Convicted U.S. judges still drawing paychecks
Taxpayers pay nearly $21,000 monthly in salary to two federal judges convicted of felonies while Congress and the Bush administration push a commission to streamline removal. The panel stalls as Bush delays naming members, prompting calls to suspend salaries during impeachment pending.
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Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
William Rehnquist
Conference of State
Commission
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Dwis
Mr. Bush
George E. Sangmeister
D-Il
Sangmeister
Harry E. Claiborne
Nevada
Walter Nixon
Mississippi
Alice Hastings
Florida
Claiborne
Nixon
Robert P. Aguilar
California
Robert F. Collins
Louisiana
Catastrophe looms as EC talks fail in Yugoslavia
Belgrade report says European Community peace mission collapsed after Serb delegation refused concessions. Van den Broek warns of looming tragedy as Croatia and Serbia clash. EC to end mediation but keep 50 observers. Fighting persists in Slavonia and Osijek amid a new Croatian coalition government.
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Yugoslavia
European Community
Croatia
Federation
Hans van den Broek
Serbia
Netherlands
van den Broek
S EC
Slovenia
Karlovac
Zagreb
Federal Army
Croatian Information Ministry
Osijek
Slavonia
5Th Army District Command
Boy helps deliver baby sister in home birth
Ten year old Johnathan Carter helped deliver his baby sister after his mother Mary Carter began labor three days before her due date. He guided her to a couch, instructed by EMS, and calmly assisted as the baby emerged, later recalling the moment as exciting.
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Kansas City, Mo
Johnathan Carter
Johnathan
Mary Carter
Connie Guerrero
Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust
Astronauts Test Gravity-Free Exercise In Shuttle Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Two shuttle astronauts sealed themselves in a waist-high vacuum container to simulate standing on Earth by redistributing blood from the torso to the legs. Mission specialist G David Low first entered the device during Atlantis nine-day mission to study easing Earth reentry physiology.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Earth
G. David Low
Lightning Kills Two Boy Scouts in Utah Forest
In Brigham City Utah AP reports a lightning strike hit a pine tree in the Uinta National Forest during a thunderstorm killing two Boy Scouts from Troop 329 who were taking cover under the tree. A nearby youth described the bolt's force as it knocked other youths to the ground.
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Brigham City
Utah
Boy Scout Troop 329
Uinta National Forest
Cat completes 1400 mile journey to find owners
In Tucson Arizona a Siamese cat named Sam rejoined Linda Thompson and her two sons after a four year trek covering more than 1400 miles. The Thompson family had moved from Beaver Dam Wisconsin to Arizona in 1908 and later returned, with Sam appearing near their old Beaver Dam area home in June.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sam
Linda Thompson
Beaver Dam
Wis
Arizona
Dia
Oceanos Sinking Sparks Crew Abandon Ship Claims
Passengers from the Oceanos say crew abandoned the ship as a storm sank it off South Africa. About 361 passengers were saved, with more than 570 rescued by helicopters and vessels. four crew members remained missing. Capt. Avranas defended his actions, while passengers reported panic and lifeboat chaos. Investigations into crew conduct and a possible reef collision proceed.
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London
South Africa
South African
Air Force
Gerrie Evert
Kevin Ellis
Stephanie Hankinson
Oceanos
Yiannis Avranas
Evert
Andres Steenkamp
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