Puerto Rico Rejects Statehood Vote Returns Narrow Margin
Puerto Rico voted against statehood with "none of the above" leading 50 to 47 percent as ballots counted by hand across schools. The result, a defeat for Gov. Pedro Rossello’s New Progressive Party, underscored support for preserving heritage and autonomy, while a pro commonwealth coalition warned of cultural loss under statehood.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
National Progressive Party
Pedro Rossello
Rossello
US Congress
Popular Democratic Party
Nora Ephron on Hollywood bias fuels You've Got Mail
New York writer Nora Ephron describes studio executives favoring male centered stories over women centered ones. She directed You've Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan after years of screenwriting and Oscar nominations for Silkwood When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle.
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New York
Nora Ephron
Hollywood
Tom Hanks
Meg Ryan
New York Times
Henry
Phoebe Ephron
Carousel
Watergate
Carl Bernstein
Silkwood
Harry
Sally
Wizard of Oz Lion costume tops auction with 250000
Bert Lahr's Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion outfit led a Hollywood sale, selling for 250000. The Batman suit brought 60000 and Leonardo DiCaprio's Titanic shirt 10000, while the Wicked Witch hat sold for 50000 and Chaplin's cane for 16000.
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Los Angeles
Leonardo DiCaprio
Michael Keaton
Hollywood
Bert Lahr
DiCaprio
Dianne Bennett
Charlie Chaplin
Diana
U S servicemen tied to narcotics rings in California
AP reports Marines and sailors in the San Diego area were investigated for narcotics trafficking with ties to Mexican drug rings. Officials say 50 or more personnel faced inquiry, with some accused of driving drugs through Camp Pendleton to bypass a border checkpoint on Interstate 5.
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San Diego
California
Los Angeles Times
the Times
Wayne Crookie
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Camp Pendleton
Border Patrol
Interstate 5
Tijuana
Customs Service
Arellano-Felix Cartel
United States
Clinton Faces Impeachment Vote Rhetoric and Strategy
President Clinton pressed lawmakers during a public address outside Netanyahu's office to allow direct contact, while White House aides seek a strategy to avert impeachment. Speaker candidates Livingston and Gingrich backed Hyde against censure, and Clinton cited prosecutors supporting not guilty findings amid questions on perjury. Delay criticized Clinton's credibility as his foreign policy credibility falters amid the ongoing impeachment process.
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Israel
Netanyahu
House
Joe Lockhart
Clinton
Richard
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Lockhart
Bob Livingston
Livingston
Newt Gingrich
Judiciary Committee
Henry Hyde
Paula Jones
Ruff
Washington
Tom Delay
R-Tex
United States
Saddam Hussein
Delay
NBC
National Security Council
David Leavy
Holiday shoppers boost weekend crowds at malls nationwide
Shoppers crowded Dallas Galleria and Woodlands Mall in Grand Rapids as 60 people waited to check out at American Eagle. Cherry Creek Mall parking was full in Denver. Discounts up to 60 percent spurred traffic at Sterns Hechts Target and Bath & Body Works while analysts warn of further markdowns if late-week sales falter.
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Dallas
Galleria Mall
Woodlands Mall
Grand Rapids
Mich
American Eagle Clothing
Denver
Cherry Creek Mall
Mike McAvinue
Westfarms
Farmington
Paramus
N.W
John Konarski
Electronic ink promises changeable signs for stores and books
A Cambridge firm E Ink plans mass producing changeable signs from two inch to four feet letters costing 100 to 5000 dollars. Signs would update with electric charged transparent spheres to show black white colors and later a range of colors. J C Penney tests the signs for moving messages and dynamic displays. Possible future is interactive books online with changing content and multimedia.
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E Ink
Cambridge
Mass
Russ Wilcox
Elec
Tronic
Joseph Jacobson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J.C. Penney Co. Inc
Edward Sample
J.C. Penney
Penny postcards and odd trivia spark a vintage exchange
A rapid Q and A stroll through 20th century curios touches penny postcard price points to 1952, notes electricity as the top US commodity at 219 billion, and blends odd facts on Spain prostitution, giraffes in Paris, termites and ants, fox diets, Tooth Fairy money, Christmas seals, and contact details for L M Boyd.
Odessa American publication notice
Official postal and mailing information for the Odessa American daily newspaper published at 222 E. 4th Street Odessa Texas 79761. It notes second class postage paid in Odessa Texas and provides the post office box for address changes.
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Odessa American
E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Odessa American Advertising and subscriptions contact details
The Odessa American provides contact numbers for readers guides advertising circulation and delivery. It lists switchesboard fax and out of town numbers, a website, departments, and service hours for subscriptions and delivery assistance.
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Branson
Wayne Newton
Tony Orlando
Newton
Orlando
Steve Mefford
Mefford
White Eagle Corp
Joan Rivers
Melissa
John Endicott
E! Entertainment Television
Plaza Hotel
Chris Sanderson
Aberdeen, S.D
Eleanor Graf
Aberdeen
Graf
Grafs
U.S
International Council of Shopping Centers
ICSC
Chad Vickers
Uptons Department Stores
Cumberland Mall
Smyrna
New York Borough of
Queens
Susan Chang
Steinway Street
Eink Corp
Onevolt
L. M. Boyd
Mad Magazine
Spain
France
Paris
Europe
Denmark
Sweden
L.M. Boyd
Sayhello
Seattle WA
Lmboyd
Readers
OAOA
Iink
Freedom.com
oaoDa.com
Bill Satter
Gary Newsom
Tammye Mineo
Tyler Patton
Bob Braswell
Frances Irvine
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Jay
Ave Sey
Laren
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