Sprint Tens Tentative Contracts With Five Locals
Sprint Corp reached tentative three year contracts with Communications Workers of America locals in five states covering about 2,830 workers, and aimed to settle with a Florida local by the midnight strike deadline. Total represented by the agreements is about 3,500 workers, mainly installers, repairmen, technicians and customer service reps. The union cites proposed cuts to paid holidays, wage increases, hiring preferences, and severance pay. In another item a man electrocuted himself while freeing a model rocket from a power line after lighting the fuse for his son’s Christmas toy.
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Negotiations progress in India hijack talks
Afghan officials call the week long hijacking negotiations promising as Indian hostages, largely Indian, remain aboard the Kandahar bound Indian Airlines Airbus. India denies any deal to free Kashmiri militants. Taliban and Indian delegations plan to resume talks amid security show of force outside the aircraft.
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George Harrison attacked at his London home by intruder
Ex Beatle George Harrison was stabbed in the chest while defending himself at his secure mansion before dawn. Police arrested 33 year old Michael Abram of Liverpool on suspicion of attempted murder as investigators search his flat and assess motive. Harrison and his wife Olivia sustained non life threatening injuries and were treated, with Harrison expected to be discharged soon.
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Prosecutors link terrorists to border arrests in Vermont and Washington
Federal prosecutors tie a Canadian woman Lucia Garofalo and an Algerian man to an Algerian terrorist organization after arrests at Vermont and Washington border posts. FBI questioned several people across states about connections to Ahmed Ressam as security tightens for millennium celebrations. Immigration charges keep Garofalo in custody while awaiting trial.
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United States
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U S agents hunt terror accomplices
Federal agents swept the nation arresting several and detaining dozens amid probe connected to Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian seized in Washington state for explosives. In New York, Abdel Ghani, 31, faced charges of aiding Ressam and conspiracy to traffic cards, with possible ties to a broader plot targeting millennium events.
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Ventura seeks end of Endowment in Playboy sequel
The interview suggests Ventura would abolish the National Endowment for the Arts and criticizes Garrison Keillor as too conservative. The two installments, with unused excerpts, appear in Playboy's March issue via the New York Daily News, and Ventura also argues artists should fend for themselves with minimal government help.
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