Columbia launch scrubbed again by thick clouds delays
NASA postponed the space shuttle Columbia launch for a record-tying sixth time due to persistent low clouds at Cape Canaveral. Launch managers aim to try again Thursday at the earliest as conditions remained unfavorable and the crew waited more than five hours.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Columbia
Shuttle
Kenneth Bowersox
James Harrington
Kennedy Space Center
Two-Parent Clans Rebound Slows Growth of Single Parents
Washington AP reports after two decades of decline two parent families show a rebound yet the rise is small as single parent homes dominate. In 1994 nearly one third of families with children are led by a single parent up from 13 percent in 1970 and 28 percent in 1990. Black families show 65 percent headed by single parents while whites are at 25 percent. William Mattox of the Family Research Council calls the trend disturbing.
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Washington
Census Bureau
William Mattox
Family Research Council
Six Israelis killed in ambush near Aishiyeh Lebanon
Iranian backed Hezbollah guerrillas ambushed an Israeli patrol near Aishiyeh in south Lebanon killing six Israeli soldiers and wounding another. The attack followed previous clashes and claimed by Hezbollah, marking the bloodiest incident this year on the border front.
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Marjayoun
Lebanon
Israel
Hezbollah
Aishiyeh
Edison voice recording found from 1888 in New Jersey
Curators in West Orange catalog Edison documents and devices uncover the earliest known recording of his voice. The 154 second wax cylinder captures Edison describing an around the world trip with cities ships and trains and joking about geography to Blaine. He signs off with Goodbye Edison.
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West Orange
N.J
Thomas Alva Edison
New York
Edison
Blaine
James Gillespie Blaine
Gone But Not Forgotten Bus Ad Honors Local Woman
In Newark New Jersey a state wide bus advertisement memorial spot shows a yellow sign reading Gone But Not Forgotten with In Memory of Gloria. Gloria Van Natten died of lung cancer at 62 and ran Van Natten Advertising Co. before her daughter Suzanne Van Natten Mazur and husband Jay Mazur now operate it.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Gloria
Suzanne van Natten Mazur
Gloria van Natten
van Natten
Nunn cites Japanese cult plotting take over Japan
Senator Sam Nunn alleged the Aum Shinrikyo group sought to recruit Russian nuclear scientists to stage a government takeover in Japan. He described a shadow cabinet and plans to obtain nuclear material and weapons, noting reported sarin testing in Australia and a Russian jet and two drones in the group’s arsenal.
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Washington
Tokyo
Sam Nunn
James Bond
Georgia Democrat
Aum Shinji Kyo
Nunn
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
eThey
Arma
Geddon
Japan
United States
Mr. Nunn
Australia
Counterfeit $100 notes linked to Syria or Lebanon
The New Yorker reports high quality counterfeit $100 bills made in Syria or Lebanon have spread across the former Soviet Union Europe and the Far East. U S officials suspect the ring aims to destabilize the U S economy while police in Russia Germany and Hong Kong note widespread circulation. References date back to 1992 and a May 1994 State Department meeting with Syria.
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Washington
Syria
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Europe
Far East
New Yorker
U.S
Boston
House
Iran
Bekaa Valley
Treasury
Robert Rubin
Russia
State Department
Warren
Christopher
Quality of life study shows declines in Clinton era
Fordham researchers report a 1993 drop in the Index of Social Health to 41 on a 0-100 scale, marking continued decline since the mid 1970s. The index covers 16 areas including poverty, health care, and wages, noting sharp worsens in children in poverty and health costs.
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New York
United States
Clinton
Fordham University
Marc Miringoff
Fordham
Institute For Innovation In Social Policy
Tarrytown
N.Y
Miringoff
Institute
Moscow hijacking unsettles Russians and visitors near Kremlin
A gunman hijacked 25 South Korean tourists on a bridge behind St. Basil's Cathedral near the Kremlin. Russian commandos freed them after nearly 10 hours with no injuries. Tourists, including a Valencia professor, expressed fear as the incident raised concerns about safety and Russia's image abroad.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Felipe Gimeno
Russia
St. Basil's Cathedral
Frankfurt
Germany
Gimeno
Valencia
Irina Petrova
Kim Sok-kyu
South Korea
Powell linked to British royal line and U.S. presidents
Burke's Peerage researcher Harold Brooks-Baker says Colin Powell is connected to Britain's royal families and many European nobles, plus a lineage to presidents Washington Jefferson and Bush through ancestral ties to the Coote family and Sir Eyre Coote. Powell's spokesman dismisses the claim.
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London
Colin Powell
U.S
George Bush
Burke
Washington
Powell
Bill Smullen
Burke’s Peerage
Sir Eyre
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Spain
Brooks-Baker
England
Edward I
Caroline Stanhope
Edward
William the Conqueror
Stanhope
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
We’ve Got Frederick Written AD Over Ust Afrederich
An advertisement appears to present a stylized or garbled header claiming a Frederick related message or name. The readable text centers on a city or person named Frederick with unclear surrounding words suggesting an overprint or misread name.
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Frederick
Afrederich Wefos-Post
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