Titanic wreck voyage draws luxury cruise crowd to site
On the Royal Majesty passengers sail toward the Titanic site to watch research vessels lift an 11 ton hull section. The voyage includes Titanic survivors and notable figures like George Tulloch of RMS Titanic Inc calling the expedition a conservation effort, while critics label it grave-robbing.
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Plano
Texas
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Titanic
Alexandra Foley
Robert Ballard
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Aldrin
Edith Haisman
Michel Navratil
Island Breeze
Eleanor Shuman
Anne Lightoller
Charles Herbert Lightoller
Army incinerator on standby after nerve agent leak
ALT LAKE CITY AP The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility halted work after a tiny leak of nerve gas was found in vestibules near two charcoal filter banks in a sealed area. No danger to workers or public was posed, and plant officials expect to resume by midweek.
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Jon Pettebone
Pettebone
Utah Desert
Madonna downsizes to $2.7 million Mediterranean home
Los Angeles sources say Madonna, 38, is moving to a 3,500-square-foot five-bedroom house with a two-bedroom guest cottage in Los Feliz, while trying to unload her 25,000-square-foot Hollywood Hills mansion after a stalker incident. The move comes as R.E.M. signs a major Warner Bros. contract in Anaheim.
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Former presidents condemned in South Korea mutiny treason ruling
Former president Chun Doo-hwan and ex-general Roh Tae-woo were found guilty of mutiny and treason for the 1979 coup and the crackdown on the Kwangju uprising. Chun faces a death sentence. Roh receives 22.5 years. The court cited a deadly crackdown that killed hundreds in Kwangju and marked the end of decades of authoritarian rule.
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South Korea
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Roh Tae-woo
Kwangju
Japan
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Mother Teresa Ailing Near 86th Birthday in India
On the eve of her 86th birthday in Alcutta, India, Mother Teresa remained gravely ill with heart trouble and a lung infection. She showed brief alertness, sat up with nurses, and wrote notes asking for sisters and blessing them as doctors reported improving lung infection but ongoing irregular heartbeat and intermittent ventilator support.
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India
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Missionaries of Charity
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Woodlands Nursing Home
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Hell Week begins for female cadets at The Citadel
Four women join hundreds of male cadets in Hell Week at The Citadel after orientation. They drill, receive uniforms and haircuts, take the cadet oath, and join the college band program. Citadel officials note improved integration since admitting women.
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Citadel
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Goose Creek
Kim Messer
Clover
Jeanie Montavios
Charlotte
N.C
Petra Lovetinska
Women journalists in Washington earn less than men
The Association of Women Journalists reports women reporters in Washington cover major stories on par with men but earn less and hold fewer management roles. A median income sits at 60 000 dollars with women more often under 40 000 while men are more likely to earn 80 000 or more. Most report to male bosses and nearly half of women have never married versus 22 percent of men. Sixty four percent of women have no children compared with 40 percent of men.
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Chicago
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