Flooding Strands Motorist as Florida Rains Continue
Heavy rains on Florida's central Gulf Coast flood Bradenton area for three days. Floodwaters forced evacuations of at least 1000 people, closed schools, and left Palmetto police riding in garbage trucks. National Guard placed on alert as forecasters warned no letup in the rainfall.
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Bradenton
Fla
Florida
Gulf Coast
Manatee River
Palmetto
National Guard
U S Embargoes Mail to Britain Over Strike
The U S Postal Service halted all mail to Britain citing a nationwide postal workers strike. About 100 million pieces of undelivered mail have piled up as over half of Britain's 180 000 workers remain idle. Mail will be returned to senders and refunds available at local post offices.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Britain
Biden returns to Senate after emergency brain surgery
Senator Joseph Biden, saying he is a little wiser and more serene, returned to the Senate seven months after emergency brain surgery. He arrived from Wilmington, Del., attended a party in his office, spoke with reporters, chaired a Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing on presidential war powers, and cast a vote on his first day back.
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Washington
Joseph Biden
Senate
Wilmington
Del
Biden
Brezhnev End Times Seen As Weak Rule In Final Years
Prominent historian Roy Medvedev portrays Brezhnev as vain and senile in his last years. He notes a near fatal stroke in January 1976 that left Brezhnev ruling in a daze for six more years and unable to break with Stalinist past.
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Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Roy Medvedev
Josef Stalin
Moscow News
Brezhnev
Musavi Withdraws Resignation Under Khomeini Pressure
In Nicosia Iran's prime minister Hussein Musavi withdrew his resignation after a letter to Ayatollah Khomeini. The official IRNA report notes Musavi retracted "out of concern for Islam and the revolution and the interests of the country" while signaling divisions within Tehran's leadership.
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Cyprus
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Tehran
Islamic Republic
Hussein Musavi
Khomeini
Public health system called disarray in national study
The Institute of Medicine reports fragmentation in public health from epidemic response to water safety. It cites erratic care delivery, unclear federal state local responsibilities, and gaps for the uninsured. Richard Remington notes Americans take the system for granted and guard is down.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Institute of Medicine
Richard Remington
University of Iowa
The
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National Academy of Sciences
Remington
Health Department
Sports On TV Today
Chicago Bears
U of Hawkeye
UNI Panther
Midwest
Oolf
Waterloo Greyhounds
KCRG
Pet Care
Des Moines
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Luke's
Real estate broker wins record $55 million lottery prize
Sheelah Ryan, a 63 year old real estate broker from Winter Springs, claimed a $55 million world lottery prize. The first annual installment of $2,767,361 before tax is due next week. Ryan bought the winning ticket at a Longwood grocery store after selecting numbers from Orlando Sentinel stories.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Sheelah Ryan
Winter Springs
Florida Lottery Department
Ryan
Internal Revenue Service
Central
Florida
New York
Orlando Sentinel
Longwood
Orlando
Harvard biologists challenge mutation randomness theory
Harvard researchers question the long standing view that mutations arise randomly in evolution. Experiments with bacteria suggest some single celled organisms can influence mutation direction to adapt to new environments, while natural selection still sorts beneficial traits from harmful changes.
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Washington Post
Harvard
Nature
Witness says Hamadi gloated after Navy diver was killed
American witness Peter Hill testified that Mohammed Ali Hamadi proudly displayed the gun used to kill Navy diver Robert Stethem during the 1985 TWA hijacking. Hill described Hamadi admitting hijacking and gloating over the sailor’s death to hostages in Beirut.
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West Germany
Mohammed Ali Hamadi
U.S. Navy
TWA
Peter Hill
Hezbollah
Iran
Hill
Athens
Greece
Rome
Beirut
Lebanon
Hamadi
Robert Stethem
Navy
Stethem
Ralf Traugott
U S Evacuates 95 Dependents Amid Burma Riots
The U S Embassy in Rangoon orders evacuation of 95 dependents as looting prompts army return to Burma's capital. About 55 staff remain as government workers strike and troops patrol warehouses. Radio warns looters will be fired upon. five were killed in 24 hours amid demonstrations.
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Los Angeles Times
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Rangoon
Burma
Ross Petzing
Rangoon Radio
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