Columbia Blasts Off After Six Delays For Space Mission
Capable of foreshadowing life on NASA's planned space station, the Columbia shuttle lifted at 9:53 a.m. after weather and technical woes. Seven astronauts, led by Commander Kenneth Bowersox, expressed relief and eagerness to begin the science work aboard a $101 million payload of experiments including protein crystals cells and potato plants.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle Columbia
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Priest gets 46 years for sex abuse in Maryland
Roman Catholic priest Father Thomas Schaefer, 69, is to serve four consecutive four year terms for child abuse and four years for a sodomy count after pleading guilty to sexually abusing five young men over 17 years. Judge William Eibring Jr. said penalties exceeded guidelines. Three victims spoke, detailing trust and addiction issues.
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Upper Marlboro
Thomas Schaefer
William Eibring Jr
Spellbring
Schaefer
Father Chaefer
Martin Hertz
NATO chief Willy Claes resigns amid bribery trial shift
NATO chief Willy Claes resigned at NATO headquarters after the Belgian parliament voted to push him to stand trial on corruption charges. The 56 year old had faced pressure to quit to spare NATO an indictment crisis while the alliance works through a sensitive period.
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Brussels
Belgium
NATO
Willy Claes
Claes
Alliance
Stone Plates Protest at Capitol Over Welfare Cuts
Religious leaders delivered stones on paper plates to lawmakers to oppose Republican plans reducing food stamps and child nutrition funds. Stones from farms and clinics were brought to offices with the verse about bread a stone. Leaders say charities are stretched and Congress cannot replace the cuts with private aid.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
Massacre at Ivory Coast plantation leaves at least eighteen dead
The government news agency quoted police in Guiberoua reporting 18 dead in a central Ivory Coast plantation massacre. The line notes no immediate confirmation from Ivorian Press Agency and links violence to political tension ahead of Sunday elections.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Guiberoua
Madonna stamp honors Madonna and Child scene at gallery
A pensive Madonna hands a white rose to Baby Jesus on a 32 cent Christmas stamp inspired by Giotto and released at the National Gallery of Art. The image from a church altar symbolizes Mary’s purity and Jesus’ future sacrifice as an angel stamp debuts in Christmas, Florida.
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Washington
Jesus
National Gallery of Art
Giotto di Bondone
Fla
David A. Brown
Riot at Talladega federal prison injures staff and inmates
Inmates attacked guards with baseball bats, shattered windows, and set three prison buildings ablaze in a riot at Talladega Federal Correctional Institution. Six staffers and two inmates were injured as authorities regained control. the riot began about 6 15 p m and ended shortly after midnight with a quiet facility reported the next morning.
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Talladega
Ala
Talladega Federal Correctional Institution
Rich Phillips
Justice Department
Corliss Morange
Tax cut plan heads to Senate floor amid budget fight
A scaled back seven year tax cut totaling 245 billion dollars moves to the Senate as part of a broad budget bill to wipe out the deficit by 2002. It expands IRA eligibility and widens estate and capital gains relief while adding a $500 per child credit and a marriage penalty reduction amid partisan debate.
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Washington
America
Don Nickles
R-Okla
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Bob Dole
Clinton
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