Gainers make better quitters
In Chicago and Washington AP reports two health items. A Minnesota study finds abstinent smokers who gain 20 pounds or more after quitting are less likely to relapse, with long term quitters averaging about 10 more pounds than non-quitters. In Washington the Bush administration contemplates a 20 billion Medicare cut over five years, risking hospital finances per Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
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Kelli Skoog
University of Minnesota
Washington
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Mr. Bentsen
American Hospital Association
Somali leader Siad Barre still missing after escape by tank
In Nairobi Kenya AP report says Mohamed Siad Barre has not been found more than a day after fleeing Mogadishu in a tank. Rebels urge calm amid war and promise a return to democracy as loyalist forces reportedly surrender across Somalia per Radio SNM.
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Kenya
Mohamed Siad Barre
Mogadishu
Somali National Movement
Siad Barre
Horn of Africa
SNM
Somalia
Haiti protests turn deadly as army cites extremists
In Port au Prince violence left at least 17 dead and 14 wounded as clashes erupted between protesters and soldiers after the army accused unnamed extremists of fanning unrest. Among the dead were 13 in Carrefour and Cite Soleil, including a 5 year old killed by a stray bullet. In Morgantown WVU lineman aided a fellow student who leapt from a burning building, catching him and preventing a fatal fall.
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Haiti
Radio
Haiti Inter
Carrefour
Cite Soleil
Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia University
Ron Bunofsky
Ernest L. Wallace
WVU
Camp Springs
Ruby Memorial Hospital
Bunofsky
Wallace
Rick Hill
Man charged in massacre in Espanola New Mexico
Ricky Abeyta, 29, faced first degree murder and attempted murder charges after two lawmen were killed and up to five others wounded or killed following a restraining order visit. He surrendered in Albuquerque and was arraigned, with sisters Dora and Sandra Abeyta also arraigned on related charges and held without bail for Ricky.
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Espanola
N.M
Ricky Abeyta
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Abeyta
U.S. Soviet summit postponed amid Gulf War strains
President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev agree to postpone the February summit in Moscow due to the Persian Gulf conflict and ongoing START treaty talks. The joint statement says a new date will be set in the first half of the year.
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Washington
Bush
Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Kremlin
James A. Baker III
Alexander A. Bessmertnykh
Bessmertnykh
Nikita Khrushchev
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Mr. Bessmertnykh
White House
Baker
Latvia
Lithuania
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Latvian Police Jeer Pro Independence Leaders in Riga Meeting
Hundreds of pro Kremlin Latvian police jeered President Anatolijs Gorbunovs and Interior Minister Alois Vaznis at a four hour Riga meeting. Police, mostly Russian and Ukrainian, split between independence supporters and Moscow loyalists. Protest cited understaffing low pay housing and a language law amid rising violence.
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Riga
U.S
5.R
Vilnius
University of
Latvia
Baltic Republic
Alois Vaznis
Anatolijs Gorbunovs
Ivars Godmanis
Vaznis
Interior Ministry
Moscow
Communist Party
Gorbunovs
Popular Front
Challenger anniversary observed with 73 second silence
Cape Canaveral space workers paused for 73 seconds to honor the seven astronauts killed in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Kennedy Space Center halted activities at 11:38 a.m. as tributes spread through schools and offices nationwide.
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Fla
Space Center
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Atlantic Ocean
Christa McAuliffe
Concord
N.H
Firestone High School
Akron
Ohio
Judith Resnik
William Holk
The
Cape
Forrest McCartney
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Richard Truly
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