Bush vows veto over Gramm Rudman cuts amid tax clash
White House officials say President Bush will veto any Congress move to delay the 85 billion Gramm Rudman spending cuts next week unless a budget deal is reached. Dispute centers on capital gains tax cuts and opposition to raising income taxes on the wealthy.
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Protests mark start of obscenity trial in Cincinnati
About 150 protesters gathered outside Hamilton County Municipal Court as jury selection began for the obscenity trial of the Contemporary Arts Center and director Dennis Barrie over Robert Mapplethorpe photographs. Court security included 50 officers. a few protesters lay in the street and no arrests were made.
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Bush calls South Africa drive to end apartheid irreversible
President Bush and South African President F W de Klerk affirm irreversible progress toward ending apartheid and plan to lift sanctions once congressional conditions are met. De Klerk says South Africa moves toward a new era, despite protests outside the White House.
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Chicago threatens to pull plug on Commonwealth Edison
Chicago officials threaten to end the franchise with Commonwealth Edison amid a string of crippling outages that left tens of thousands without power. Mayor Daley says negotiations paused while performance and reliability are evaluated before any extension.
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Woman seeks piggyback ride ends in 18 story fall
Cindy McNeely 32 of Woodstock Georgia died after she stood on a chair to climb onto her husband’s back at Sundestin Condominiums in Destin Florida. The chair tipped and she fell 18 stories. Authorities say the death is an accident pending autopsy. The husband Richard McNeely 32 a CPA gave the account.
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Venus Magellan mission reveals dramatic Venusian craters
Washington Post reports Magellan radar images show sharp, detailed craters on Venus, thrilling scientists including geophysicist Duane Bindschadler. The 243 day mapping mission continues to uncover a surface long hidden by acid clouds, with vast forces carving the landscape.
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