Braveheart Leads Oscar Nominee Parade Across Ten Nominations
Braveheart led the Oscar field with 10 nominations including best picture, facing Apollo 13 Babe Sense and Sensibility and The Postman. Massimo Troisi earned a lead actor nod posthumously for The Postman. Emma Thompson starred and wrote Sense and Sensibility.
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Bomb from Vietnam War kills ten in southern Vietnam yard
An explosive believed left from the Vietnam War exploded in a family's front yard in Binh Long, killing ten children aged 8 to 17. The blast occurred after a man digging near a buried skeleton accidentally triggered the device, a Vietnam News report said.
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Rogaine to go on sale without prescription in spring
FDA approves over the counter sale of the hair growth drug Rogaine, pairing it with shampoos and dyes. About 60 million Americans suffer hair loss, mostly hereditary. the product costs about $30 monthly and is not advised for everyone.
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IRS ad urges phone filing to reach young filers
The IRS launches a 15 and 30 second TV campaign aimed at 18 to 24 year olds to promote telephone tax filing. Animated pencils complain they aren’t needed, and spots have aired on NBC and Fox with ABC MTV also planning to air them.
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Workers Trapped as Tunnel Collapse Buries Bus Passengers
Rescuers toil for a fourth day to blast into a highway tunnel in FURUBIRA Japan where 20 people remain buried under a massive boulder. Government orders nationwide tunnel inspections to guard against future collapses. Explosives experts test new approach to reach the bus and car inside the wrecked tunnel.
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Serb officers sent to U.N. war crimes court in The Hague
Bosnian authorities moved two Serb officers from a Sarajevo jail to a NATO convoy and airlifted them to The Hague for the U.N. war crimes tribunal. Gen Djordje Djukic and Col Aleksa Krsmanovic boarded a C-130 after a staged transfer at Sarajevo airport amid U.S. pressure to avoid further arrests without tribunal approval.
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Clinton among Nobel Peace Prize nominees
Oslo officials disclosed 82 persons and 21 organizations nominated by Monday with 103 total including President Bill Clinton and Richard Holbrooke for Bosnia peace efforts. Wei Jingsheng received multiple nominations as secrecy surrounds candidate names. Former President Jimmy Carter was nominated again.
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Greenspan Poised for Third Term as Fed Chief
AP reports that President Clinton is close to nominating Alan Greenspan for a third four year term as Federal Reserve chairman citing his Republican credentials. White House says no NEC recommendations yet but officials acknowledge Greenspan is the leading candidate amid delays over other board vacancies. Felix Rohatyn’s nomination as vice chairman encounters opposition from Sen. Connie Mack and Banking Committee allies, threatening the plan.
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