Block party debate over Penn Avenue closure in DC
Washington officials and residents clash over closing 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Proponents like Blades of Justice want a safe downtown rink while critics say it divides the city and hurts commerce. Park Service proposes a 50 million redesign to bind the avenue to Lafayette Park as President's Park.
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Oklahoma City
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National Park Service
Lafayette Park
Thomas Jefferson
Tom Wilbur
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Wilbur
Rod Grams
R-Minn
President’s Park
Peter Hong
Grams
Tibetan hunger strikers hit by protester self immolation
A Tibetan exile set himself on fire near New Delhi to protest police actions against hunger strikers in Tibet. Thupten Ngodup, 60, burned over his body as three strikers were rushed to Rama Manohar Lohia Hospital. Six hunger strikers are hospitalized with starvation signs while others remain in custody.
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India
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Tibetan Youth Congress
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Thupten Ngodup
Ngodup
United Nations
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Norbu
TC. Tethong
Dalai Lama
Tethong
Pokey Wins Domain Battle Over Gumby Lawyers
Christopher Van Allen, known as Pokey, fought to keep his Pokey.org domain from Prema Toy Co which claimed trademark dilution. Gumby creator Art Clokey stepped in, guiding a settlement allowing the site to remain, praising human nuance over strict rules.
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Pokey
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Allentown
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Sean Griffin
Studio F
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Art Clokey
Clokey
van Allens
San Rafael
Calif
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Computer sales growth persists in Jan–May period says IDC data
SAN FRANCISCO AP A pair of market researchers report ongoing expansion in personal computer shipments worldwide and in the United States for January through May. Domestic shipments rose 16 percent from a year earlier per Dataquest with IDC at 14 percent, while worldwide gains reached 14 and 10 percent respectively. Compaq retained top positions in both markets. Dell showed the strongest growth at 64 percent. Packard Bell NEC and Gateway followed. IDC and Dataquest both note top five vendors held about 53 percent of U.S. market.
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Kevin House
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IBM
Hewlett-Packard
Mexico City shootout leaves four cops dead
In Mexico City a clash between police and unidentified gunmen who dumped two bodies in a vacant lot near a Pemex hospital left four officers dead and one seriously wounded. Officials said the attackers opened fire when confronted by police.
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Pemex
Gilberto Zedillo
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