New York transit strike averted amid union talks
The 34,000 transit workers reached progress in ongoing contract talks mainly in noneconomic areas. A midnight strike deadline was suspended as talks continue, with city officials warning of major disruption if no agreement is reached.
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GOP senator pushes for vote on Lott leadership
Senator Don Nickles urged new leadership elections citing Trent Lott's weakened position after the Thurmond birthday remarks. Other Republicans echoed calls for a party meeting to resolve the controversy while Lott allies circulated material highlighting voting alignment on civil rights issues.
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NASA to launch IceSat satellite to map global ice sheets
NASA scientists launch the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite along with Chipsat atop a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg to measure Greenland and Antarctica ice elevations over at least three years. The mission aims to reduce uncertainty about future sea level rise and assess ice sheet gains and losses.
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Carnival Conquest reports Norwalk-like illness on cruise
Carnival Cruise Lines says more than two hundred guests on the Carnival Conquest felt ill with a Norwalk-like virus during a voyage that ended Sunday. The ship of 3160 passengers departed New Orleans December 8 and the illness is believed to have been carried aboard by a passenger who felt sick two days before departure.
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Secretary Thompson will pass on smallpox inoculation
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said he does not plan to be inoculated with the smallpox vaccine and recommends that other Cabinet members not request it. President Bush said he would take the vaccine with military forces but not urge it for most Americans. The inoculation will be free for those who want it.
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Strep outbreak hits Marines at San Diego depot
More than 5000 recruits at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot were inoculated after a streptococcal pneumonia outbreak. Sixty remained hospitalized at Naval Regional Medical Center in Balboa Park with sore throats and coughing. Officials warned some recruits may drop out as deaths at the base prompt an investigation, though no link found between the outbreak and the two recent deaths of Pvt. Neal Edwards and Pvt. Samuel Bruss.
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Elephant injures zookeeper at Miami Zoo
A 20 year old elephant attacked a zookeeper in Miami injuring him critically as crowds watched. The victim, a new employee of two months, was knocked unconscious with head lacerations and a back injury and hospitalized at Jackson Memorial. the elephant ceased after a zoo worker shouted.
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