Alec Baldwin Considered New Political Role in New York
The actor and Creative Coalition president spoke at the Midtown YWCA on campaign finance reform and has recently campaigned for Democrats, hosted a breast cancer benefit, and urged closing a leaking reactor near his Hamptons home. He floated possible future runs for Senate or governor of New York.
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YWCA
City Women’s Club
Baldwin
Hamptons
Long Island
Creative Coalition
Tye
New York Magazine
Senate
New York
Sothebys to auction Bill Traylor outsider art collection
Sothebys in New York offers 21 drawings by Bill Traylor born a slave in Alabama in 1854. The works, created after he began drawing at age 85, depict daily life and carry an estimated total around 500000 dollars. The Wilkinsons of Evanston own the group.
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Bill Traylor
Nancy Druckman
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Traylor
Benton
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Montgomery
Seisure
Joe
Pat Wilkinson
Evanston
Trosande
Innevesty Chantins Y
Chicago
Washington
Los Angeles
El Nino Calms Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season was unusually quiet with only three hurricanes, below the six average. Hotel manager Ellen Mayeron on Captiva Island hailed the relief, noting El Nino reduced Atlantic storm activity by altering upper atmosphere winds, while fueling Mexico coast storms like Hurricane Pauline.
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Miami
Atlantic
Ellen Mayeron
Captiva Island
Florida
G Coast
Pacific
Mexico
Paulne
Legal expert hails Kaczynski defense as ground breaking
Sacramento California A legal expert calls Theodore Kaczynski's defense in the Unabomber case clever and potentially ground breaking in federal trials. Jury selection was to resume with focus on his mental state as Judge Garland Burrell Jr weighs a mental defect claim for four Sacramento linked bombings. Prosecutors urge barring the defense arguing the defendant refused to speak with government psychiatrists.
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Calif
Theodore Kaczynski
U.S
Garland Burrell Jr
Kaczynski
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Tiny vehicle fragment keys Nichols link in Oklahoma City trial
A small piece of the Ryder rental truck’s cargo, tied to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, is emphasized by prosecutors as crucial proof against Terry Nichols. They assert it carries ammonium nitrate traces linking Nichols to the two-ton fertilizer bomb and the truck used in the attack.
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Oklahoma City
Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Terry Nichols
Nichols
Kansas
Widol
Warming Warnings Highlight Perils of Climate Change
A panel of global scientists warns that without action the average global temperature could rise two to six degrees Fahrenheit by century's end. They note rapid warming could flood coasts, flood rivers, shift climates, and threaten ecosystems while droughts spread in arid regions. Experts stress uncertainty but urge preventive steps, suggesting Kyoto is just a start.
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United Nations
Africa
Rio de Janeiro
Kyoto
Minneapolis
Manhattan
Japan
Thany
Earth
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Primer on global warming and climate change basics
A primer explains the weather climate distinction and why small long term temperature rises could shift global patterns. It notes the greenhouse atmosphere analogy from Fourier and outlines expected impacts such as droughts floods and stronger storms prompting international action.
The Air Trap and Earth's Warming Debate
The article traces greenhouse gases and heat retention from nitrogen and oxygen’s lack of insulation to the significant roles of water vapor and carbon dioxide. It notes Arrhenius and Arrhenius’s coal-in-the-air warning, CO2 rises since the 1950s, buffering effects from aerosols, and the projection that unchecked fossil fuel burning could intensify warming, with Kyoto negotiations looming.
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London
Edinburgh
Dublin
Svante Arrhenius
Island nations face rising seas from warming climate
In Kiribati and nearby Pacific states, January and February tides swelled over homes, threatening livelihoods as rising seas, driven by warming and glacier melt, imperil low-lying isles. Officials warn industrialized nations bear responsibility while islanders struggle to adapt.
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Temaia Abeta
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Pacific
Phillip Muller
Marshall Islands
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Maldives
Indian Ocean
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Palau
Nauru
Niue
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Micronesia
United States
Tebu- Toro Tito
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