Texas official urges deregulation to boost gas driven electric growth
Matthews testifies before the Senate Natural Resource Committee in Midland urging electric industry deregulation to convert natural gas into lower Texas electric costs. Collins & Ware president Ted Collins notes gas exploration aids growth but cites crew shortages and drillERS limits as major obstacles. Texas Independent Energy plans a 1000 megawatt plant in Odessa to be running by summer 2001.
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Herrera must undertake ethics courses and rehab as probation terms
Herrera and another attorney face appeals for convictions and sentences. Herrera’s lawyer David Botsford plans an appeal discussion. A 1999 DEA probe tied Herrera Law Firm and family to drug sales, money laundering, and marriage fraud, leading to indictments of former staff. Herrera sold the firm in February to Israel Guardiola, now in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
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Gephardt to Actively Oppose China Trade Bill
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt said he will speak on the floor and privately to members to oppose a bill that would grant permanent normal trade relations with China. He emphasized ongoing discussions as he votes against the measure, aligning against the White House and many party leaders.
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Sutcliffe artworks and letters go on display in Liverpool
Rarely seen pieces and letters by Stuart Sutcliffe, fifth Beatle and early Liverpool Art School associate of John Lennon, are loaned to the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool for a year. Sutcliffe died in 1962 at age 21 from a brain hemorrhage, months before Love Me Do. Museum curator Shelagh Johnston said the exhibit offers insight into the band’s early influences and formation.
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Heaney to Speak at Harvard Commencement June 8
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney will deliver Harvard University’s commencement poetry reading on June 8, with Amartya Sen also set to speak. Heaney, Irish native and translator of Beowulf, is the Ralph Waldo Emerson Poet in Residence at Harvard. The event highlights include Sen’s Nobel prize in economics in 1998.
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Kissinger urges stronger focus on world policy
Henry Kissinger told a Pasadena audience that presidential candidates overlook foreign policy. He warned that global changes affect U S security as distances shrink and communication improves, making national security interconnected with world events.
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Oklahoma City Memorial Service at Federal Building
Bells tolled at 9 02 a m marking the fatal blast that tore through the Oklahoma City federal building killing and injuring many. Survivors rescuers and relatives walked a memorial with 149 adult and 19 child chairs while guests read names and pledged to remember yet move forward. U S President Clinton and Attorney General Reno planned to attend an evening ceremony as Oklahoma County inmates faced murder counts in related cases.
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Littleton observances mark Columbine massacre second anniversary
The community marks the second anniversary with a private school assembly, a public service and a candlelight vigil to raise funds for a new library. About 250 design ideas for a permanent memorial have been submitted, with a June or July design decision anticipated.
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Steven
Clement Park
Columbine
Bob Easton
Foothills Parks and Recreation District
Easton
Paul Morris
Oklahoma City
Elian Court Ruling Keeps Custody Question Alive in U S
The 11th Circuit issued a three judge order affecting Elian Gonzales custody and asylum hearings. Officials consider whether to lift the stay, seek Supreme Court review, or await a May 11 appeals hearing. Juan Miguel Gonzalez's attorney urged immediate reunification in the United States. Local Cuban Americans monitored the case as federal actions weighed possible force. The parents’ separation remains unresolved with the father seeking return to Cuba and the relatives awaiting a court decision.
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Juan Miguel Gonzalez
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Florida
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Texas Lottery Winning Numbers for Lotto and Pick 3
The Texas Lottery draws show Lotto numbers 35 33 47 27 12 for Wednesday April 20 with an estimated $6 million jackpot. The Pick 3 results include Te2¢1, reflecting the evening drawing details.
Pileated Woodpecker Facts and Family Business Notes
Informed sources discuss the pileated woodpecker and its lifelong mating, then pivot to diverse trivia about llamas in South Dakota, Redbook magazine findings on religious women, and family business succession. The piece also references Robert De Niro Sr. and Virginia Admiral, a mosquito comparison, Jamestown settlers seeking indigenous foods, egg growth, and L.M. Boyd contact details.
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Robert de Niro, Sr
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