California officer shot six times then killed at scene
CHP officer Donald Burt, 25, was shot six times by a motorist who then fired a seventh fatal shot into his left eye. The gunman fled in Burt's car, later abandoned seven miles away in Anaheim. Police arrested a suspect near the car amid 35 witnesses identifying him.
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Wildfires spread across five western states
Blazes cover more than 16000 acres in California Colorado Idaho Oregon and Utah. Over 4500 firefighters battled the fires with 25 percent containment at Piru Gorge in Southern California and rough terrain hampering efforts. Evacuations affected 200 people in nine cabins as crews fight in Los Padres and Angeles National Forests. The Defense Department halted rental of U.S. vehicles used for MIA searches amid Vietnam tensions.
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Bomb ignites Northern Ireland hotel in border town
A 1200 pound car bomb shattered a border town hotel in Belfast early Sunday, the first blast in two years. Rioting followed in Londonderry as police faced Catholic protesters with rubber bullets and armored vehicles. Politicians warned the peace process may collapse amid renewed sectarian violence and protests.
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David Ervine
IRA
Cuban property seizure roils Cuban American politics
Washington reports rising dispute over Cuba seizing 1.8 billion dollars in American properties dating back 35 years. Clinton faces a deadline to decide if Americans who were never compensated may sue in U S courts or if U S entry bans will apply to firms tied to confiscated assets. The debate affects Florida New Jersey andEuropean and Latin American partners with more than 100 firms involved. Sherritt International and Freeport-McMoRan cited. letters warn executives to sever ties within 45 days. A March law allows six month waivers and will return to Clinton's desk in mid January.
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United States
Sherritt International Corp
Freeport- MacMoRan Inc
New Orleans
Sherritt
Cost cuts threaten medical research funding says Harvard scientist
Dr James Muller warns managed care driven fee reductions squeeze academic medical centers. He notes patient income funds research and teaching, with heart research hit hardest as federal grants lag. He left Harvard for Kentucky Heart Institute, backed by a $10 million endowment, to stabilize a program. Muller says the long term health goal depends on sustaining research amid cost controls.
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Harvard Medical School
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Harvard
Kentucky Heart Institute
University of Kentucky
Lexington
American Heart Assn
Friends cast demands big raises amid strike threat
Time magazine reports the ultimatum from Courteney Cox Jennifer Aniston Matthew Perry David Schwimmer Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc to Warner Bros demanding about 100000 per show or a strike. Time notes Warner Bros has sold Friends into syndication for about 4 million per episode, contingent on two more years of production. The piece also covers Farm Aid concert plans with Willie Nelson Hootie and the Blowfish and Farm Aid founders John Mellencamp and Neil Young in South Carolina broadcast by The Nashville Network.
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GOP will not seek end to affirmative action plans
The Washington Post reports GOP leaders say they will not pursue ending all federal affirmative action programs this year. They will focus on repealing the contracting set aside for disadvantaged businesses. Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Leader Trent Lott cite lack of time and election-year factors.
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