Winter heating bills may soar for natural gas users
The Energy Information Administration warned that natural gas prices have doubled from last year due to production drops and high demand by industry and utilities. Oil heating may follow with steep prices in the Northeast, while spot gas costs averaged 3.50 to 4.50 dollars per thousand cubic feet.
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Energy Department
Energy Information Administration
Energy Outlook
Northeast
New England
Midwest
Ohio Valley
DNA evidence spurs Bush pardons in Texas cases
Governor George W. Bush agreed to pardon Roy Wayne Criner after DNA testing tied semen found in the rape victim to a cigarette butt, resolving a 10 year life sentence. He also pardoned Ronnie Mark Gariepy in an unrelated sexual assault case, following the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommendation.
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George W. Bush
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
Bush
Roy Wayne Criner
Ronnie Mark Gariepy
Criner
Gariepy
Deanna Ogg
Michael B. Charlton
Ogg
Eye for an eye punishment shocks Saudi Arabia
An Egyptian man, Abdel Moati Abdel Rahman Mohammed, 37, had his left eye removed in Medina after being convicted of disfiguring a compatriot with acid in 1996. He reportedly expressed regret, faced a large fine of 68800 dollars and an undisclosed prison term despite offers of 213000 dollars to the victim.
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Saudi Arabia
Abdel Moati Abdel Rahman Mohammed
Medina
Shihata Ajami Mahmoud
Okaz
Mohammed
Mahmoud
History milestones from 1769 to 1998
Key events include Napoleon Bonaparte birth on Corsica in 1769, the 1935 death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in Alaska, the 1948 proclamation of the Republic of Korea, Woodstock opening in 1969, and the 1998 Omagh car bombing claimed by the Real IRA with 29 fatalities.
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Corsica
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
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Republic of Korea
Woodstock
Upstate
New York
Omagh
Northern Ireland
Real Ira
Birthdays celebrate Julia Child and others
The list honors Julia Child turning 88 and other notables today. Actor Mike Connors reaches 75, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer 62, Linda Elterbee 56, Britain's Princess Anne 50, and Ben Affleck 28, with Child mentioned again.
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Julia Child
Mike Connors
Supreme Court
Stephen Breyer
Linda Elterbee
Britain
Princess Anne
Ben Affleck
Tomato varieties spotlight in Journal World food page
Backyard gardeners, market visitors, and grocery managers see peak tomato season. The Food page on Wednesday’s Journal World reviews tomato varieties for lovers to enjoy and notes canning can wait.
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Journal-World
Twitch City Revisits couch potatoes with sharp wit
Canadian series Twitch City profiles Curtis a Toronto twentysomething who watches TV constantly. His flatmates Nathan and Hope share a loosely run home while Rex Reilly the talk show host TV presence forms the backdrop. Curtis rents Nathan’s room to strangers as odd events unfold including Nathan’s jail stint and cookie obsessed visitors. The satire lampoons TV insiders and audience stereotypes with dry humor.
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Dick van Dyke
Showtime
Brain Trust
Doug Heffernan
Twitch City
Canada
Bravo
Curtis
Toronto
Don McKellar
Nathan
Hope
Daniel Maclvor
Molly Parker
Rex Reilly
Kids In the Hall
Bruce McCulloch
Rex
Jerry Springer
Geraldo
Joyce DeWitt
Curtis’ TV
Sistine Chapel
Missing bansjo blues muse: Seeger posts $1000 reward
Pete Seeger 81 seeks return of a 55 year old lignum vitae banjo used on Where Have All the Flowers Gone. He offered a 1000 dollar reward after a trip to Ulster County New York last week the instrument vanished from his car. Seeger says the banjo is worth about 1000 and wonders why anyone would steal it.
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Pete Seeger
Seeger
Ulster County
New York
New York State
Central America
Dutch fugitive goes underground in Berlin reality hunt
In Berlin a Dutch sports teacher nicknamed Roger disappears to evade a $10,000 reward in Reality Run. Internet bounty hunters track him daily as planners seek cult status and TV interest. Fans vote for future host cities while a final in New York in August 2001 could raise the prize to $100,000.
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Roger
ExtraMile AG
CBS
ExtraMile
Ruediger Kreklau
Vienna
Amsterdam
San Francisco
New York
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