Senate keeps curbs on weapons in broad crime bill
The Senate split 50 to 48 to keep restrictions on nine semi automatic rifles and advanced mandatory sentences for gun crimes as lawmakers pushed a broad crime bill. The chamber then approved tougher penalties for sexual abuse of children and drug offenses while allowing Indian reservations to decide on local death penalty application in murder cases under federal law.
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D-Ariz
Hawaii
West
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Acice
Dan Quayle
Phil Gramm
Texas
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Permian Basin tops 100 degrees record for June
The Permian Basin set a 26 year high with days over 100 degrees this June. Meteorologist John Kalina of the National Weather Service at Midland International Airport notes a parked upper level high pressure ridge. Forecasts predict continued 100 plus heat through Monday with unusually dry conditions for at least 50 years.
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National Weather Service
Midland International Airport
John Kalina
NWS
Permian Basin
Kalina
Hubble mirrors blamed as flaw blocks star view
Engineers recount years of mirror design and manufacturing work blamed for blurring the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA says the flaw cannot be fixed from Earth and a lens correction will be added in 1993 aboard a replacement camera. A NASA investigation and salvage efforts are planned with cooperation from Hughes Space Science.
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Thomas Arconti
Ne U
Hubble
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Space Shuttle
NASA
Jack Rehnberg
Hughes’ Space Science Office
Study removes doubt Texans not fond of Yankees
AP report from Dallas notes a Southwest Texas State University survey of 787 Texas natives across 127 counties, asking respondents to mark Yankee origins and describe Yankees with one word. Results show Texans view Yankees with terms like abrasive, yuppies, snooty-toots, over-educated, and stuffed shirtish while linking Yankees most with New York and identifying Texas as the least Yankee-identified state.
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San Marcos
Southwest
Texas State University
Texas
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Dennis E. Fitzimons
California
Real Bulletin
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New York
Mandela reception stirs Miami officials amid praise row
In Miami Mandela arrives to a cooler welcome as city officials bow to Cuban-American pressure and reject a proclaimed greeting after Mandela praises Castro and others. Critics question his friends while broader U S policy debates surface.
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Fidel Castro
Miami
Mandela
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Castro
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Unine
Panama
Manuel Noriega
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