Bush Names Ashcroft and Whitman for Cabinet Roles
President elect selects John Ashcroft as attorney general and Christine Todd Whitman to lead the EPA while naming Mitch Daniels to head the OMB and Virginia Gov James Gilmore to run the Republican National Committee. Bush defends Ashcroft against civil rights critics and signals a conservative but pragmatic cabinet.
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Odessa settlement highlights city image and health concerns
Group From 1A Engineers and major firms address negative community attention as Odessa seeks to unite and shed a racist, money focused image. Don Dangerfield, an Odessa litigant, says the Thursday settlement ends 22 months and hints Huntsman’s fault, while he eyes the next lawsuit.
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Yahoo seeks US order to block French Nazi auction ruling
Yahoo! Inc. asks a federal court in San Jose to block a French court order that would bar French users from accessing Nazi memorabilia auctions on yahoo.com. The move asserts free speech protections and lack of US jurisdiction over content produced by an American company.
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Meadowlark Lemon retires to pursue ministry and Hall of Fame ties
George Meadowlark Lemon, former Harlem Globetrotters star and founder of Meadowlark Lemon Ministries, retires from basketball to devote his life to religious work. Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in October, Lemon will join teammates January 5 in Chicago for a 75th anniversary celebration, saying his calling now drives all else.
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Los Angeles
George
Christmas Memory Of A Korea War Survivor
A New Orleans veteran recalls a Christmas Eve in Korea with Baker Company 5th Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. He and surviving friends share memories of Heartbreak Ridge, brutal winters, and a band of brothers who promised to stay in touch after 50 years of Christmas cards.
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New Orleans
Christmas tamales and family traditions in Odessa
Odessa residents Gonzalez, Llanez, and neighbors share holiday customs from late night tamales to midnight Mass. Families cook meat, spices, and dough after 6 pm then assemble in the early hours, gifting extra tamales to friends. Community toy drives and Santa duties reinforce giving spirit amid Christmas rituals.
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Munoz
Odessa
Lucy Llanez
Llanet
Weather Halts Holiday Travel Across U S Airports Freeze
Severe snow fog and freezing cold crippled travel as trains and airports faced delays. Families, including Eric Rosenkrantz and two ill children, saw canceled flights at Logan and long waits as Amtrak scrambled to reroute passengers amid minus nine temperatures and fuel-line freezes. Delays stretched from Boston to LaGuardia with dozens stranded.
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Florida
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Chicago
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LaGuardia
Texas Lottery Winning Numbers and Friday Draw
Texas Million numbers 26 82 46 2 drawn Friday December 22. Cash Five results show 2 3 22 26 30. Pick 3 entry 5e3e7 appears in the lottery rundown.
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Texas
Question on presidents middle name Finis and other remarks
The text riffs on a president with middle name Finis Davis and the Confederacy’s Jefferson Davis, noting Davis as the youngest of ten with a Jefferson-inspired name. It touches on claims about immunity to seasickness for housepainters and gendered perceptions of smiles in offices, with a corporate president commenting on women’s smiles drawing attention.
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Finis
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson
Highest Pacific tides in Alaska's Kachemak Bay region
The highest Pacific tides occur in Alaska's Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. This location samples extreme tidal ranges noted in coastal science and contrasts with the Bay of Fundy in the Atlantic.
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Nova Scotia
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Kachenak Bay
Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Neptune completes orbit every 165 years
The planet Neptune takes about 165 years to orbit the sun and has not finished a full circuit since its 1846 discovery. Contact details for L. M. Boyd are provided via email at sayhello@LMBoyd.com or mail at PO Box 99126 Seattle WA 98199.
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Sayhello
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Odessa American Publication Details
The Odessa American is a daily newspaper published every morning in Odessa Texas. It lists address information at 222 East Fourth Street and a mailing address for address changes at PO Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760-2952.
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E. 4Th Street
Odessa
Odessa American Classifieds and Contact Details
Public notice style page fragment lists switchboard numbers and staff roles including editor publisher and advertising director. Provides circulation and delivery contact lines plus subscription rates for daily weekly weekend editions and out of town orders. Reproduction restrictions note copyright protection.
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Odessa American
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