Houston gunman kills four then takes own life at store
A Houston convenience store owner shot three people to death at Amko Trading, then killed himself. His estranged wife was found dead in a store cooler alongside the gunman and their daughter. A SWAT team recovered two pistols. Witnesses say the gunman vowed vengeance after claiming his family had been harmed. Employee Ruben Zuniga identified the victims as the business owners.
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Houston
Amko Trading
California asks federal help to avert power crisis
Washington meeting gathers Gov Gray Davis and California utilities with Treasury officials to seek options as rising electricity costs threaten bankruptcies. They push for nonbinding federal mediation while lawmakers resist wholesale price controls and the FERC takes a cautious stance.
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Washington
Clinton
California
Gray Davis
Gene Sperling
Treasury Department
Davis
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notable U.S. and World Events Across the Years
A timeline highlights key moments from 1776 Common Sense by Thomas Paine to 1980 the death of George Meany. It notes Florida secession in 1861 Standard Oil founded in 1870 the League of Nations in 1920 Trotsky exile in 1928 the UN General Assembly in 1946 Macmillan premiership in 1957 Edward Brooke’s Senate seat in 1967 Masterpiece Theatre debut in 1971 Soviet space rendezvous in 1978 and Meany's death in 1980.
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Thomas Paine
Florida
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
League of Nations
General Assembly
United Nations
London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Anthony Eden
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
U.S
Senate
PBS
Alistair Cooke
Soviet Union
Salyut 6 Space Laboratory
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Washington, D.C
Cole panel urges anti-terror effort for Navy protection
The Cole commission calls for shifting from defensive stance to proactive anti-terror measures, citing the Aden bombing that killed 17 sailors. It urges improved training, intelligence, and global force protection while reviewing accountability and avoiding punishment for the Cole's crew.
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Washington
U.S
Aden
Yemen
U.S. Navy
Cole Commission
Gehman
Crouch
Cohen
Osama bin Laden
Africa
Cole
Navy
Adm. Vern Clark
Chief of
Naval Operations
Gehman and Crouch
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Associated Press
Symphony
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Iowa City
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Coralville
Ortex
Blairs Ferry RD
Marion
Iowa
Commission
Harold Gehman
Army
William Crouch
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
William Cohen
Henry Shelton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rumsfeld
Shelton
Defense Secretary
Pentagon News
Verizon Wireless
Communications Stores
Cedar Falls
University
Buruous
Sun
Lindale Mall
Westdale Mall
Linn, Johnson, Dubuque
Black Hawk
Bremer
Jones Countie
Waterloo
University Ave
Y.com
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