Cheney backs execution for Tim McVeigh on Sunday
Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News Sunday that Timothy McVeigh should be executed, rejecting Pope John Paul II's plea for clemency. McVeigh, 33, is slated for lethal injection May 16 in Terre Haute for the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, including 19 children.
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Rescued doctor arrives for diagnosis after pole to Denver airlift
Dr Ronald Shemenski, a physician at a South Pole research station, reaches Swedish Hospital Englewood after pancreatitis from a gallstone. He jokes about a shower and a shave while recovering at DIA.
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Powerball Jackpot Rolling to Estimated 19 Million
No Powerball jackpot winner this draw in Des Moines. None of the tickets matched all six numbers. Players who matched five numbers and the Powerball would have shared the 16 million jackpot. Officials project the prize to reach about 19 million for Wednesday. Lottery numbers listed on page 2A.
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Widower forgives pilot who shot plane killing wife child
Pensacola AP report: Jim Bowers, a Baptist missionary, forgave Peruvian air force pilots after a missionary plane attack killed his wife Veronica Bowers and their infant Charity. He and his son Cory survived, the pilots believed the flight was drug smuggling.
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Roni” Bowers
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Pioneer 10 Telephones Home After 29 Years Silent
NASA says Pioneer 10, launched March 2, 1972, contacted from Madrid on Saturday ending a long silence. The 7.29 billion mile voyage includes Jupiter flyby and the 1983 Pluto orbit exit, with signals taking 21 hours 45 minutes round trip. The probe, carrying a gold plaque, remains on course toward Taurus as engineers rely on beam signals to reach it. Pioneer 6, NASA’s oldest operating craft, was contacted in December for the 35th launch anniversary.
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