Iran-Contra fallout and Gates nomination in American history
The Iran-Contra affair marke d a pivotal date two decades ago as Edwin Meese revealed diverting millions from arms sales to Central America to fund a secret White House run war. The National Security Archive posts documents including material about Robert Gates and his CIA director nomination. Separately, a Thanksgiving Day standoff ended with a gunman and a slain 22 year old woman. relatives fault police response. Iceland and Russia bloc a UN ban on destructive bottom trawling, delaying action despite NAS findings. a chemical plant explosion leaves extensive damage and 10 homes destroyed. Police investigations continue through the weekend.
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National Security Archive
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Donzell McKinzie
CAI Inc
Armed cartoonist takes newsroom in Miami stand off
Jose Varela, 50, wearing a shirt marked FBI, entered the El Nuevo Herald newsroom in downtown Miami with a toy gun and knife. After a 3 1/2 hour standoff with police, he surrendered uninjured and was charged with three counts of aggravated assault. He claimed ethics issues at El Nuevo Herald and The Miami Herald and demanded resignations.
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Gus Perez
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Herald
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Castello
Tom Fiedler
Online Black Friday glitches hit Walmart and Disney sites
Retail sites faced heavy traffic on Black Friday with Walmart com experiencing blank pages delays and outages for about 10 hours before partial recovery. Disney and Amazon also faced brief disruptions while analysts note rising site complexity and upcoming Cyber Monday activity as shoppers hit the weekend online sales.
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Keynote Systems Inc
Keynote
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Search continues for missing Minnesota brothers Tristan and Avery
Alicia White urged tips as FBI offers a 20000 reward and uses drones and dogs in the Red Lake woodland search for four year old Tristan White and two year old Avery Stately who vanished Wednesday morning while playing outside their home. Investigators probe whether the boys wandered off or foul play occurred. no signs found yet.
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