Schools urged to expand breakfast programs amid hunger concerns
Washington AP reports the Food Research and Action Center says millions of U.S. students start the day hungry despite federal funds for school breakfast. Barriers like busing, monitoring, and family duties deter schools from applying. 4.9 million children eat breakfast while 24.9 million have lunch. West Virginia leads in meal coverage, Utah trails, and programs subsidize 93 cents for free breakfasts.
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West Virginia
District of Columbia
Utah
Hank Winawer
Tyson victim goes public with rape claim interview
Desiree Washington, Miss Rhode Island and former Miss Black America contestant, confirms to People magazine she reported the July assault by Mike Tyson and did not seek publicity. The cover quotes are her only comments given directly to People. NBC had previously identified her without permission.
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Mike Tyson
Desiree Washington
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People Magazine
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NBC News
Dahmer declines chance to testify in insanity case
Milwaukee AP Dahmer chose not to take the stand per his lawyer. Closing arguments followed 12 days of trial with 28 witnesses. He has pleaded guilty but insane to killing 15 young men and boys, with 11 remains found in his apartment. A sane verdict means life in prison. insanity could lead to commitment and possible release efforts.
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Jeffrey Dahmer
Dahmer
Gerald Boyle
Drifter indicted in church fires in Florida and Tennessee
Patrick Lee Frank, 41, indicted on 20 church fires in Florida and Tennessee, part of 50 suspicious incidents since April 1990. The 10 count indictment covers 16 fires. no motive discussed. Frank was committed to a state mental hospital after arrest in Ocala on November 13.
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Patrick Lee Frank
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Twins' deaths echo in Liberty High gym tragedy
In Spangle Washington a 17 year old boy Stacey Olson died of heart failure during a gym class near the spot where his twin Tracey Olson died of a heart condition 24 years earlier. Five people assisted before medics transported him to Sacred Heart Medical Center Spokane where he was pronounced dead. Both brothers had enlarged right heart valves and Tracey had died during class in October 1989.
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Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane
Liberty High School
Tracey
Stacey
Gary Carter
Whoopi Goldberg buys land in South Africa
Whoopi Goldberg has purchased a 105 acre parcel in South Africa amid a region dominated by right wing farmers favoring racial segregation. She recently completed filming Sarafina, an anti apartheid drama set during the 1976 Soweto uprising near Johannesburg.
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Whoopi Goldberg
South Africa
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Sarafina
Soweto
Johannesburg
Goo
Fundamentalists cancel march as gunfire rocks Algiers
In Algiers Muslim fundamentalist leaders called off a government ban on a march to press for jailed leaders' release and new elections. Gunfire rang out across the capital, with police and soldiers deployed, an assault on a Casbah police station injuring guards, and at least one person wounded as authorities hunted the attackers.
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Algeria
Casbah
Islamic Salvation Front
Former Soviet republics split on unified commonwealth force
Minsk AP reports three former Soviet republics Belarus Ukraine Moldova and Azerbaijan refused to join a unified armed force. Eight other members including Russia worked to draft a transitional unified command while tensions rise over military integration threatening the Commonwealth of Independent States amid stalled reforms and leadership discussions.
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Minsk
Belarus
United Commonwealth
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Ukraine
Moldova
Azerbaijan
Commonwealth of Independent States
Russia
Commonwealth of 11 Nations
Soviet Union
Indi
Ogurtsov
Nursultan Nazarbayev
UN chief backs rapid Croatia peacekeeping deployment
UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali urged swift deployment of as many as 13,000 peacekeepers to Croatia, potentially drawing troops from 31 countries. The move, opposed by a Serb militia commander, aims to avert a worsening crisis as over 8,000 have died since Croatia’s June 25 independence. The Security Council plans to authorize early next week, with arrivals within two weeks, at an estimated cost of 400 million dollars per year.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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