AT and T typo links True Reward tollfree line to sex chat
AT and T Corp mailed 175000 True Reward customers a toll free number but two digits were transposed in a printing error. callers reached a sexually explicit chat line instead of an operator while the intended number converted points into free airline tickets and Disney merchandise.
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AT and T
AT and T Corp
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Medicine Hat lifts boil water advisory for safe drinking water
Public information officer Larry Godin says drinking water in flooded Medicine Hat is safe and no longer needs boiling. Restrictions remain due to treatment plant intake lines. dive team on site but high flow persists and police tape marks off unsafe properties.
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Larry Godin
City Hall
Sso
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Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Romanow Wins Second Majority in Saskatchewan Election
Saskatchewan voters re elected Roy Romanow and the New Democrats to a second straight majority government. The NDP won 42 of 58 seats amid taxes raised and hospitals closed, building on a record that flipped a 1991 deficit of 842 million into a 119 million surplus. Urban Saskatchewan remained dominated by the NDP, losing only one seat.
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Saskatchewan
New Democrat
Romanow
NDP
New Democrats
Regina
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon Riversdale
Lynda Haverstock
Saskatoon Greystone
Haverstock
Mare Carson
Darrell Cunningam
Ruspec
Bill Boyd
Tory Stronhold
Kindersley
Boyd
Alberta
Mike Harris
Ontario
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Homolka details destroying Mahaffy and French evidence
Karin Homolka testified at Paul Bernardo's murder trial that she helped destroy evidence from the deaths of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. She described discarding the murder weapon, cleaning areas, burning clothing, and urging Bernardo to discard the cord used to strangle Mahaffy.
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Karin Homolka
Paul Bernardo
Leslie Mahaffy
Ray Houlahan
Kristen French
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Bernardo
Mahaffy
French
Houlahan
Debbie
Lake Gibson
Court
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Turbot stunt drains taxpayers in Spain fishing dispute
Canada’s month long clash with Spain over turbot nets cost about 3.2 million dollars. Expenditures covered coast guard patrols, RCMP and crew salaries, warp cutters, and a high profile New York media stunt for Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin. SkyLink Aviation and Temple Scott Associates billed for media event planning and a 24 thousand dollar main prop move. Ottawa also won an EU quota agreement seen as a concession to protect Newfoundland stocks.
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Canada
Spain
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United Nations
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New York
SkyLink Aviation Inc
Toronto
East River
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Ates Inc
Ottawa
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Europe
European Union
Newfoundland
Hijacker questions after 16 hour ANA jet ordeal
Police questioned 53 year old Fumio Kutsumi an out of work bank worker over the hijack of an All Nippon Airways jet from Tokyo to Hakodate He threatened to blow up the plane waved a screwdriver and was injured when officers stormed the craft. Passengers including David Silverman of Toronto endured the 16 hour crisis.
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Japan
All Nippon Airways
Tokyo
Hakodate
David Silverman
Toronto
Silverman
aOhere
Fumio Kutsumi
Kutsumi
Katsumi
Denen
Shoko Asahara
Major quits as British Tory leader amid leadership bid
Prime Minister John Major resigns as Conservative party leader to force a leadership election while stating he will run and can win. He cites internal pressure and warns the party must decide soon, as polls show him trailing Tony Blair and Thatcher calls for tax cuts and a tougher EU stance.
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John Major
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Labor Party
Tony Blair
Britain
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