Astronauts map more of Earth from Endeavour
Space shuttle Endeavour astronauts continued mapping Earth while conserving fuel in orbit. A thruster issue cut no work time, but nine extra hours kept the ninth day on schedule. By Saturday afternoon the radar logged over 44 million square miles mapped once and 31 million twice, aiming for the most precise 3-D Earth maps yet.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
Jeff Bantle
Earth
North America
Michael Kobrick
Mission Control
Cats to Close on Broadway After Record Run
New York AP reports the longest running Broadway show Cats will close June 25 after 7,397 performances. Andrew Lloyd Webber notes the final curtain comes after opening at the Winter Garden Theatre in October 1982.
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New York
Broadway
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Winter Garden Theater
Lloyd Webber
New York Times
Clinton seeks tough tax shelter crackdown to curb abuses
President Clinton asks Congress for harsher laws to curb corporate tax shelters amid Treasury warnings of at least $10 billion in annual losses. Summers cites courts proving shelters for UPS, Compaq, and Winn-Dixie, proposing 25 percent excise taxes on sellers and 40 percent underreporting penalties to raise about $23 billion in a decade.
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Washington
U.S. Treasury
Clinton
Congress
Treasury
Lawrence Summers
GOP
House
Dick Armey
Armey
R-Texas
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
United Parcel Service
Compaq
Winn-Dixie
Summers
IRS
DWI plea list from 21st Judicial District Court
Several defendants pleaded guilty or no contest or were found guilty on DWI charges in Judge Zoey Waguespack's court on Jan 11. Sentences included six month suspended jail terms, two year bench probation, community service, driver improvement and substance abuse programs, victim impact panels, and fines from 572.50 to 1022.50 plus costs for both first and second offense DWI, with several cases noting additional penalties and underage DWI.
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AMITE
21St Judicial District Court
Zoey Waguespack
Scott M. Perrilloux
Gerald Cochennier
Holden
Daniel Derouchey
Denham Springs
Sharon Gill
Independence
Virginia Leco
Robert Prine
Tickfaw
Steven Rabai
Ponchatoula
Harry Watkins
Albany
Brandy Bonura
Hammond
Damien Davidson
Kenneth Golman
Roseland
Allen McDonald
Ticklaw
Dominick Ferrara
William Chaucer
Rita Cottingham
Michelle Petsch
Aimee Vessier
Abita Springs
Sost
State Department expels Cuban official over espionage ties
The State Department ordered a Cuban diplomat expelled for activities incompatible with his status. The action followed FBI evidence tying Cuban contacts to Mariano Faget, a Miami INS supervisor charged with passing classified information to Cuban officials. The diplomat was given seven days to leave. Cuba called the espionage claims a colossal slander.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Miami
James Foley
Foley
Mariano Faget
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Faget
INS
New York
FBI
Felix Wilson
United States
Cuba
Elian Gonzalez
Havana
Meyer
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Martha Vinyard
Dusty Dennison
Blake Nobles
Ryan Bonnecaze
Emily Tournillon
Kendra Pines
Waguespack
Eddie West
Ly George Gedda
Derek Dr. Hammond
Andre Theriot
A.G Edwards Investments
Happy Hour
Catherine J. Murray, M.D
Anthony F. Albright, M.D
Timothy J. Trainor, M.D
Felix G. Rabito, Jr., M.D
Mandeville
Cherokee Rose Lane
Timber Branch
Covington, LA
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