Arts center shifts focus to New Hampshire Street site
The Lawrence Arts Center plans to move from its historic home to the 900 block of New Hampshire Street, shelving the Carnegie Library expansion. Mayor Marty Kennedy and board president Karmen Huyser say the new $17.9 million Downtown 2000 project would include a brand-new center with a larger performance hall, expanded lobby, more classrooms and galleries, and a parking garage, addressing cost, size, accessibility, and parking concerns.
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Kevorkian murder trial jury begins deliberations
A jury of seven women and five men began deliberations Thursday in the first degree murder case of Jack Kevorkian. Kevorkian, acting as his own counsel, declined to call witnesses for his defense and asked the judge to disregard the request for an SEESTORY PAGE 2A.
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Economy Shows Signs of Strength Amid Jobless Claims Drop
Fewer Americans filed unemployment claims than at any point in 25 years, signaling a robust labor market that supports near-record home sales. Earnings reports also boosted market optimism, helping drive a stock rebound on Thursday.
NATO pounds Yugoslavia targets in two day air campaign
NATO and allied warplanes pounded air defenses and key military sites across Yugoslavia including Nis airfields Urosevac Prizren and a Mount Jastrebac transmitter as Gen Wesley Clark vowed to destroy Milosevic forces if he rejects a Kosovo peace plan. Serbian forces widened Kosovo attacks raising cross border fire into Albania. Montenegro also resisted Belgrade’s martial law, per US intelligence.
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Shock setting in as attacks resume in Belgrade
Belgrade residents faced shock as NATO airstrikes resumed with blasts hitting outskirts and Batajnica military airport. Officials reported 10 killed and 38 injured in the first wave, though independent confirmation was unavailable. Local witnesses lamented the perceived injustice.
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Y2K clock of 9999 haunts the era’s bug fears
As the millennium deadline nears, the 9999 code, once an erasure cue, looms for mainframe systems. Experts warn legacy programs in 1970s and 1980s setups using RPG or COBOL could miscalculate or erase data, though standard PCs remain largely safe. Costa Mesa firms advise caution for welfare and social services computers.
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