Titanic hull salvage ends as line snaps under rough seas
Salvage of a 10 tonne Titanic hull plate ends when lines break during tow to shallower water. The piece, dangling 65 metres down, sinks back to the ocean floor after a four kilometre drop. RMS Titanic Inc. and sponsors plan to resume next summer, with hundreds of spectators aboard cruise ships watching the attempt.
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ST. John’s
Mid
Titanic
George Tulloch
RMS Titanic Inc
Marty Burke
Associated Press
Alexandra Foley
Royal Majesty
Tulloch
Discovery Channel
World Wide
Foley
Wayward missile strikes B C garage near Victoria
A Canadian navy test near View Royal on Vancouver Island fired an unarmed missile into a residence, narrowly missing a nearby day care and food store. No injuries occurred. authorities suspended coastal testing and ordered an inquiry into the launch error due to miscoloring and a live missile mix-up.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Regina
View Royal
Vancouver Island
Ron Mattson
HMCS
Canada
Cfb Esquimalt
Navy
Cmdr
Louis Garneau
Millionaire Tax Evasion Case Highlights Odd Welfare Claims
Ottawa judge spares Jean Robichaud a jail term after he pleads guilty to income tax evasion on 400000 undeclared income. Robichaud, 58, lived in a shabby rooming house while holding assets over 1 million and faces back taxes totaling about 150000 with interest. He is also accused of fraudulently collecting 81605 in welfare from 1980 to 1996 and is fined 46000, 60 percent of the amount owed. The lawyer notes the money was never spent.
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Ottawa
Andre Nault
Robichaud
First Day Back on Bus 403 At Seven Person’s School
Rural students Amy 13 Stacey 11 and Erik 7 ride Bus 403 to Seven Person’s School as Brenda Toews and Driver Ralph Martin greet the pupils. The trip goes past fields on Highway 3 with talk of new shoes, a dress, a calculator and homeroom rules.
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Amy Toews
Stacey
Erik
Mom
Seven Person’s
Wes
Amy
Ralph Martin
Brenda Toews
Golden Fields
Martin
Frank Webber
Jana Nygaard
Brenda
Tide
Matt Harrison
Grant Henderson
Clinton aide resigns amid sex scandal reports
Chicago campaign advisor Dick Morris steps down after tabloid claims he engaged with a $200-a-night prostitute and let her listen to Clinton phone calls. Star magazine alleges Morris shared advance speeches with his lover during hotel trysts and discussed Hillary and Gore remarks.
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Chicago
Bill Clinton
Dick Morris
Clinton
Sherry Rowlands
Star
Morris
New York
Hillary Clinton
al Gore
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Ann Landers
Doonesbury
Sgotham Neworapers
Seven Persons School
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