Time magazine names whistleblowers Persons of the Year
Time magazine names three whistleblowers as its 2002 Persons of the Year. FBI agent Colleen Rowley, WorldCom auditor Cynthia Cooper, and Enron executive Sherron Watkins are lauded for exposing corporate and governmental wrongdoing and urging truthfulness in the face of widespread fraud.
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Time Magazine
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Time
Coleen Rowley
Cynthia Cooper
Sherron Watkins
Rudolph Giuliani
Rowley
Minneapolis
Robert Mueller
Zacarias Moussaoui
Senate
ABC
Cooper
WorldCom
Hay prices rise as supply tightens across area
Ruth Hambleton of the University of Arkansas extension warns hay supply remains tight with February drought conditions driving prices up. Average quality square bales may fetch 2 to 3 dollars, large bales 40 to 55, while lower quality stock sells at a discount. Farmers with small herds face tough choices as transportation costs and rising grain prices squeeze margins.
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Ruth Hambleton
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Hambleton
Heartland Regional Medical Center opens with twin birth and nurse transfer
The Heartland Regional Medical Center opened at 7 a.m. as twin brothers Garrett and Wyatt Crane, 10 days old, left Marion Memorial Hospital at 7:14 a.m. and arrived at 7:25 a.m. The first baby born at Heartland was Lucas Jacob Slivinski at 11:49 a.m., weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce. Art Cooper of Marion was the last patient to transfer, departing MMH at 9:14 a.m. and arriving at 9:22 a.m. The move involved a heated incubator and a five mile ambulance transfer, with EMS coordinator Ron Ditterline overseeing operations.
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Heartland
Ron Ditterline
Ditterline
Art Cooper
Marion
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Garrett
Wyatt Crane
Benny
Susie Crane
Marion Memorial Hospital
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Kevi
Keim
Crane Brothers
Lucas
Peter
Brandi Slivinski
New Burnside
Spain’s Fat One Christmas Lottery Bets $1.7 Billion Prize
Madrid waited as El Gordo, the world’s richest Christmas lottery, awarded about 1.7 billion euros across 66 000 numbers. Winnings ranged from 20 to 200 000 euros with 1 800 copies per number and prizes tax free. Segovia and Alcantarilla surges featured among winners, prompting joy and public celebration nationwide.
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