Chinese dissident Wu convicted of spying in China
Wu, a Chinese dissident who exposed prison abuses after two decades in labor camps, was found guilty of spying and leaking state secrets by the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court. He received a 15 year sentence, with potential expulsion to follow, as U.S. officials urge his immediate release on humanitarian grounds.
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Arry Wu
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United States
Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court
Goourt
Yang
Associated Press
Wuhan
Beijing
U.S
White House
Ginny Terzano
Jackson
Wyo
Clinton
Foreign Ministry
Chen Jian
Chen
Milpitas
Calif
Ching Lee
Harry
Xinhua
Robert Laing
Communist Party
Shanghai
Wife says husband housed threat with loaded gun in divorce papers
Linda Marie Loret filed for divorce from David Lester Ford on November 20 1993 citing bizarre behavior and threat by a loaded gun in a dresser. Ford 46 a social worker at Neuse Center for Mental Health was charged with solicitation to commit murder after meetings with an undercover officer and was then taken to a Rocky Mount treatment center.
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Linda Marie Loret
David Lester Ford
Atkins
Craven County
Ford
Neuse Center For Mental Health
Linda Loret
David Voerman
Durable goods orders drop for fifth time in six months
U S durable goods orders fell 1.7 percent in July to 156.4 billion, the fifth decline in six months as transportation orders slide 7.7 percent. Excluding transportation, orders rose 0.1 percent, while layoffs mount and jobless claims edge up to 348,000.
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U.S
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Labor Department
Storms churn across Atlantic as Jerry brushes Florida
Tropical Storm Jerry lashes Florida with heavy rain and 40 mph winds as residents who endured Erin brace for more. Humberto and Iris become hurricanes far at sea while Felix causes telecommunication overload and evacuation misreads along the North Carolina coast, signaling an active season.
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Jerry
Florida
Erin
Atlantic
Humberto
Iris
Felix
North Carolina
Mother Nature
Charles Hartig
SAT Scores Show Best Prep in Decades for Class of 1995
The SAT results show the class of 1995 posting their best cumulative scores since the early 1970s with gains in math. Asian Americans lead in math, whites top verbal, and girls closing the gap with boys as the reformatted exam emphasizes reading and problem solving.
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Education
Richard W. Riley
Donald M. Stewart
College Board
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