Cardinal Law resigns Boston archbishop post
After talks with Vatican officials Cardinal Bernard F Law resigned as archbishop of Boston and Pope John Paul II accepted. Richard Lennon will run the archdiocese temporarily. Law apologized for handling abuse accusations and voiced hope for healing and unity amid possible bankruptcy threats from lawsuits.
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Rome
Vatican
Bernard F. Law
John Paul II
Boston
Richard Gerard Lennon
Law
United States
Archdiocese of Boston
Lott appeals for forgiveness over Thurmond remarks
Senate leader Trent Lott called segregation a stain on the nation and sought forgiveness for praising Strom Thurmond’s 1948 bid. He apologized at a Pascagoula press conference, but faced ongoing criticism and pressure to resign as Senate Republican leader.
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Washington
Senate
Trent Lott
Strom Thurmond
Lott
Pascagoula
Miss
Fog Causes Afton Pileup on I-64 Mountain Stretch
Afton Mountain fog on Friday afternoon sparked a chain of wrecks that blocked parts of a three mile section of Interstate 64 westbound, injuring 23 people and leaving 44 vehicles including five tractor trailers. Police say visibility dropped to 50 feet with sleet, and while most injuries were minor, half the vehicles may be total losses.
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Afton
Afton Mountain
Augusta County
Nelson County
K.R. Redden
Virginia
Rader
Highways Turned To Icy Planes
Winter weather shut roads across the Valley with troopers handling numerous crashes. A Friday 3:30 p.m. fatal crash on Va. 259 near Broadway involved an eastbound car that overcorrected and was broadsided by a Pilgrim's Pride tractor trailer. victims' identities were withheld. On I 81 near Weyers Cove, a 1997 Ford skidded on ice at mile 235.8, flipping several times. driver Fred Barner and three youths were hospitalized and Barner released.
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Broadway
K.M. Richards
Pilgrim’s Pride
Richards
Weyers Cove
Fred Thomas Barner
Harrisonburg
D.C. Brydge
Barner
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
AMH
Colleges Nationwide Crack Down On Smoking
Colleges tighten smoking bans on campuses. At University of Southern Maine 11 000 students will face smoking only in designated areas next fall. Harvard research shows 25 percent of U S colleges ban dorm smoking and the trend grows.
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Southern Maine
Gorham
Portland
Pamela Clay-Storm
University of Southern Maine
Obituaries and contact info for Virginia residents
The Virginia obituaries list Thelma Bondurant Shirley Gier Nancy Grinstead Ruth Harrell William Heatwale Herbert Sites Claude Waggy and Roy Williams with ages 95 79 68 83 50 88 90 and locations including Harrisonburg Virginia Beach Broadway Verona Franklin WV and Waynesboro. Main switchboard numbers and a misses-your-paper contact provide reader assistance.
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Thelma B. Bondurant
Harrisonburg
Shirley Z. Gier
Virginia Beach
Nancy J. Grinstead
Ruth Harrell
Broadway
William H. Heatwale
Verona
Herbert L. Sites
Franklin
W.va
Claude Waggy
Roy M. Williams
Waynesboro
U.N. Delegation Stalled at Iraqi Infectious Diseases Center
U.N. teams faced a two hour delay at a newly declared infectious diseases center in Baghdad as inspectors used a hotline to Iraqi authorities for access. Washington said Iraq’s 12 000 page weapons declaration omits missing chemical and biological weapons and fails to explain uraniumrelated procurement tied to the nuclear program. In Vienna Mohamed ElBaradei noted little new in the nuclear portion, with 300 pages of Arabic text not yet translated, and said a sanitized copy would be sent to the Security Council.
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Iraq
U.N
U.S
Washington
Saddam Hussein
Vienna
Austria
U.N. Nuclear Control Agency
Mohamed el Baradei
Tle
ElBaradei
Iran says nuclear sites are peaceful. IAEA visit paused
Iran insisted its nuclear facilities are for peaceful purposes and canceled a planned IAEA inspection of two suspicious sites. IAEA chief ElBaradei said Tehran asked for time to prepare and the inspection was rescheduled for February. Iran rejected U.S. claims of a clandestine weapons program, stating all sites are open to inspection.
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Tehran
Iran
U.N
Washington
U.N. Nuclear Control Agency
Mohammad Khatami
Mohamed ElBaradei
International Atomic Energy Agency
Austria
U.S
Abdullah Ramezanzadeh
IAEA
ElBaradei
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