Bear Stepan Finds Roomier Digs At Rostov Zoo
A brown bear named Stepan moves from a cramped cage to spacious enclosures at Rostov-on-Don Zoo after actor Eric Roberts and his wife Eliza prompted the transfer. Kim Basinger aided the effort following an unsuccessful bid to return Stepan to the United States. The bear now enjoys a pool and zoo keepers seek a female companion.
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Rostov-on-Don
Russia
Stepan
Eric Roberts
ABC
Eliza
Sochi
Alexander Lipkovich
United States
Kim Basinger
Zoo
Moscow
Singer Aretha Franklin meets prosecutors on arson fire
Aretha Franklin and her attorney Saul Green sat with prosecutors investigating the October 25 blaze that destroyed the $1.8 million Bloomfield Township mansion. Prosecutor Debo rah Carley said she was fully cooperative, provided useful information, and the inquiry remains ongoing with no indication of her being a suspect.
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Pontiac
Mic
Aretha Franklin
Detroit
Franklin
Saul Green
Deborah Carley
Carley
Bloomfield Township
Boss concert charity auction stirs Somerville fund drive
Somerville officials plan to auction two Bruce Springsteen concert tickets donated by Winter Hill Bank to raise money for youth programs as the city seeks to offset $3 million in state aid cuts. The auction targets community recreation services and local families. In Atlanta Oprah Winfrey pledges $5 million to Morehouse College as part of a campaign aiming for $105 million by 2006.
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Somerville
Mass
Boston
Wzlx-Fm
Winter Hill Bank
Atlanta
Oprah Winfrey
Morehouse College
Morehouse
Winfrey
Walter Massey
Nation’s first 911 system begins in Haleyville Alabama
A historic note marks February 16 1968 as the launch of the nations first 911 emergency telephone system in Haleyville Alabama. Other entries recall Civil War surrender at Fort Donelson in 1862 earning Ulysses S Grants Unconditional Surrender Grant. Also noted are the 1868 founding of the Elks in New York City and 1923 the unsealing of King Tutankhamens tomb burial chamber in Egypt.
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Haleyville
Ala
Fort Donelson
Tenn
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
King Tutankhamen
Egypt
Birthday notices for LeVar Burton and others
Birthday list honors LeVar Burton aged 46 and names John Schlesinger James Ingram Ice T Lisa Loring John McEnroe and Andy Taylor with ages 77 47 45 45 44 42. The text also includes Powerball and Kansas Pick 3 lottery numbers for Saturday with 26 29 38 42 and 30 and 917 respectively.
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LeVar Burton
John Schlesinger
James Ingram
Ice-T
Lisa Loring
John McEnroe
Andy Taylor
Duran Duran
Blake to tell story on Walters jail interview
Robert Blake wins a national TV interview with Barbara Walters from jail in Los Angeles. The move follows tension with his lawyers over speaking out while facing a murder case. Blake seeks to reshape his image after his wife Benny Lee Bakley’s death and has faced opposing opinions from his legal team and sheriff.
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Robert Blake
ABC
Barbara Walters
Blake
Harland W. Braun
Braun
Los Angeles
Walters
Benny Lee Bakley
Studio City
Lee Baca
Baca
Mesereau
Chuck Meyer
Meyer
Sunday news shows announce guest lineups
Sunday TV news lineups feature Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on This Week and Face the Nation with Ridge, Sen. John McCain. Meet the Press hosts Condoleezza Rice, Wesley Clark, and former NATO commander. Late Edition includes Rice, Levitte, Meyer, Chambliss, Harman, Eagleburger, Woolsey, and Willie Brown. Fox News Sunday lists Rice and McCain.
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ABC
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
CBS
Face the Nation
John McCain
R-Ariz
NBC
Meet the Press
Condoleezza Rice
Wesley Clark
NATO
CNN
Jean-David Levitte
United Nations
Christopher Meyer
Preservation plan aims to save digital memory nationwide
Washington reports the Library of Congress won congressional approval for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. The $100 million plan, backed by private funding, seeks a national network to preserve digital history amid rapid page decay and disappearing online material.
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Washington
Librarian of Congress
James Billington
Library of Congress
Congress
Laura Campbell
Google
Billington
Internet Archive
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Roberts
Singer
Springsteen
Lawrence
2Day’s History Journal
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
New York City
Hday
Kansas
Jailhouse
Thomas A. Mesereau Jr
Diane Sawyer
Jennifer L. Keller
The
Associated Press
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