Winds Propel 600 Acre Ventura County Fire Near Luxury Homes
A 600 acre wildfire driven by Santa Ana winds threatened Thousand Oaks luxury homes as investigators questioned four teens and an 18 year old man about arson. No homes burned by midmorning. 600 firefighters, two air tankers and four water dropping helicopters fought the flames. evacuation fears eased as wind and fire subsided.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Ventura County Fire Department
Sandi Wells
Santa Ana
Nathan Brian Wine
Census 2000 set to release first numbers later this week
After a busy year the Census Bureau is about to publish raw state population totals from the 2000 head count. The release will show growth in the South and West, slower expansion in the North, and precede March details on race. Counts influence House apportionment and potential use of sampling.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Midwest
America
Supreme Court
Bush
Kenneth Prewitt
Prewitt
Michael Zdan
Wilkes-Barre
Investment clubs vindicated as market slides in 2000
In a bear year for Nasdaq and the broader market, investment clubs tout steady gains from a long term strategy. Sacramento Money Makers posts near 10 percent for 2000 as NAIC’s Top 100 outperforms many indexes. NAIC highlights five year returns and cites holdings like PepsiCo Home Depot and Microsoft as core to club portfolios.
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New York
Wall Street
Joanne Briggs
Sacramento
Calif
Briggs
Money Makers
National Association of Investors Corp
Investment Clubs’ National Organization
NAIC
PepsiCo
Home Depot
Microsoft
Aesop
Madison Heights
Millennium yawns mark a quiet dawn after Y2K hype
A year after Y2K fears, Fort Worth area shoppers reflect a muted dawn of 2001. Residents recall champagne at midnight, amid stockpiles and preparedness, while retailers report a lull in survival gear sales and less media buzz about end-of-world themes.
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Fort Worth
Chads
Fred Held
Elliott’s Hardware
Grapevine
Army-Navy
Hurst
Kansas
Royce Smith
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Circuit City
Cellular
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