeini's 1979 Tehran return.
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West Orange
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Italy
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America
442D
Trygve Lie
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N.C
Saigon
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Black lawmakers press Bush on civil rights and Ashcroft
Thirty one members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with President Bush to press civil rights, election reform, AIDS and Africa among over twenty issues. The session, labeled cordial, lasted 90 minutes, with Elijah Cummings criticizing John Ashcroft’s past record and Bush defending the nomination.
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Florida
Congressional Black Caucus
Ari Fleischer
Africa
Fleischer
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Legislative Branch
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D-Md
Ashcroft
Missouri
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NEAR Shoemaker Prepares First Asteroid Landing on Eros
NASA aims to softly land the 1100 pound NEAR Shoemaker on asteroid Eros on February 12 in history's first craft touchdown on an asteroid. If successful the craft will antenna Earth and power from solar panels to beacon back.
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Eros
Earth
Robert Farquhar
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