Woman jumps with daughter from overpass in Wantagh
A 24-year-old Brentwood woman climbed from the Wantagh State Parkway overpass with her 6-year-old daughter Briana Ebony Lester and fell about 20 feet, both critically injured with head and abdominal trauma. Police identify the mother as Patricia Ramirez. In Miami, Philip Morris Inc. halted nitrate-removal tobacco experiments after three months, as testified in a $200 billion Florida class-action suit.
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Long Island
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Wantagh State Parkway
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Miami
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Aydess
Florida
Man convicted in toddler drowning in Port St. Lucie
In Port St Lucie Florida AP, Brian Slocum 19 was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend’s 2 year old daughter Brittany Vinson by strapping her into a car seat and kicking her into a pool. Jury to decide penalty with potential electric chair. Prosecution said Slocum admitted the child “got on my nerves.” Defense argued accident and coerced confession.
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Fia
Brian Slocum
Brittany Vinson
Slocum
Philip Vacucci
Five girls rescued from bank vault in Auburn church
In Auburn California five girls aged 3 to 11 were locked in an old bank vault for nearly three hours. Rescuers broke through a concrete wall with jackhammers to free them. The vault, in a church that was once a bank and used to store snack food, was accessed while parents attended Bible studies upstairs.
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Auburn
Calif
Robbers burst into Paris Printemps store in holiday heist
Masked robbers struck the Printemps department store in Paris drawing shoppers to a money office on the ground floor. They escaped with 42100 dollars after a passerby was shot in the head, grave injury, as a crowd pursued them through the store near the grand opera on the Right Bank.
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Frigid Europe weather kills at least 85 across region
frigid weather and snow storms sweep Europe causing at least 85 deaths since last week with 14 more on Tuesday poland reports 41 storm deaths romania 30 and other nations including france bulgaria and italy also tallying fatalities authorities say romania's cold snap began friday and three drivers died in icy crashes per national traffic police official Col Joan Palalau
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Romania
Europe
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France
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Italy
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Clinton Aims to Wait on Iraq as Inspectors Work On
The Clinton administration leans toward a waiting approach despite naval forces in the Persian Gulf. President Clinton and top aides hint at restraint, awaiting more facts while warnings of potential force linger if Iraq obstructs U.N. inspections.
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Clinton
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Democratic congressman proposes censure alternative to impeachment
Massachusetts Democrat William Delahunt would offer a censure resolution criticizing President Clinton without punishment, giving the House Judiciary Committee an option besides impeachment. Supporters say it could signal bipartisan disapproval while skeptics warn on constitutional grounds and precedent.
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Massachusetts
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R-N.y
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Quinn
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Congress
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R-Il
Paul McNulty
CNN
USA Today
Gallup
Starr
Clinton pardons Turkey in annual White House ceremony
President Clinton spared a 45-pound Tom Turkey from the Thanksgiving roast in a daylight Rose Garden ceremony. The Minnesota bred bird wore a red appointment credential as Clinton noted the adventure of this year’s pardoned turkey and announced the bird would live at Frying Pan Park in Fairfax Virginia with reporters invited to ask HIM questions. Hillary Clinton laughed at the scene as the ritual continued since Truman began the practice in 1947.
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Clinton
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Frying Pan Park
Swanville
Minn
Boys & Girls Clubs
Greater Washington
Tom
White House
Fairfax
Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States
Truman
National Turkey Federation
Frank Gessell
Holocaust era assets conference to tackle looted art
Washington AP reports a four day meeting at the State Department and Holocaust Museum will gather 57 delegations from 44 nations and 13 NGOs to address tracking billions in stolen art and art bought in good faith. Nazis looted an estimated 9 to 14 billion dollars in 1933 onward across 20 countries or regions.
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State Department
Holocaust Museum
Germany
Lugar says Russia to dismantle giant submarines with U S aid
Senator Richard Lugar, after a nine day trip to Russia and Ukraine, said with U S help Russia will begin dismantling its six Typhoon class submarines next year. He noted each sub carries 20 ballistic missiles with 200 warheads aimed at the United States, calling them the workhorses of the Soviet strategic fleet.
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U.S
Russia
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Ukraine
Lugar
R-Ind
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