Couric Signs Four Year NBC Today Contract Deal
Katie Couric will stay at NBC as co anchor of the Today show with Matt Lauer, under a four year contract worth more than seven million dollars per year, vastly increasing her pay from just over two million. Newsweek reported the deal, which NBC would not confirm. The Today show remains a ratings leader, often drawing more viewers than ABC and CBS combined.
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CBS
Bryant Gumbel
Today
Matt Lauer
Dr Dolittle tops box office as Mulan debuts strong
Dr Dolittle led North American box office with an estimated 29 million dollars in opening weekend while Mulan earned 17.3 million and held second place for a second week. Six Days Seven Nights and The Horse Whisperer remained in the Top 10, with The X-Files at No. 3 and Out of Sight debuting at No. 4. The Truman Show ranked fifth with 8.6 million.
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Dr. Dolittle
Mulan
Murphy
Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc
George Clooney
Jennifer Lopez
California teen delivers baby sister on highway
Jasmine Mohizuddin, 14, helped deliver her baby sister Mohiuddin while the family rushed to Trabuco Canyon hospital. Marguerite Mohizuddin, 40, was in labor and moments from giving birth as Amber, Shahid, and two other sisters joined the drive. Jasmine reportedly seized the moment and delivered the newborn before reaching the hospital.
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Moniuaain
Mohiuddin
Trabuco Canyon
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Marguerite
Shahid
Amber
Tran
Twenty arrested at New York Gay Pride march
New York police detained twenty people after they tried to block Mayor Rudolph Giuliani from joining the 29th Annual Gay and Lesbian Pride March on Fifth Avenue. Disorderly conduct charges followed as protesters chained themselves together, while participants praised the event’s energy and a new domestic partnership law.
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Peter Oates
Jersey City
N.J
New York
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Giuliani
Joneil Adriano
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Mobile homes adrift as floods loom across several states
Flooding from heavy rains left mobile homes adrift in West Virginia, forcing about 30 families from a park. An infant missing and a man died potentially from flood effects. The disaster spread through New York, Vermont, Wisconsin, Ohio, and beyond with widespread power outages, downed trees, road closures, and states of emergency declared by governors.
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Wood County Emergency Services
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Dave George
Arcadia
Wis
Todd Rieck
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Christiana
New York
Ray Thatcher
Essex County
Upstate
Vermont
Mad River
Port Kent
N.Y
Burlington
Susan Marcum
Clendenin
W.va
Cecil Underwood
Ohio
George Voinovich
U.S. Geological Survey
Steve Vivian
Scott Jackson
Frazersburg
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