Cosby Show Scrapped 3 Episodes Amid WGA Strike
Los Angeles reports indicate three unwritten Cosby Show episodes for this season were canceled as the Writers Guild of America strike affects NBC programs including Saturday Night Live. Industry officials say daytime soaps may follow in the stoppage that began Tuesday against the big three networks and the movie industry.
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Freighter Mercedes I Opened Free From Seafront Reef
The Mercedes I, grounded behind millionaire Mollie Wilmot’s oceanfront Palm Beach mansion since a Thanksgiving storm, was hauled free and moved 130 feet farther from shore. The rusting Venezuelan vessel then rested on a reef, with Wilmot and friends toasting its release Tuesday night.
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State Board Accepts Thompson Budget With Raises
SPRINGFIELD AP The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a 1.6 billion budget calling for an 8 percent pay raise for faculty and staff at state universities. A University Professionals of Illinois spokeswoman urged higher pension funding, but the board unanimously backed the governor's plan, with Southern Illinois University Carbondale set to receive 134 million.
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Sanders proposes plan to raise teachers salaries
Springfield AP Ted Sanders State School Superintendent outlined education proposals to senators in a special meeting. He urged higher salaries to attract qualified teachers, tougher licensing, and more rigorous training while focusing on student achievement, vocational education, at risk students, and overall financing.
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Illinois senators propose farm credit loan deferral plan
The Illinois Senate weighs using state funds to defer interest on operating loans up to 100000 for farmers in credit trouble. State would guarantee loans and pay lenders half the interest due, with farmers paying half and the rest amortized to the state over five years. Principia College measles case counts drop but outbreak not over at ELSAH AP report.
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Nanotech method may extend local anesthetic duration
A new micro droplet technique encloses pain killer in cell like membranes to deliver anesthetic for up to 40 hours per injection. Researchers Duncan Haynes and Anthony Kirkpatrick of the University of Miami and University of Illinois at Chicago describe droplets that leak the drug through membranes, creating localized, sustained relief and potential future uses in cancer and arthritis drugs. The approach, rivaling liposomes, aims for safer, targeted delivery with FDA human trials explored.
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Child killer Witt executed in Florida electric chair
Johnny Paul Witt, 42, a former choirboy, was executed in Florida for the fatal assault on an 11-year-old boy, the son of a University of South Florida professor. He and a accomplice sexually abused and mutilated the child. Witt died shortly after 7 am, the 12th execution in the state since 1976.
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Divorce Rate Dips After 20 Years In U S
Washington AP report shows a 43 000 drop in dissolutions from 1981 to 1982 with 1 170 000 divorces in 1982 after a 1981 peak of 1 213 000. Fewer marriages and delayed unions cited as reasons, with the rate falling from 5.3 to 5.0 per 1 000.
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