Atlantis crew returns to medical tests after Mir separation
The Atlantis mission resumed medical tests on three new crew members while Mir receded. Commander Gibson watched the station fade as Thagard Dezhurov and Strekalov underwent examinations. Ellen Baker and Bonnie Dunbar led tests. six more dockings are planned for the space station project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Center
Houston
Atlantis
Mir
Earth
Robert
Gibson
NASA
Norman Thagard
Vladimir Dezhurov
Gennady Strekalov
Ellen Baker
Bonnie Dunbar
International Space Station
Long wait for nuclear fuel dump delays Yankee Rowe shutdown costs
The Yankee Rowe plant in Massachusetts still holds 533 spent fuel assemblies in water pools three years after closing. without a centralized site for high level waste, up to $100 million in extra costs and a total shutdown expense near $369 million are projected, with storage likely until 2018. similar cost pressures hit Michigan's Big Rock Point, adding $69 million to total $290 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yankee Rowe
Massachusetts
Congress
Yucca Mountain
Nev
Ivan Selin
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Selin
United States
Berkshire Mountains
Pittsfield
Mass
Yankee Atomic Electric Co
William McGee
Yankee Atomic
Barnwell
S.C
Michigan
Consumers Power Co
Big Rock Point
Charlevoix
Mich
Internet opens new realm of politics for members of Congress
Washington AP reports lawmakers turn to the World Wide Web to share speeches and policy, with more than 40 legislators already online. Democrats lead in home pages, while Republicans are slower to adopt this online outreach era. The article notes tech driven access lets voters contact officials directly and browse resources via graphics and sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisiana
John Breaux
St. Louis Cardinals
Dick Gephardt
Congress
Patrick Leahy
D-Vi
Senate
Bob Dole
Kansas
Dole
House
Newt Gingrich
Georgia
Gingrich
Thomas Jefferson
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Peter DeFazio
D-Ore
Bell from wreck recovered near Whitefish Point
Divers raised the 200 pound pilothouse bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald off Whitefish Point, Michigan, nearly two decades after the ship sank in a storm. Family members who opposed commercial divers watched as the bell was recovered and pressed for protection of the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefish Point
Mich
Edmund Fitzgerald
Great Lakes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sardinia
Ohio
Lee Naylor
Los Angeles
Qo.j. Simpson
F. Lee Bailey
FBI
Douglas Deedrick
Ronald Goldman
Simpson
Goldman
Bailey
Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Simpson
Kate
New York
Myrna Lebov
Manhattan
Deborah Kearns
George DeLury
Maggie Weber
Everett
Wash
Joyce Galland
Missoula
Mont
Dog Creek
Whitefish
Concord
New Hampshire
Conservative Political Victory Fund
Texas
Phil Gramm
Gramm
Pat Buchanan
Bush
Buchanan
IRS
Amherst
Merrimack
Bill Clinton
Richard Lynn & Assoc
New Bern
Bureau One
Bell
Nationwide
Joan A. Bell
Bobby Bell
Bell Agency
the Bowlis
Havelock
IG Agency
Bab West
Nationwide Insurance
Patrick Patterson
Optometric Eye Care Center
Medicare
Medicaid
O Eve
Twin Rivers Mall
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!