Federal Judge and Wife Found Shot Dead at Home
Earl O'Connor a retired federal judge who visited the courthouse daily and his wife Jean Ann were found dead from single gunshot wounds in their Mission Kansas home. Investigators found no sign of forced entry and recovered a handgun. Authorities say early findings do not indicate a third party involvement.
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Mission, Kan
Earl O'Connor
Federal Bench
O'Connor
Jean Ann
Kansas City
IBI
Jeff Lanza
Lanza
Deutsche Bank to Acquire Bankers Trust in $10.1B Deal
Deutsche Bank AG announced it will acquire Bankers Trust Corp. in a 10.1 billion dollar deal creating the world's largest financial institution with assets over 800 billion. The boards approved the offer, with about 5,500 layoffs planned, mostly in New York and London, as the merger aims to surpass UBS and Citigroup.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Deutsche Bank AG
Bankers Trust Corp
Deutsche Bank
Bankers Trust
U.S
Suniv
UBS AG
Switzerland
Citigroup Inc
Yeltsin Remains Hospitalized As Impeachment Moves Forward
Boris Yeltsin stayed in a government hospital with pneumonia as Russia's parliament worked on an impeachment motion. The 6-year term question, his health since November 22, and debates over his responsibility for the armed forces were noted, with no firm conclusions reached.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Valenti Yumashev
Former Mouseketeer on Trial for Stock Fraud
Darrene Gillespie, one of the original Mouseketeers from the Mickey Mouse Club, faces stock fraud charges in a trial in Los Angeles. Her fiancé pleaded guilty and received a prison sentence in connection with the case. Disney publicity once described Gillespie as having exuberance beyond a soda bottle.
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Los Angeles
Darrene Gillespie
Disney
Ms. Gillespie
Police hunt for fossilized footprints in Australia
International police pursue stolen fossil prints from a 120 million year old stegosaurus and a 7000 year old Aboriginal site near Broome in northwest Australia. Two men charged as detectives warn of organized crime targeting heritage sites after a Tasmanian engraving theft.
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Sydney
Australia
Europe
Japan
Broome
Tasmania
Netanyahu rejects unconditional pullout from Lebanon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he sympathizes with every Israeli mother's loss but will not withdraw from south Lebanon without security guarantees. Israel's security Cabinet met four hours to hear briefings on clashes with Hezbollah. Seven Israeli soldiers died in two weeks as protests outside denounced the occupation.
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Jerusalem
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel
Lebanon
Hezbollah
Netanyahu
South
Israel Radio
Big bargains rule kickoff of holiday season
New York AP reports shoppers flocked to stores with deep discounts over Thanksgiving weekend. Price remained primary driver, with WalMart and Target among winners as retailers launched early promotions, incentives, and doorbusters to draw crowds. Joe DiMattia bought a coat at Quakerbridge Mall as check payments rose 4.4 percent from a year ago.
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New York
Kurt Barnard
Barnard’s Retail
Wall Street
WalMart
Target
Joe DiMattia
Quakerbridge
Lawrence Township
TeleCheck Services Inc
Hospitals must treat emergency patients regardless of insurance
The AP reports federal regulators will enforce the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to require stabilizing care for emergency patients who cannot pay or whose plans balk at preauthorization. Kings County Hospital has been warned. fines for violations can reach up to 59000 per incident.
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Washington
Health and Human Services Department
June Gibbs Brown
U.S
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn
American Hospital Association
Rick Wade
Congress
Senate
Missing Texas death row inmate on the run near Huntsville
Authorities hunt for Martin Gurule, a 29 year old death row inmate who escaped from Ellis Unit after cutting two fences with a tracksaw. He fled into swampy 17,000 acres around the prison as guards and residents report shots fired and ongoing searches. Gurule was convicted for the 1992 restaurant robbery killing of Minas Pipens and is sought with several other escapees.
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Huntsville
Texas
A.L. Shepard
Mamtert
Martin Gurule
Shepard
Gurule
Ellis 1
Houston
Glen Castlebury
Texas Department of Criminal Justire
Recreation Yard
Gunie
Minas
Mike” Pipens
Piperis
Gere
Anthony Staton
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Scripps Howard News Service
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M.D
Steven Klein
Mill Street
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Maryland
Upper Montclair
Woods
Book Center
Mikimoto
Colonial
South Market Street
Frederick
Papmiel Aan
Ntinental
USA
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