OPEC seeks to keep prices up at Bali conference
OPEC nations meet in Bali to debate duration of output restraint at a 24.5 million barrel daily cap. Analysts expect the group to hold production steady through winter into early 1995, with a possible extension of the ceiling. Prices remain below the $21 target as supply runs near 25.2 million bpd amid mild heating-season demand.
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OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Bali
Indonesia
Peter Bogin
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Paris
United States
Europe
Gordon stalls off NC coast fuels coastal storm fears
Hurricane Gordon creeps toward the Outer Banks with warnings north to Virginia line and winds near 80 mph. Forecasts from the Weather Service show a possible northward turn and landfall between Wilmington and Pamlico Sound, prompting residents to batten down as flooding risks grow.
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Virginia State Line
Bogue Inlet
Gordon
Cape Lookout
National Weather Service
Wilmington
Pamlico Sound
National Hurricane Service
Hurricane Gordon prompts school closures and rescues near Neuse River
Residents monitor Gordon as flood warnings spread through Pamlico and Neuse River areas. High tide pushed water over three feet. Carteret and Pamlico counties close schools while Craven and Jones counties keep them open. Coast Guard rescues four from a sail boat off the coast.
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Havelock
Neuse
National Hurricane Center
Pamlico Sound
Neuse River
Gordon
Carteret
Pamlico
Craven
Jones
Coast Guard
Fort Macon
Hobocken
Kitty Hawk
Decoy drive grows on Harkers Island Museum effort
Local project on Harkers Island expands as volunteers push to open a new decoy carving museum. Closeup with Dave Barry notes ongoing fundraisers and community support while ECU seeks a Liberty Bow bid in a separate Memphis sports context.
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Dave Barry
Life
Former deputy found guilty of murder in Jones County
A seven-woman five-man jury found ex Sampson County sheriff deputy Alton Glen Hunter, 29, guilty of second degree murder in Jones County Superior Court. He was sentenced to 15 years after a trial that spanned 2 1/2 days with over 60 pieces of evidence. The case centered on the Sept 26, 1993 killing of Julie Peterson, 30, at their Keener home.
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Sampson County Sheriff's
Alton
Glen Hunter
Jones County Superior Court
Hunter
Julie Peterson
Keener
Disney World
Myrtle Beach
Peterson
Doug Parsons
Clinton
Parsons
Estrogen Therapy Could Cut Heart Disease Risk for Women
Postmenopausal women may lower heart disease risk by taking hormones, with studies showing improved cholesterol and multiple heart risk factors. Experts urge selective use, noting a 33 percent rise in uterine lining abnormalities when estrogens are used alone, while overall stroke and high blood pressure risks were not evident in findings.
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Trudy Bush
University of Maryland Medical Center
Bush
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
University of California At San Diego
National Institutes of Health
American Heart Association
Claude Lenfant
Heart Association
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