The Gates Draw Crowds To Central Park In New York
Central Park hosted the 16 day art event The Gates by Christo and Jeanne Claude drawing more than a million visitors in five days on a February weekend. Attendance estimates rose with a peak 450000 visitors the day after opening. Officials praised the project as a magical success despite chilly weather and minor vandalism.
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Jessica Lunsford Missing Sparks Wide Search and Reward
In Homosassa Florida Jessica Marie Lunsford, nine, vanished from her bedroom during the night. Her father and grandparents fear kidnapping as hundreds of police and volunteers search, with a $25,000 reward posted for information.
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Wounded soldiers learn winter sports in Colorado
Eighteen amputee soldiers from Walter Reed Army Medical Center arrived in Vail Colorado for a weekend ski and snowboard program. Marine Cpl. Christopher Fesmire who lost both legs in Iraq adjusted to a mono ski during his first lesson despite remarks about his disability.
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Henry Grunwald, former Time editor and ambassador, dies
Henry Grunwald, who started at Time as an immigrant copy boy and rose to top editor, died of congestive heart failure February 26 at his New York home at age 82. He later led Time Inc. and served as U.S. ambassador to Austria.
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Chronology Highlights from Early US Political and Literary Figures
A brief timeline notes key events including 1801 DC under Congress, 1807 birth of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland Maine, 1902 birth of John Steinbeck in Salinas California, and 1979 Jane Byrne cofounding Chicago Democratic machine to unseat Mayor Bilandic.
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Gates calls for radical overhaul of high schools nationwide
Bill Gates opened a two day summit urging governors and education leaders to reform high schools seen as outdated. He cited dropout rates and college prep gaps while noting the U S lags in graduation and degree attainment, with 18 of 100 students finishing college in six years.
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