Palestinians Try to Return to Occupied Lands Amid Shelling
Israeli backed militiamen fired mortars and warning shots to stop more than 400 expelled Palestinians from crossing the security zone into the West Bank and Gaza. One deportee was wounded as Lebanon earlier ordered their return, provoking international condemnation and pausing Washington peace talks.
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Marj Al-Zohour
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Gaza Strip
Lebanon
Israel
Gaza
Atef Adnan
Palestine
South Lebanon Army
Washington
Israeli Supreme Court
Dutch jet crash at Faro kills and injures many
A Martinair DC-10 charter with 340 aboard crashed during a storm at Faro airport in Portugal. At least 28 were dead and 45 missing or believed dead, with 283 treated in hospitals. Dutch embassy and local officials reported severe casualties as weather and a hard landing contributed to the disaster.
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Portugal
TSF
LUSA
Faro
Portuga
Theda van Royen
Lisbon
Associated Press
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Cabrita Neto
Algarve
RTP
Faro-area
Amsterdam
Schiphol
Martinair
Tracey Birch
Sky Television News
Two-Vehicle Crash Kills Man in New Castle
In New Castle a fatal two vehicle crash Friday night left Charles Griffith Grim dead at Allegheny General Hospital after Life Flight airlift from St Francis Hospital. Charles Jeffery Gravatt was arrested at Jameson Memorial Hospital on drunken driving resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. further charges expected.
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Charles Griffith Grim
N. Beaver St
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Life Flight
St. Francis Hospital
Charles Jeffery Gravatt
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Gravatt
Butler Avenue
Cascade Street
Grim
Northern Engineering and Plastics Corp
Hanukkah Begins With Family Lighting First Candle
The Pickel and Epstein families gather for Hanukkah as the holiday starts Saturday night with lighting of the first candle. The eight day festival recalls the temple purification after the Maccabean revolt against Antiochus IV.
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J.J. Pickel
Lauren Pickel
Art Epstein
Sam Epstein
Bob Pickel
Sybil Epstein
Antiochus IV
Bob
Clinton to name two more Cabinet picks in transition
President elect Bill Clinton plans to announce education secretary pick Dick Riley from South Carolina and Hazel O Leary of Northern States Power as energy secretary at a news conference today. O Leary would be the second woman in the Clinton Cabinet while Donna Shalala has already been named health secretary. Riley and O Leary bring long histories in reform and energy policy, with Riley a former governor and O Leary a veteran prosecutor and utility executive.
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Little Rock, Ark
Bill Clinton
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Minnesota
Riley
Hazel O'Leary
O’leary
Northern States Power Co
Clinton
University of Wisconsin
Donna Shalala
New South
Kismayu seized as aid convoys resume in Baidoa
U S Marines and Belgian paratroopers seized Kismayu port and airport without opposition. Fire exchanges occurred in Mogadishu and Baidoa as French and U N forces faced under fire and mine threats. A food convoy reached Baidoa with Marines accompanying the relief effort.
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Kismayu
Somalia
U.S
Fred Peck
Kenya
Mogadishu
Baidoa
Mark Thomas
United Nations Children’s Fund
Peck
About Town Shortest Day of the Year Arrives
Winter officially began at 9 43 this morning marking the first day with the least daylight. The day is commonly called the shortest of the year though it still contains 24 hours.
Weather Outlook: Cold with Upper 30s High
Weather forecast shows daytime highs reaching the upper 30s and overnight lows near 25 to 35 degrees. Expect brisk winds and dry skies with continued chilly conditions into the weekend. Residents should bundle up and plan for cold mornings and cool evenings.
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Squalls Possible
The week ahead features snow showers and squalls on Thursday with highs and lows in the mid teens to lower 20s. Friday may bring more snow showers as temperatures reach the 20s and fall to 8 to 15 degrees.
Angela Lansbury Reluctantly Steering Murder She Wrote Back to Top Five
In Radnor Pennsylvania AP reports Angela Lansbury returns Murder, She Wrote to top five Nielsen status as executive producer. CBS seeks a cheaper Sunday night Sitcom, and Lansbury says the idea has no future. She worries about being trapped if CBS cancels the show and hints at moving Jessica Fletcher elsewhere.
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Radnor
Angela Lansbury
CBS
Jessica Fletcher
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