California enraged father raises gun at education office
A man upset by his deaf son's treatment stormed the Orange County Education building and held an administrator hostage before being fatally shot by a police sharpshooter in the parking lot after about three hours of negotiations. The hostage escaped unharmed. The gunman, linked to University High School, had clashed with officials previously.
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John Dean
Dean
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Moves Inland for Safety
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton North Carolina will be relocated inland to avert erosion. The 208 foot tall, historic beacon drew 3000 visitors as it was closed for the move, with a new site 1600 feet from the sea set for completion by June 2000 at a cost of 9.8 million dollars.
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Atlantic Ocean
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The
National Park Service
Diane Sawyer interviews Starr on Clinton scandal for 20 20
Diane Sawyer conducts a Washington interview with Kenneth Starr for ABC News 20/20 discussing internal debates in Starr’s office and the Clinton investigation. Starr defends his referral to Congress amid criticism of its tone. Nike builds a mosque playground after a global boycott scare. Groundbreaking at Dar Al Hijrah in Falls Church.
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Kenneth Starr
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Washington
Starr
Congress
Diane
Nike Corp
Northern
Virginia
Nike
Falls Church
Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center
Dig for Gacy victims yields artifacts not remains
Police and civic volunteers excavated outside the apartment building tied to John Wayne Gacy but found only nonhuman items including a sauce pan a marble and a length of wire. Authorities said no further digging will occur and urged the neighborhood to return to normal.
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Ciicaco
John Wayne Gacy
Gacy
John Thomas
Thomas
Chicago
Lawsuit challenges payment for JFK film rights
A research group and a private filmmaker filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court challenging government plans to spend millions for Abraham Zapruder's 26 second film of the Kennedy assassination. The suit argues the Justice Department had no right to exclude the copyright from negotiations.
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Abraham Zapruder
John F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Mark Zaid
The
Assassination Archives and Research Center
U.S. District Court
Zapruder
Zapruders
U S graduates lag as OECD study shows ranks slipping
Washington reports OECD findings show the United States losing ground in high school graduation rates to 11 countries over six years while eighth grade math lags and college completion remains high. The study notes American math scores worsen from fourth to eighth grade and teacher pay aligns loosely with GDP per capita.
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United States
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
U.S
Andreas Schleicher
OECD
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