Murdoch to Buy Majority of New York Magazine Co
Rupert Murdoch says he has agreed with major stockholders to acquire more than half the stock of New York Magazine Co and plans about 15 million dollars in investment. Clayton Felker seeks court order to stop sale of 24 percent stake held by Carter Burden while editors rally behind Felker amid uncertainty over changes. Murdoch promises no immediate staff or policy shifts and will meet staff to ease concerns. Nevada features vary from Death Valley heat to northern cold.
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Crown Prince of Thailand Weds First Cousin In TV Televised Ceremony
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn married his first cousin Somsawat Kittiyakern in Bangkok in a televised royal wedding. The brief ceremony at Princess Sangwan’s palace featured traditional rites, gifts, and a registry signing. Attending were the king queen and royal family along with Somsawali’s relatives and officials.
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Somsawat Kittiyakern
Sangwan
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Bhumipol Adulyadej
Australia
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Episcopal Women Ordained as Priests Dividing Congregations
The Associated Press reports two Episcopal women ordained in official ceremonies, with a third previously ordained against church rules now recognized as a priest. In Indianapolis, Rev. Jacqueline Means faced a small service as discord persists. In Virginia, Patricia Merchant Park became the first ordained woman priest in the Diocese of Virginia, amid cheers from 800 supporters. In Newark, Nancy Hatch Wittig was recognized as a priest after earlier defiance.
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Virginia
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Alexandria
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Trinity Cathedral
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Nancy Hatch Wittig
Philadelphia
George Kath
Post Christmas price tag switching shocks shoppers study
Sonoma State College sociologist Dr. John Steiner finds that after Christmas shoppers switch price tags to save about 20 percent. Affluent, well educated whites drive the practice, mainly in supermarkets and department stores, with millions in annual losses. Switchers feel elated by a self serving sense of justice and rarely get caught.
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Vietnamese mother reunited with four children after Vietnam evacuation
Le Phi Nhi, 41, reunited with her four children after 20 months apart following the 1975 evacuation from Vietnam. She was hospitalized at St. Joseph’s Hospital in fair condition due to exhaustion and malnutrition, after running to embrace her kids aboard a ship escaping an air attack. The ordeal included four prison camps and multiple escapes before reaching Indonesia and eventually Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas.
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South Vietnam
St. Joseph's Hospital
le Phi Nhi
William Daly
St. John LaLande
Father Daly
Vietnam
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