Nuns Beaten and Stabbed at Maine Convent
A man, Mark Bechard of Waterville, was arrested at the scene after attacking nuns at the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament in Waterville Saturday evening. Four nuns were injured with two in critical condition and two in serious condition. Victims were hospitalized at Mid-Maine Medical Center and Kennebec Valley Medical Center.
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Waterville
Stephen McCausland
Maine Department of Public Safety
Servants of the Blessed Sacrament
McCausland
Mid-Maine Medical Center
Kennebec Valley Medical Center
Augusta
Sundance festival awards top prize to Welcome to the Dollhouse
Todd Solond’s Welcome to the Dollhouse won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, topping 18 dramatic films in competition. Sony Pictures Classics will release the film later this year.
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Todd Solenz
Sony Pictures Classics
Lee David Zlotoff
Sundance
Alison Elliot
Ellen Burstyn
Dual Siamese twin surgery ends with loss of weaker sister
In San Diego at Children’s Hospital, the weaker twin Sarahi Morales died about 35 minutes after surgeons separated her from her infant sister Sarah. Doctors described the operation as a frontier medical effort with hope for both twins that ultimately yielded one survivor and a bittersweet outcome.
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San Diego
Sarahi Morales
John Lamberti
Sarah
Lamberti
Children’s Hospital
Sarahi
Michael Segall
Dave Skillin
Miguel Morales
Maria Espinoza
Blair Sadler
AP Proto
San Diego Children’s Hospital
Morales
Niger military coup ousts democratically elected president
Niger's first democratically elected president Mahamane Ousmane was ousted by a military coup led by Col. Barre Mainassara Ibrahim. Ousmane was arrested at the presidential palace as the constitution was suspended and a temporary national council took control. Prime Minister Hama Amadou was arrested, political parties banned, and gunfire was reported around government buildings. The U.S. condemned the coup and warned aid suspension.
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Niamey
Niger
Col
Barre Mainassara Ibrahim
Mahamane Ousmane
Mainassara
Hama Amadou
Du Pont standoff continues at Philadelphia area mansion
Police struggled to end a 2nd day siege on John E. du Pont 800 acre estate in Newtown Square after the Friday shooting death of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz. Officers total about 75 including 3 SWAT teams. du Pont, 57, barricaded inside the mansion with weapons and an armored vehicle reportedly on site.
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du Pont
John E. du Pont
Philadelphia
Michael Mallon
Dave Schultz
Lee Hunter
Mallon
Bill Lovejoy
Delaware County Public Safety
Schultz
Nancy
Hunter
Yugoslavs exchange POWs amid renewed pressure
In Sarajevo after days of haggling, 250 Bosnian Serb prisoners were released by Croatian and Bosnian forces, with many boarded buses to cross the front line. The Dayton accord aimed for all prisoners freed by Jan. 19, but delays persist amid missing civilians concerns and ongoing holds.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
International Committee of the Red Cross
Dayton
Pale
Red Cross
Jacques Demaio
United States
European Union
Hans van den Broek
Online chat lineup with authors stars and experts
A list of online programs across CompuServe Prodigy AOL and eWorld cites talks by Jeff Parker John Gray Shelley Fabares Bill Dauphinais Gary McCord Sara Paretsky Mary Sprouse Peri Gilpin Jeffrey Levy Colleen McCullough and Jim Eisenreich. Sessions cover cartoons relationships Alzheimer's tax golf environment crime writing and health with times at 8 8 9 10 p m and beyond and locations including Convention Guest Spotlight Money Magazine USA Weekend iGolf and Community Center. The Journal World online site is www jworld com with daily updates at 6 a m.
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CompuServe
Pan
John Gray
Mars
Venus
Prodigy
Shelley Fabares
Star
Alzheimer’s Assn
P.m
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Paradox Principles
America
Business Week
Coliseum
Gary McCord
America Online
iGolf
Globe
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Heroine
Warshawski
Women’s Wire Forum
WW Forum
Mary Sprouse
IRS
Money Magazine
Peri Gilpin
Frasier
Roz Doyle
Jeffrey Levy
Ozone
eWorld
Colleen McCullough
Thorn Birds
Jim Eisenreich
Phillies
Grand jury indictment against first lady impact on presidency
Analysis ponders whether a grand jury indictment of the first lady would harm the presidency and Bill Clinton’s capacity to govern, weighing political stability against legal accountability and public trust. It examines potential constitutional and constitutional-guard implications, noting uncertainty in outcomes.
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Bill Clinton
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