Flooding continues in California's Central Valley
Raging rivers burst levees flooding homes farms and forcing new evacuations as damage nears 1 billion dollars. Lake Tahoe reaches an 80 year high. Nevada casinos hit by flood losses and Stateline highway closed for weeks. At least 29 dead, three women missing in Yuba County amid widespread West coast flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manteca
Calif
California
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Stateline
Yuba
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Balloonists abort circumnavigation after 19 hours over desert
British balloonists abort the Global Challenger round-the-world flight after 19 hours. Richard Branson says he dumped fuel and supplies to slow the descent as Alex Ritchie climbed outside to jettison a ballast tank. The 174 foot craft lifted from near Marrakech aiming to circle the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard Branson
Branson
Alex Ritchie
Ritchie
Alex
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Marrakech
Morocco
Globe
Global Challenger
Postal Service records Christmas surge across 2.7 billion items
Postmaster General Marvin Runyon announced a record 2.7 billion cards and letters handled in the three weeks before Christmas, up 10 percent from last year. Expedited services rose with Priority Mail up 13.5 percent and Express Mail up 5.9 percent as customers largely praised service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marvin Runyon
Runyon
Runyon Asted
Doctors save elephant trunk BELFING at Zhengzhou Zoo
Babu the 14 year old elephant suffered a trunk amputation when his trunk became stuck at an iron window grate. Surgeons from multiple cities performed a 17 hour reattachment operation and 100 days later he fed himself again though the trunk remains 16 inches shorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfing
Zhengzhou Zoo
Babu
China City
Beijing
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Xinhua
Gingrich Wins Speakership Amid Ethics Probe Fallout
Washington AP Newt Gingrich celebrates re election as House speaker while an ethics committee opens private proceedings to discipline him. The day features a tense roll call, an apologetic acceptance speech, and partisan clashes over extending deadlines for the ethics case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newt Gingrich
House
Gingrich
House Ethics Committee
Chamber
James M. Cole
Doll recall draws mixed response from consumers
The CPSC praised Mattel for recall of the Cabbage Patch Kids Snacktime doll after about 100 reports of hair and finger entanglement. Mattel will refund $40 per doll, withdraw from shelves, and halt international marketing while the panel found no serious safety hazard but cited distress and calls for better premarket testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Mattel Inc
Janice Shields
U.S
Public Interest Research Group
el Segundo
Calif
Weat
Mattel
Sean Fitzgerald
Ann Brown
Commission
Practice ransom note found in slain girl’s home
Police found part of a practice ransom note in JonBenet Ramsey’s Boulder home amid a three page handwritten ransom note demanding 118000 dollars. Note writer appeared to disguise handwriting then relaxed. Read more about the investigation and family actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransome
Boulder
Colo
Rocky Mountain News
The
Denver Post
JonBenet Ramsey
JoyBenet
Patricia Ramsey
Colorado
JonBenet
Denver
Charlevoix
Mich
Larry Mason
Ramsey
Ramseys
Supreme Court to hear Clinton harassment case
Paula Jones’ lawsuit alleging sexual harassment by President Clinton reaches the Supreme Court to decide how much immunity a sitting president deserves from civil suits. The case adds political embarrassment amid Whitewater probes and fund-raising inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paula Jones
Clinton
Supreme Court
White House
Whitewater
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cees
Congress
Gerald Solomon
Rn.y
Senate
Cole
Nancy Pelosi
D-Calif
Ethics Committee
Atlanta
Kelvin McNeill
Stephen Wayne
Georgetown University
Robert Bennett
Ms. Jones
Gilbert Davis
Virginia
Newsweek
American Lawyer Magazine
Peace and Plenty
Frederick
Ago
Prospect Boulevard
Jefferson Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!