First legal mixed race wedding in South Africa
A white American woman Suzanne Leclerc and black South African Protas Madlala exchanged vows in Mariannhill at St. Wendelin's Church in what is believed to be the nation's first legal mixed race wedding after apartheid. The ceremony followed legalization of mixed marriages by the white minority government. Leclerc hailed the event as wonderful and ecstatic.
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Van Gogh likely suffered temporal lobe epilepsy experts say
Boston AP A Harvard Medical School doctor links Van Gogh s frenetic painting and odd behavior to temporal lobe brain abnormalities. He died in 1890 after self harm. The condition includes hypergraphia interictal personality changes aggression religious preoccupation and altered sexuality.
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Lottery numbers drawn for daily game and pick four
Lottery results show Daily Game 7 8 6 and Pick Four 7 1 8 7 with an estimated grand prize of 6.5 million dollars.
Spy suspect Michael Walker's unstable life ends in tragedy
NORFOLK VA AP Michael Walker a 22 year old sailor linked to a Soviet spy ring led by his father faced charges last month. Interviews with his wife friends and a teacher portray him as likeable yet unsettled with drifting between his mother in Maine and father in Norfolk. He struggled with fitting in long hair trouble with authorities and behavioral issues before returning to Norfolk and attending Ryan Upper School in 1980.
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Grand juries indict Arthur Walker and Whitworth
Federal grand juries in Virginia and California indicted Arthur J. Walker brother of a spy ring ringleader and Jerry A. Whitworth a retired Navy radio man on charges of conspiring to pass military secrets to the Soviets. Virginia indictment cites Walker age 50 with his brother John A. Walker Jr. and others to supply classified Navy ship repair documents from Jan 1 1980 to May 20 1985.
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Nuke terrorists could hit universities
New York AP report warns lightly guarded campus reactors are targets for terrorists seeking weapons grade uranium. Retired Adm. Thomas Davies says NRC urged cutting fuel purity to below explosive levels. Current rules allow up to 5 kilograms of fresh fuel. 15 to 25 kilograms needed for a workable bomb.
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