Transpark funding sparks New Bern alderman concerns
A meeting minutes dispute over a 500000 donation to ElectriCities and a plan to seat a Transpark director on the power agency board prompts aldermen to demand review. The 31838 New Bern share raises worries about buying influence and rate impacts. Bill Harper flagged the issue to the council.
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ElectriCities
Transpark Foundation
Turnage
Transpark
Carolina Power & Light
Rural Electric Cooperatives
New Bern
Bill Harper
Raynor
Court reviews case over fatal shooting at Havelock home
Galizia says murder charges were not filed and the gun ownership shifted. Greek had moved out and returned to a mobile home, deputies aided her, and a .22 and a 9mm linked to the fatal shot were confiscated after Greek's death. Dickens bought the 9mm. State Bureau of Investigation probes the guns as Dickens serves at Cherry Point. Greek's father Frank Defeo, a former Havelock officer, lives there.
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Dickens
Greek
State Bureau of Investigation
Mwhs II
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Havelock
Newport
Frank Defeo
Havelock Public Safety
Fire engulfs home as crews tackle blaze in New Bern
Firefighters battled flames for about 20 minutes and worked on hot spots an hour after the 911 call. A custodian with the New Bern Recreation and Parks Dept was treated earlier as her family awaited housing. her daughter Patricia followed fire trucks to the scene with her 2 year old grandson Terrance. Patricia found neighbors and reported no one remained in the home.
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Myers
New Bern
Patricia
Terrance
Clinton welfare reform plan faces GOP push on cuts
The White House welfare overhaul aims to two year limit cash benefits with expanded child care and training to aid work transition as House Ways and Means moves to approve a plan cutting welfare spending by 35 billion over five years. The House Agriculture Committee weighs a 16 billion food stamp cut parallel to the same period, risking 377000 children losing subsidized care under GDP legislation.
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White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Little League Lawsuit Ad War In Washington Area
An ad campaign in the Washington area argues that Little League is a case of lawsuits run amok while consumer groups and trial lawyers back the defense. It cites Liebeck and Rep Patsy Mink as examples, noting Liebeck’s award was reduced and later settled for undisclosed terms. Congress rebuffed a loser pays plan and a contingency fee limit amendment in votes.
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Washington
Little League
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Hawaii
Des
House
Martin Hoke
Ohio
Ex governor Wilder assaulted at Raleigh airport
Former Virginia governor L Douglas Wilder said he was roughed up by a security guard at Raleigh Durham International Airport while returning from a North Carolina speech. Wilder said the guard grabbed him and choked him, insisting he did not want to be identified. An aide to Wilder reported the incident details.
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L. Douglas Wilder
Raleigh-Durham International
North Carolina
Wilder
Usair
Glenn Davidson
Gingrich sisters in DC discuss family not politics
House Speaker Newt Gingrich meets with Candace Gingrich in Washington as part of a Human Rights Campaign Fund lobbying day. He says he keeps family separate from politics and notes their different views with Candace identifying as liberal Democrat while he is a conservative Republican.
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Newt Gingrich
Candace Gingrich
Harrisburg
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Human Rights Campaign Fund
Ms. Gingrich
Roberta Brown
Camp Hill
Washington
Capitol Hill
Angelou Cancels Emporia State Reading After Turbulence
Poet Maya Angelou will not reschedule her sold out Emporia State University reading in Kansas. The appearance, first set for November 14, was postponed last night after a right wing pastor and followers taunted her in Topeka. Angelou read at Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration.
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Maya Angelou
Emporia State University
Kansas
Angelou
Bill Clinton
Topeka
Wunderlich wintering on a boat in Minneapolis resident
Richard Wunderlich, a Minneapolis resident, spends the winter aboard a moored boat in New Bern. He suggests improving traffic flow on US 17 by using Trent Road instead of driving by the mall.
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Wunderlich
Minneapolis, Minn
New Bern
Ebony Jet publisher earns annual communications award
John Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet, received the Center for Communications annual award. He started Negro Digest about 60 years ago with $500 from selling his mother's furniture. He is 77 and led Johnson Publishing Co to enduring media influence.
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John Johnson
Ebony
Jet Magazines
Johnson
Center For Communications
Johnson Publishing Co
Johnny Carson
Ted Turner
Katharine Graham
The
Washington Post
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
New York Times Co
Ryan Nomination to Texas Parks Commission Confirmed
Nolan Ryan, nominated by Gov. George W. Bush for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, faced little opposition as the nomination moved to full Senate. An aide brought a baseball for autographs at the end of the hearing while reporters sought signatures after he testified. Actress Susan Howard, known for Dallas, was also nominated amid a mix up when a committee member called her Donna.
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Nolan Ryan
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Senate
Ryan
George W. Bush
Susan Howard
Donna
Dallas
Phoenix couple wins 101.8 million Powerball prize
Shirley Pence and her husband from Phoenix won 101.8 million after matching all six Powerball numbers in a 17 state drawing. She bought five dollars in tickets at a 7-Eleven and learned of the win Sunday after checking the newspaper. They plan to retire and remain themselves while adjusting to wealth. The couple will receive about 3.38 million per year for 20 years after taxes.
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Don
Shirley
Phoenix
Ariz
Powerball
Illinois Supreme Court orders child returned to biological father
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a ruling forcing Richard to leave his adoptive home and return to his biological father and his wife who had placed him for adoption saying the father showed intense concern for truth. The decision blocks a fact finding hearing that could examine phone records showing 167 calls to the girlfriend and only five to the child's birth mother during a crucial 30 to 60 day period. Critics say the ruling deprives the boy of a hearing to determine what would be fair for him.
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Richard
James D. Heiple
Michael Bilandic
Charles Freeman
John Nickels
Moses Harrison II
Maria
Bob Greene
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