Mad cow scare leaves UK burgers in limbo for McDonald's Wimpy
London AP reports a mad cow scare froze British beef supply forcing McDonald’s and Wimpy to pull burgers from menus. Firms scramble to stock non British meat as governments ban exports. customers mourn missing Big Macs while trucks route foreign beef to outlets.
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Katherine Young
Wimpy International Ltd
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Britain
Veronica Foster
Andrew Hall
Glasgow
Chris Smith
Pete Hambli
Burger King
Barry Peterson
John Major
On Down
European Union
Ireland
Holland
France
Hubble captures Hyakutake’s erupting comet jets
Washington AP reports that new Hubble photos of Comet Hyakutake show geysers erupting through a crust as the comet nears the sun. Astronomer Harold Weaver notes that repeated solar passes create a rigid crust and powerful jets from material beneath.
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Hubble Space Telescope
Harold Weaver
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Rare dinosaur skin fossil revealed near Deming New Mexico
An extraordinary fossil discovery shows skin texture of a duck billed dinosaur from a 10 foot long, 2 foot wide specimen found five years ago by a graduate student near Deming in southern New Mexico. Researchers later confirmed the unusual rock was more than bark and dated the find to about 70 soles years ago.
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Deming
New Mexico
Monks abducted in Algeria by armed group
Seven French Trappist monks including an ailing 82 year old medic were seized from Notre Dame de l Atlas monastery in northern Algeria by an armed group believed to be part of a Muslim insurgency. France urged citizens to leave Algeria as authorities suspect the kidnappers aim to topple the army backed government.
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France
Notre Dame de l'Atlas
Pierre Claverie
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Claverie
Oran
Utility returns Audra Gordon a $50 check
In Corvallis Oregon Pacific Power sent 11 year old Audra Gordon a $50 check to replace savings lost when a collection agency seized her mother's electric bill payment. The utility halted collection on Suzanne Gordon's past due bill and returned the case to the utility. The $126.27 balance remains but will not be pursued.
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Audra Gordon
Pacific Power
Suzanne Gordon
Gary Donnelly
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Gordon
Donnelly
Ryobi recalls 150000 table saws over faulty switches
Ryobi America Corp recalls 150000 table saws including some Sears Craftsman labeled models after government findings that switches intended to lock off may fail. Models BT3000 and Craftsman 15.22185 sold since 1991 nationwide. Sears began Craftsman sale in 1994. Contact Ryobi at 1-800-867-9624 for free replacement switches.
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Ryobi America Corp
Sears Craftsman
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Sears
Ryobi
Anderson
S.C
Three Saudis hijack Egyptian plane and surrender
Three Saudi hijackers demanded a meeting with world leaders and commandeered an Airbus A320 from Jiddah to Libya, surrendering five hours later to Libyan forces. The 152 passengers, including 17 Japanese and 59 Canadians, were freed in Martubah near Tobruk. no Americans were aboard.
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Three Die as Steel Mill Tank Explodes in Portage
An explosion at Beta Steel in Portage Indiana killed three workers and injured nine as debris and bent metal sheets rained into the parking lot. Officials say the blast came from a basement tank holding high pressure liquid and the cause is under investigation.
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Ind
Lee Spitka
Beta Steel
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Spitka
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Kevin Myers
Mario Ortiz
Dennis Janiscewski
Shuttle Mir crews bid fond farewells
Atlantis astronauts bid emotional farewells to Mir crew members Yuri Onufrienko and Yuri Usachev at a Houston ceremony as they prepare for a five month stay leaving Shannon Lucid behind. The eight astronauts signed placards commemorating the five day docking before hatch seals.
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