Networks lead NAACP Image Award nominations in 1990s race push
CBS topped with 18 nominations followed by ABC 15 and HBO 14 as Fox and NBC trailed amid calls for broader ethnic diversity. Five of Fox’s nods went to Ally McBeal while WB’s The Steve Harvey Show led TV entries with five. awards air Feb 11-12 and Fox plans Apr 8 telecast.
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NAACP
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Ally McBeal
Los Angeles
Hamilton Cloud
Kweis Mfume
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Steve Harvey
Internet sites ready for Mars invasion
NASA Mars Polar Lander web access goes live Friday with pictures weather data and the first sound clips from 157 million miles away. JPL engineers say mirrored sites will reduce traffic jams and streaming NASA TV video will accompany ongoing Mars mission coverage through three months.
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Calif
Mars
NASA
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Kirk Goodall
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Virus outbreak hits Banc of America and Go.com
Dozens of companies faced a new MiniZip worm that spreads via e mail attachments and damages files on Windows 95 98 and NT systems. Go.com Banc of America and other firms reported infections but backups limited damage while experts urged caution against suspicious emails.
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Calif
Banc of America
Disney
Go.com
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Shelly Greenhalgh
Bank
Jennifer Smith
Tax agency draws fire over missing forms and errors
Lawrence residents and professionals complain that October sales tax forms have not arrived and calls go unanswered. Revenue delays blamed on form changes. some notices were mailed, others not. State official cites a forthcoming Post Audit report due December 15 as context. Critics question overall impact on tax receipts and accuracy of letters alleging underpayments.
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Brenda McFadden
McFadden
Goering
Wint Winter Jr
Department of Revenue
Winter
Department
State Treasury
Legislative Post
Sandy Praeger
R-Lawrence
Senate Insurance and Taxation Committee
Praeger
Scientist prepares holiday neutrino project at South Pole site
Prof Besson and Dyer plan to deploy 400 meter deep ice sensors, 3 kilometer ice cap, and 16 receivers plus six to eight more during break to catch high energy neutrinos from distant cosmic events. Receivers transmit data by satellite to the United States for analysis.
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South Pole
Dyer
Ject
United States
National Science Foundation
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