Whitney Houston Dominates 28th NAACP Image Awards
Houston wins best motion picture actress best gospel artist and best soundtrack album for The Preachers Wife. A Time to Kill named best movie with Denzel Washington cited for Courage Under Fire. Other winners include Loretta Devine Samuel L. Jackson Brandy Phylicia Rashad Wesley Snipes Cicely Tyson Patti LaBelle Toni Braxton Kirk Franklin and LL Cool J among various TV film and music categories.
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Haagen-Dazs Debuts Low Fat Ice Cream Line
Haagen Dazs, the Minneapolis based Pillsbury unit, unveils Haagen Dazs Low Fat after three years of development. The low fat vanilla chocolate strawberry and coffee fudge flavors are rolling out this Tuesday in Tampa with nationwide grocery distribution beginning in April. The release marks the first national distribution by a leading super premium ice cream maker to offer a low fat option.
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Investigators pay bills for families of TWA Flight 800 victims
NY investigators organizing a tour of the Flight 800 wreckage plan to raise 2000 to 3000 dollars to cover meals and related costs for about 150 volunteers. They will still cover their own air fare and hotel for the weekend trip. The blast stemmed from a high-pressure natural gas pipeline outside Everson near the Canadian border, injuring none.
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Star Wars stays top at box office this weekend
Star Wars retained the box office crown with 22.7 million in ticket sales, beating Dante's Peak at 18.6 million. The Beautician and The Beast debuted in third with 4 million, as Fran Drescher stars in the new comedy from NBC’s The Nanny.
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Suspect with abuse past accused in coma rape case
Rochester AP reports John Horace, a former nurse's aide, faced charges of raping a comatose patient who later gave birth. Horace had a history of sexual misconduct, including two prior job terminations. The case underscores nursing home abuse risks and calls for tighter criminal background checks and fingerprinting for health care workers.
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OJ Simpson Home Visited Over Kill-Self Claim
Police and a social worker rushed to O J Simpson's home after a tip that he might harm his two children and himself following the civil trial verdict. The court appointed lawyer said the anonymous caller claimed 11 year old Sydney suggested the plan, but Sydney denied the remark and authorities found nothing amiss.
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