Roadmap drawn to seek life beyond Earth by researchers
More than 100 scientists at NASA Ames gather to craft a five year plan for studying life beyond Earth. They discuss biology, detection tech, and no doubt bold missions on Earth or in space, aiming for a public report in months. The panel notes Earth life can endure extreme conditions, and discoveries like water beneath Europa and possible Martian fossils fuel excitement.
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Mountain View
Calif
NASA Ames Research Center
David Morrison
NASA
Earth
Antarctic
Europa
Jupiter
Mars
Daniel Goldin
Morrison
Pilot Claims Two Missiles Brought Down Flight 800
A retired Navy pilot at a news briefing asserts TWA Flight 800 was destroyed by two missiles exploding near the left wing. He names one launch from a boat off Long Island and another from a second vessel farther south, while FBI and NTSB have not supported a center fuel tank explosion theory. The crash killed 230 aboard.
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Washington
TWA
William Donaldson
Long Island
New York
Paris
Donaldson
FBI
National Transportation Safety Board
U.S
Trapped explorer rescued from cave in New York
Craig Douglas, 24, of Medford, Massachusetts, was freed after more than a day in a 16 inch wide tunnel inside Keyhole cave near Albany. About 200 rescuers worked through the ordeal, bringing him out around 9:30 a.m. with minor scrapes and a leg injury.
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Schoharie
N.Y
Craig Douglas
Medford
Mass
Mike Martuscello
Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Keyhole
Albany
New York Moves To Ban Sex Shops And Strip Clubs
New York plans zoning changes to ban sex oriented theaters bookstores massage parlors and dance clubs within 500 feet of homes churches or schools or from each other. Stores with 40 percent or more porn stock could be evicted. A First Amendment challenge is in federal court. Police officials say compliance may take time. Some retailers rush to alter shelves placing sports tapes beside explicit titles.
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New York
Howard Safir
Oxford to offer Internet courses with Allen grant
Oxford University will begin internet courses next January through its Department for Continuing Education. Courses are free-standing, certificates awarded, not full degrees. One targets second-year undergrads seeking computing skills or career change, the other trains third-year students in database use for historians with 17th century data from Thame and Woodstock in Oxfordshire.
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Oxford
England
Oxford University
Microsoft
Paul Allen
Britain
Department For Continuing Education
Jonathan Darby
Oxfordshire
Thame
Woodstock
Tsunami Kills 1,200 in Papua New Guinea coast
The northwestern coast of Papua New Guinea endured three devastating waves after a magnitude 7 earthquake. Prime Minister Bill Skate confirmed at least 1,200 dead and 6,000 missing as rescue teams fight disease and decaying bodies. Over 2,500 recovered alive, while international aid streams in to Vanimo and surrounding villages.
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Vanimo
Papua New Guinea
Bill Skate
Julian Yohrin
Yohrin
Sissane
Skate
Seacoast
Austen
Australia
New Zealand
Royal Australian Air Force
John Crozer
Washington
State Department
James P Rubin
Madeleine Albright
Arma Jane Karger
U.S
Rubin
Investigators to tour burned Ecstasy cruise ship
A fire aboard the 855 foot Carnival Ecstasy near Miami Beach prompted a 10 member NTSB team to inspect the vessel as passengers endured a smoky ordeal. Fire started near the rear and spread to the fourth deck while many passengers wore life vests and waited on deck. Eleven were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and other injuries as crews battled the blaze for hours. The investigation will focus on the cause and crew response, with initial reports suggesting a laundry room origin.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Mexico
Edmund Thomas
Buffalo
National Transportation Safety Board
Robert Francis
NTSB
Robert Bookstein
Washingtonville
N.Y
Carnival
Key West
Cozumel
Bob Dickinson
Republicans hold bill to pressure Clinton on UN funding and abortion lobby ban
Republicans hold a bill passed in April that would reorganize foreign policy and allow back UN payments while barring groups receiving federal funds from lobbying for liberalized abortion abroad. Clinton veto threats and political leverage loom as GOP delays send.
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United Nations
Clinton
Congress
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
United States
House
Newt Gingrich
White House
Barry Torv
GOP
International Monetary Fund
United Nations General
Bly
Senate
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