Dinner with TippeR costs 1000 dollars controversy over donor list
White House donor list drawing criticism as House defends fundraising for big contributors including dinners with the president and meetings with Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore. Critics say the program brazen, while party officials defend it as standard fundraising practice amid calls for campaign finance reform.
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Gardener finds 2000-year-old Celtic style necklace in garden
A Swedish gardener unearthed a spectacular 17 ounce gold necklace dated to about 2000 years ago. The ornate piece features two bulb motifs with granular and filigree gold linked by braided strands, likely Iron Age Celtic in origin. Experts note only about six similar necklaces exist worldwide and the find hints at a possible trove at the site.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Europe
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Gas attack not linked to cult in Tokyo area
Police say an April 19 tear gas attack on a Yokohama train and stations was carried out by Koji Hara a 29 year old former gang member not tied to the subway nerve gas cult case. He confessed saying he acted upset over work and love life while under arrest for swindling.
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Koji Hara
Yokohama
Kyodo News Service
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Collapse injures 100 Dead fans in Missouri campground
A wooden deck collapsed at a campground lodge near Wentzville Missouri injuring more than 100 Grateful Dead fans. Most victims were teens and young adults with sixteen hospitalized and five in critical condition as others sustained broken bones.
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Grateful Dead
Missouri
Unemployment Holds Steady as June Adds Jobs Across Services
The June unemployment rate eased to 5.6 percent, down from 5.7, with payrolls rising by 215,000. Service industries led gains including recreation, health, engineering, and education, while manufacturing fell for a third straight month by 40,000. Weather and survey timing helped hiring.
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Dederick
Labor Department
Storms knock out power across counties and city
A storm knocked out power to about 14 000 homes in Carroll and Howard counties and Baltimore city. A state police spokesman in Westminster told The Frederick Post that torrential downpours caused minor accidents with some requiring hospitalization.
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Howard Counties
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Westminster
Frederick Post
McClellan Base Jobs in Jeopardy as Closure Panel Acts
McClellan Air Force Base faces closure by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, risking about 11 000 civilian jobs and essential services. President Clinton and California leaders push to save or privatize parts of the base, while locals cite economic and veteran-support impacts. The Sacramento area hosts a large retiree population and the base's historic maintenance depot.
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Sacramento
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Pete Wilson
Dianne Feinstein
Barbara Boxer
Clinton poised to sign order restoring full Vietnam ties
President Clinton’s advisers drafted a decision memo for restoring full diplomatic relations with Vietnam, likely within a week. The move would enable Secretary of State Christopher to visit Hanoi and Cambodia later this month as U S. firms eye a new market and a political thaw follows decades of embargo and war fallout.
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Vietnam
Warren Christopher
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Cambodia
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