Abington students face gun charges amid school alarm
In Abington two high school students were arrested after one threatened classmates and police said a loaded .22 pistol was found in a bathroom. A 16-year-old was taken into custody Thursday morning, followed by a 17-year-old later that day. In Harrisburg, prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for Ernest Whelaver Jr., 42, accused of killing his wife and two daughters to silence witnesses in a sex abuse case.
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Senate Backs Treaty To Cut Warheads By Two Thirds
The Senate unanimously approved a treaty to cut active U S and Russian long range warheads by two thirds. President Bush praised the move and Republicans said the Moscow Treaty lowers missile levels to their lowest point in five decades. Bristol Myers Squibb settled federal charges that it blocked cheaper generic versions of three drugs harming cancer patients and others, protecting nearly 2 billion in annual sales.
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Bin Laden’s son reported wounded in raid near Rabat
Pakistani Baluchistan home minister said a U S led raid in southwestern Afghanistan killed seven al Qaida members and wounded eight, including Osama bin Laden’s two sons Saad and Hamza who were said to be hospitalized in Rabat. U S officials disputed the claim and provided no confirmation.
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Britain proposes a disarmament deadline for Iraq
At the United Nations Britain urged a March 17 deadline for Saddam Hussein to fully cooperate with U N inspections or face war. The move aims to amend a U S Britain Spain resolution. France Germany and others oppose citing risk of automatic war and potential veto.
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Contact details for ncnewsonline staff list
A full contact directory from Associated Press for ncnewsonline including newsroom fax email and staff roles with extensions. It lists publisher managing editor editors obituaries sports editor advertising and circulation staff and photographers.
Gandolfini Threatens Walkout Over Sopranos Contract
James Gandolfini threatens to quit The Sopranos after HBO allegedly breached his contract by failing to notify him within 10 days if series creator David Chase received a pay raise. Production on season five begins March 24 and he seeks release from obligations.
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Time's top 10 Person of the Year picks for the 1990s
The list spans 1990 Ted Turner. 1991 George Bush. 1992 Bill Clinton. 1993 Yasser Arafat Yitzhak Rabin and Mandela. 1994 Pope John Paul II. 1995 Newt Gingrich. 1996 David Ho. 1997 Andrew Grove. 1998 Bill Clinton Kenneth Starr. 1999 Jeff Bezos.
Notable historical events across years 1661 to 1990
The record lists key moments: Mazarin dies leaving Louis XIV to rule. 1796 Napoleon marries Josephine. 1916 Villa raids Columbus NM. 1933 Roosevelt launches New Deal era. 1945 US B-29 incendiaries over Japan. 1954 Murrow critiques McCarthy on See It Now. 1975 Alaska pipeline work starts. 1990 Antonia Novello sworn in as surgeon general as first woman and first Hispanic to hold the post.
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