Teen birth rate falls to 60-year low in U S
ATLANTA AP reports teen births dropped to 49.6 per 1000 girls aged 15 to 19, the lowest since data began six decades ago. The decline spans ages 15 to 17 and 18 to 19, with notable reductions among black teens and across races amid rising STD awareness and better sex education.
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Atlanta
National Center For Health Statistics
Bill Albert
Statistics Center
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Peter Brandt
Focus
Plane makes emergency landing in North Carolina
An AirTran DC-9 with 62 on board diverted and landed safely at Piedmont Triad International Airport after a cockpit fire south of Greensboro. Five people suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation or a knee injury and were treated at a hospital.
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Greensboro
N.C
North Carolina
AirTran Flight 913
Atlanta
Kathleen Bergen
Federal Aviation Administration
Piedmont Triad International Airport
Civil rights leaders demand police chief resign in Montgomery
Civil rights leaders staged a sit in at City Hall to protest a violent arrest of Samuel Day by two white officers. They demand Police Chief John Wilson resign after Day suffered a fractured skull and broken arm. The mayor must decide whether Officer Jesse Dodd should be fired for alleged brutal use of force.
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Montgomery
Ala
City Hall
Bobby Bright
Samuel Day
Charles Steele
John Wilson
Steele
Wilson
Jesse Dodd
Day
Bright
Dodd
Lowe's to halt wood sales from endangered forests
Lowe's Cos plans to stop selling wood products from endangered forests following talks with environmental groups including Rainforest Action Network and World Resources Institute. The policy targets regions in British Columbia, Indonesia, and the southeastern United States with no fixed completion date. Lowe's, based in Wilkesboro, NC, posted 1999 sales of $15.9 billion and employs about 100,000 across 600 stores in 39 states.
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Charlotte
N.C
Home Depot
Lowe's Cos
Rainforest Action Network
The
World Resources Institute
Michael Brune
Lowe
United States
Brune
Lowe's
British Columbia
Indonesia
Lowe’s
Wilkesboro
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Sprint
Ingkels
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