Engraved Custer tablet fails to meet reserve at Christie’s
A brass tablet from the Little Bighorn battle site failed to sell at auction after Christie’s received the top offer below its minimum price. Hadley Freeman of Christie’s noted institutions’ budget limits influenced the decision. The piece was the centerpiece of a Native American collection alongside pottery carvings weavings and basketry.
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Little Big Horn
George Custer
7Th Cavalry
Hadley Freeman
Christie's Auction House
World AIDS Day Sparks Global Action and Appeals
Activists worldwide marched, handed out condoms, and held concerts on World AIDS Day to stress stopping HIV spread. The message emphasized that wealth dictates access to life saving drugs, with 33.4 million infected globally and two thirds in sub Saharan Africa. Public events spanned Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Abidjan, New Delhi, Tokyo, Moscow, Pretoria, and Johannesburg.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
sub-Saharan Africa
Asia and
the Pacific
Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights
Hong Kong
India
New Delhi
Israel
Tel Aviv
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Tokyo
Japan
Moscow
Pushkin Square
Pretoria
FDA panel approves new class of painkiller Celebrex
FDA advisers unanimously recommended Searle Corp. Celebrex for prescription arthritis relief, the first in a new group called Cox-2 inhibitors. Wall Street sees blockbuster potential due to fewer stomach side effects, but panelists cautioned about long term safety and limited evidence for non arthritis pain.
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Super Sprinc
Food and Drug Administration
Searle Corp
U.S
Wall Street
FDA
Steven Abramson
New York’s Hospital
Searle
Daniel Lovell
Cincinnati
Supreme Court narrows visitors privacy in homes ruling
The Supreme Court ruled five to four that short term visitors lack the same Fourth Amendment privacy protections as residents. Justice Rehnquist led a 6-3 vote to overturn a Minnesota ruling and uphold cocaine convictions, while a 5-4 split left the scope of visitor privacy unsettled. Dissenters warned the ruling weakens home security for hosts and guests.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Minnesota Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ginsburg
James Backstrom
Minnesota
Steven Shapiro
American Civil Liberties Union
Wayne Thomas Carter
Melvin
Band of Brothers to be 13 hour HBO miniseries
Spielberg and Hanks join to co-produce a World War II miniseries based on Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers with production set to begin next year. The project may include material from Citizen Soldiers and centers on a U.S. Army rifle company that parachuted into France on D-Day.
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Speilberg
Hanks
Steven Spielberg
Tom Hanks
HBO
Stephen Ambrose
France
Ambrose
America
Spielberg
Private Ryan
Europe
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