Hepatitis A outbreak in Michigan and fatal fire in Kentucky
Health investigators tracked a hepatitis A outbreak in southeastern Michigan with one death and at least 20 illnesses, likely tied to a specific local restaurant or store. In Kentucky a century-old apartment building fire killed six, including a baby and her father, while the mother and three other relatives perished.
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Helms blocks hearing on Weld nomination for Mexico post
Sen. Jesse Helms refused to allow a hearing on William Weld for ambassador to Mexico and harshly criticized colleagues. Clinton and Weld supporters consider bypass options as Lott and Lugar express little willingness to retreat. Weld criticized Helms as abusing Senate power and called the action despotic.
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R-Ind
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Divers resume Haiti ferry search as president rejects recoveries
U S divers pulled bodies from the sunken Pride of Gonave ferry off Mon Reuis Haiti as President Rene Preval told mourners bodies cannot be identified and a mass grave will be dug. Dozens are trapped inside the wreck with about 200 believed dead and 50 survivors.
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Haiti
U.S
Rene Preval
U.N
Raymonde Joseph Grieves
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Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts Mild Winter Snow
The 206th edition predicts a mild winter with snowy spells and a hotter summer. New England may see a white Christmas but most areas get wetter holidays. drought risk grows in the breadbasket in summer. Weatherwise Abe notes 80 percent accuracy since 1792.
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George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Army to adjust fitness standards for women soldiers
The Army will narrow the gap in semi annual fitness tests tightening women’s standards while maintaining equal service expectations. Brig. Gen. Evelyn Foote described lower sit ups and push ups for women as a serious problem for men amid a survey of 30,000 troops showing gender bias perceptions. Current rules different for 25 year olds. proposed changes require women to perform more push ups and run two miles faster while sit ups remain similar.
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Washington Post
Washington
Army
Evelyn Foote
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