Fugitives lured by prize offer end up in jail at Oakland County
More than 70 fugitives including probation violators traveled to the Pontiac Silverdome for a prize event promising cars and other rewards. Instead they received a free trip to jail as Pontiac and Oakland County authorities exposed P.O.P. Productions as the gimmick. Lt. Steve Sitar noted the surprise as capt. Milosic explained the logo and response.
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Pontiac
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Steve Sitar
Silverdome
P.O.P. Productions
Mike Milosic
Milosic
P.O.P
Pickering in Beijing to discuss embassy bombing fallout
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering heads to Beijing to explain the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade and to mend faltering U S China relations. Madeleine Albright outlined the trip on Meet the Press, noting the visit will stress the accident nature of the strike and seek accountability.
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Meet the Press
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China
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Boston Bookstores Face Liquidation Amid Online Giants
Lauriat's Booksellers in Boston joins Waterstone's and Rizzoli in closing or exiting as megastores and online giants erode independent booksellers. With New England chains shrinking from 535 to about 500 members, shoppers increasingly turn to Amazon and other online outlets, though local shops push sites and in-person programs to defend their niche.
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Rusty Drugan
Massachusetts
Drugan
Amazon
Harvard Square
WordsWorth Books
Harvard Book Store
Wordsworth.com
Harvard.com
WordsWorth
Bill Curry
Seattle
Willard Williams
Toadstool Bookshops
Exercise aids women quitting smoking twofold
A study in Archives of Internal Medicine shows women who exercise during a 12 week quit program were twice as likely to stay smoke free than non exercisers. Exercisers gained about half the weight of those who did not exercise, with quitting rates rising over time.
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Auto industry contract talks set this week
National labor talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers begin this week amid record sales boosting GM Ford and DaimlerChrysler cash reserves. Ceremonial handshakes mark the start at Ford DaimlerChrysler and GM as 407000 UAW members face wage health care overtime and outside supplier issues in 1997 contracts.
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DaimlerChrysler
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Harley Shaiken
University of California, Berkeley
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