Chinese pandas arrive at National Zoo
Two giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo after a 17 hour flight, quickly feeding on local Washington bamboo and bonding. They traveled under police escort in a FedEx jet named Panda One, with plans to lodge together immediately and stay at the zoo for at least ten years. The Chinese government loan funds panda conservation with a $10 million donation. about 1,000 pandas remain in the wild.
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Mei Xiang
Tian Tian
National Zoo
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Zoo
Robert Hoage
Beck
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Dulles International Airport
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Hebrew Union College president resigns amid ethics complaint
Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman 58 resigns as president of Hebrew Union College after accusations of past relationships with women violating ethics rules. He is suspended from the rabbinate for at least two years. Provost Norman J. Cohen named acting president as the college board accepts the resignation.
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Norman J. Cohen
Burton Lehman
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Zimmerman
Eric Yoffie
United American Hebrew Congregations
Hebrew Union
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
New York
Temple Emanu-El
Dallas
Ann Richards
Fossil Find Reveals Los Angeles Red Line Past Wildlife
Excavation for the Los Angeles subway uncovered more than 2000 fossils including unknown fish species. Research by Bruce Lander and a 28 member team shows ground sloths horses mastodons and camels once roamed near redwood groves in the area now LA. The Metro Rail Red Line stretch was finished in June at a cost of 4.5 billion dollars.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Bruce Lander
Lander
Boy tied up 9 1 1 line with prank calls
A 9 year old boy in Columbia Tennessee faces a juvenile charge of telephone harassment after making 91 calls to the Maury County 9 1 1 line in one night. The calls began in late Saturday afternoon tying up dispatchers for over six hours.
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Columbia, Tenn
9-1-1
Maury County
Columbia
Freddie Rich
Rich
USA Network cancels film after drug ad protest
In Los Angeles the USA Network scrapped production of a TV movie about two cyanide deaths linked to Excedrin after a major pharmaceutical advertiser complained it was inappropriate. The program would have centered on Stella Nickell and the 1982 Tylenol adulteration case, with costs over 1 million and about 150 crew left without work. The decision followed threats to pull advertising from Johnson and Johnson and possibly other drug firms.
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Ron Sato
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