Drug ring busted as 22 arrested in five states
An undercover sting knocked out a heroin smuggling network from Lebanon with 22 arrests across five states and the District of Columbia. U S attorney Henry Hudson said the operation supplied large quantities to Washington, New York, and Detroit.
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Test for graduates urged to raise world class skills
A national test to prove high school graduates can read write and compute at world class levels was urged by William Kolberg president of the National Alliance of Business before a House subcommittee. He warned business doubts about diploma value and skill accuracy.
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Atlantis lands safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Atlantis with five astronauts returns from a secret military mission marking the first shuttle landing in Florida in five years. The craft touched down at 4 43 PM after a wind delay from Edwards was avoided, amid cheering workers and NASA officials.
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Texas school isolates 8 year old over ponytail
Zachariah Tougate 8 faces isolation for refusing to cut a seven inch ponytail at Mina Elementary in Bastrop Texas. He is taught alone in an isolation room described by his family as a prison while parents push for change and accuse discrimination.
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Engineer on EPA panel near $1 million tobacco grant
James Woods of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University says he is near agreement with Philip Morris on a $1 million research grant to build an office-like test chamber for studying ventilation effectiveness. Philip Morris disputes having made any offer. The panel, reviewing an EPA report linking secondhand smoke to lung cancer, meets in Washington in December.
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AIDS vaccine cleared for early human tests
The FDA approved Phase I trials for a newly developed AIDS vaccine candidate that showed efficacy in one chimpanzee. Collaboration includes NIAID, NCI, and Immuno-U.S. Inc. Trials will assess safety and HIV antibody response in 60 volunteers, with future phases if promising.
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McCain Keating quarrel over wimp remark shocks ethics hearing
Lincoln Savings & Loan owner Charles Keating and Sen. John McCain clashed in March 1987 after Keating told a senator McCain was a wimp for not aiding Lincoln in its regulator fight. McCain aides testified, saying the fall out ended their friendship and is central to McCain's defense in ethics probes over meetings with five senators during Lincoln's losses.
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Cave-in Collapses Wall and Street Near White House
A large construction-site cave-in in Washington spreads to a street four blocks from the White House, damaging power cables and forcing evacuation of the United Press International building. No one was trapped as a 100 foot section of walkway and sidewalk collapsed into the hole. the five story excavation is for a new office building.
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