Bosnian Serb Leader Plavsic Ousted By Party Rally
Radovan Karadzic supporters expelled Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic from the ruling party accusing her of aiding NATO wartime suspects and stirring Serb split. The party board met as NATO pressed a show of force near Karadzic’s Pale home amid ongoing tensions in the Bosnian Serb Republic.
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Radovan Karadzic
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Bosnia
U.N. War Crimes Tribunal
Plavsic
Serb Democratic Party
SRNA
Plavskc
Zivko Radisic
Radisic
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
Pastor Promotes Strip Dancers to Reroute Careers
In Hurricane West Virginia a Baptist minister backed by local allies proposed new jobs and benefits for exotic dancers at Lady Godiva's if they quit stripping. The plan drew about $3000 in community support but dancers and bar owner doubted it, while Manpower Inc offered training for office work and trades.
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Tiffany
West Virginia
Lady Godiva’s
Gerry White
Lighthouse Baptist Church
Lady Godiva's
Calvin Lavender
Amanda Rice
Lady Godiva
Richard Kiel
Hulk
Jaws
James Bond
White
California
Yosemite Valley
Manpower Inc. Employment Agency
Putnam County Vocational Technical Center
Backlash possible as Nussle hints at upheaval in GOP
AP reports rising discontent among young Republicans over Gingrich with Rep. Tom DeLay seen as pivotal. Jim Nussle raises chance of a confidence vote against DeLay, Armey, or Boehner. Salmon and Scarborough recall July meeting where DeLay’s backing pressed removal talk.
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Newt Gingrich
Tom DeLay
Jim Nussle
R-Ilowa
Gingrich
DeLay
Texas
Matt Salmon
Arizona
Joe Scarborough
Florida
ABC
Salmon
House
Scarborough
CNN
John Feehery
Fox
Nussle
Dick Armey
John Boehner
Ohio
Leonard Seizes Lead With 35-Foot Birdie for Open Title
Justin Leonard rolled in a 35-foot birdie putt to grab a late lead from Espen Parnevik and win the British Open. The drama came as references to the milestone moment echo across golf coverage and spectators.
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Justin Leonard
Esper Parnevik
Miller opts to seek fifth term as Iowa attorney general
Iowa attorney general Tom Miller says he is content to sit out the 1998 gubernatorial race and will not pursue the governorship. The Dubuque native cites enjoyment of his current role and the burden of long campaigns and fundraising as reasons to remain in office.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
ES Moines
Cess
Tom Miller
Iowa
Miller
Don Avenson
Dubuque
Stamp sales fall as email cuts into postage use
Stanford economist Frank Wolak told the Postal Rate Commission that U S households reduced postage spending to 54.35 dollars in 1994 from 74.26 in 1989, as personal computers and online services lure customers away from post offices despite stamp price rises. The study notes a drop from 19 percent to 10.6 percent of Postal Service sales to households, with about a five billion dollar annual market still existing. The service proposed a one cent rise for first class stamps.
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Washington
Frank Wolak
Stanford University
Postal Rate Commission
Wolak
Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service
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