Cunanan dies by self-inflicted gunshot amid Versace case
Andrew Cunanan, the FBI's most wanted fugitive and prime suspect in Versace's murder, killed himself with a .40 caliber handgun after attempting to obtain a false passport. Investigators described Cunanan as nervous and agitated, with authorities locating his body in a houseboat near Collins Avenue after a standoff.
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Andrew Cunanan
FBI
Gianni Versace
Versace
Washington
Cunavan
Minnesota
Illinois
New Jersey
Cunanan
Doyle Jordan
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Fernando Carreira
Thorsten Reineck
Dade County
James Alan Fox
College of Criminal Justice
Northeastern University
Boston
Fox
Barbour denies misuse of funds in Senate hearing
Former GOP chairman Haley Barbour rejected Democratic claims he misused a 2.1 million loan from a Hong Kong businessman to aid Republicans. He insisted the National Policy Forum acted legally and denied knowing the loan’s foreign source until earlier this year, though a fundraiser testified Barbour was informed in 1994.
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GOP
Haley Barbour
Senate
Barbour
National Policy Forum
National
Hong Kong
Policy Forum
Republican National Committee
Congress
RNC
Frederick Volcansek
Volcansek
Houston
Nazi Swiss bank list inflames Jewish groups in Geneva
The Zurich based banks released a 1 872 name ledger of World War I era accounts angering Jewish groups who hoped the records would ease Holocaust sensitivities. The Wiesenthal Center found six possible Nazi matches including Heinrich Hoffmann and Anton Burger.
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Geneva
Hitler
Adolf Hichmann
Swiss Bankers Association
Silvia Matile
Israel
Heinrich Hoffmann
Willy Bauer
Eichmann
Anton Burger
Wiesenthal
Hidden Swiss Bank List Surprises European Heirs
Alpine banks released nearly 2000 names of dormant accounts, totaling about 42 million dollars across 67 banks. Many heirs, including non Jewish relatives like Edouard Cozon of Lyon, fear a mistaken link to Holocaust victims. A telephone survey found only one in ten named individuals were Jewish.
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Greville Janner
Britain
Holocaust Education Trust
Paris
Edouard Cozon
Cozon
Lyon
Lion
Rene Bloch
Strasbourg
France
Gene therapy delays onset of ALS in mice study
Scientists in a Science report show genetically engineered mice delay inherited ALS symptoms with a protein that prevents cell death. The therapy did not cure ALS but may prove beneficial if started before symptoms appear, said Dr. Serge Praedborski of Columbia University.
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Washington
Lou Gehrig
Science
Serge Praedborski
Columbia University
End of the road for WELY radio station in Ely Minnesota
Radio station WELY in Ely Minnesota faces an uncertain future after Charles Kuralt’s death. Mike and Julie Hillman, who revived the station two years ago, now seek to purchase End of the Road Radio.
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Erie
Michele Clark
Ronald Daniel
Ms. Clark
Ely, Minn
Charles Kuralt
WELY
CBS
Mike
Julie Hillman
Minnesota
Wonder Book & Video Ad Offers 12000 Channels
A TV rental and video service promotes 12 000 channels from 99 cents to 2 49 per week. Families can watch what they want with start stop features. Locations on West Patrick Street and South Jefferson Street, hours daily.
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Wonder Book & Video
West
Patrick Street
Toys R Us
Prospect Plaza
South
Jefferson Street
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