Tornadoes strike Texas city and more brief items
Tornadoes hit Pampa Texas collapsing a warehouse overturning a tractor trailer injuring several and cutting power and phone service in a 15 block south side area. Also an Amtrak Pioneer train struck a pickup near NYSSA Oregon killing seven farm workers and leaving no survivors.
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Texas City
Pampa
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Nyssa. Ore
Amtrak
Sylvestre Perez
Union Pacific
Ed Trandahl
Chicago
Dawn Soper
Los Angeles
Three men charged with exporting zirconium to Iraq
A former bank president and two partners were charged with attempting to export nearly 8 tons of zirconium from the former Soviet Union to Iraq. The operation, described as the largest nuclear-related materials seizure in U.S. history, centered on a Queens warehouse. The trio faces up to 10 years in prison and fines.
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New York
Iraq
U.S
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Germany
United States
Demetrios Demetrios
Renos Kourtides
Constantine Zahariadas
Kourtides
Marathon National Bank
Queens
Demetrios
Interglobal Manufacturing Enterprises
Vesco Arrested in Cuba After Decades On Run
Robert Vesco the fugitive financier is in Cuban custody after living in Havana since 1982 and fleeing U S prosecution for allegedly bilking investors of about 224 million dollars. Clinton administration sources say Cuba halted Vesco’s relationship with Fidel Castros government. FBI notes say Cuba hosts 91 American fugitives the U S has sought to extradite. ABC News cites talks of possible extradition.
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Washington
Robert Vesco
Cuba
United States
Clinton
Vesco
Fidel Castro
Havana
Scientists discover sleep inducing chemical from cats
Scientists report a fatty acid cis 9 10 octadecenoamide found in spinal fluid of sleep deprived cats induces real sleep in cats and rats. Published in Science, the compound may lead to new insomnia drugs and is related to mood and behavior effects similar to THC. Researchers from Scripps note the substance occurs naturally in humans and could redefine sleep biology.
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Knight-Ridder
Nature
Science
Richard Lerner
Scripps Research Institute
la Jolla
Calif
Lerner
Juror Distress as Simpson Trial Photos Shown
Emotion fills the Los Angeles courtroom as Ronald Goldman's family cries during a murder re enactment and a juror faints at autopsy photographs. The judge recesses the trial early as photos of Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman’s slashed throat are displayed.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Goldman
Goldman
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Ito
Nicole Brown Simpson
Rigatori
Robert Shapiro
Fred Goldman
Los Angeles County
O.J. Simpson
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House
Ernest Istook
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FBI
James Kallstrom
Justice Department
ABC News
Visa & Master Cara
KREBS
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Wilson Ave
Murr
Collins Rd
Iowa
Brown Lumber & Furniture
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Raymond
Sun
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran
Brian Kelberg
Mitsubishi
Ustant
First Ave
EduCare
Kevin J. McCarville
North Park Place
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Iowa City
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