Wrapping Paper With Real Dollars Stirs Controversy
MIAMI AP reports Maus & Hoffman stores in southern Florida wrap gifts in uncut sheets of 32 genuine $1 bills sold for 55 dollars, with a warning sticker. Bureau of Engraving and Printing confirms availability to the public. The piece also covers a Boston story on plastic card sized batteries for electric cars and a Tokyo survey on karoshi among Japanese salaried workers.
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Milli Vanilli member arrested on sexual battery probe
Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli was arrested on sexual battery investigation after a 25 year old woman was the alleged victim. Pilatus declined comment, lamenting too much publicity as he and Fabrice Morvan left their home. The duo lost their Grammy after admitting they did not sing on their hit album. In Livingston Montana a sheriff deputy was awarded damages for slander after a motorist accused him of brutality. the judge said the claimant would likely have lost teeth.
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Gephardt backs continued sanctions against Iraq
House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt urged sticking with economic penalties on Iraq and rejecting near term military action. He spoke as the United Nations prepared a vote on a U.S. war demand to withdraw from Kuwait by January 15. In Baghdad, Iraq pressed for talks with Bush while not offering Kuwait concessions.
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