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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1998
Page
2
Andrzej Olbrot, 52, a Wayne State University engineering professor, died after being shot with a rifle during a Thursday night final. Police said the attack did not appear random and the suspect, a man in his 40s, remained at large. None of the 24 students were injured.
The U S Supreme Court halted the lethal injection of Joseph Stanley Faulder, 61, a Canadian drifter who killed a wealthy East Texas widow, minutes before his planned execution at Walls Prison in Huntsville. A federal judge in Austin also stayed the execution citing clemency process challenges.
The Endeavour crew became the first to enter the Unity Zarya complex of the space station, with Robert Cabana and Sergei Krikalev leading the way. They prepared the hub for occupancy, checked external hardware, and planned to grow the outpost into a $63 billion, seven-berth lab and dormitory over five years to support Moon and Mars missions.
Iraqi Baath Party official Latif Mayyif Jassim vowed U.N. inspectors would not enter its Baghdad regional office after a daytime standoff. Richard Butler condemned the move as defiant while Washington warned of a serious situation and possible military action.
Washington AP report notes scientists mapped the entire gene pattern of the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode, a worm with 20 000 genes and 97 million DNA base pairs. The achievement, in collaboration with the Sanger Centre, offers key insights into human disease and aging as many worm genes have human counterparts.
A judge blocked Masquerade Music from releasing an unauthorised collection of Bruce Springsteen recordings from 1972 to 1974. The court found Springsteen owned the 19 songs and ordered Masquerade to cover legal costs estimated at $825,000.
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