Africa bans Wonder music after Mandela remark
The government-run South African Broadcasting Corp announces it will stop airing Stevie Wonder after his Oscar acceptance statement invoking Nelson Mandela. The report notes Mandela's 1964 life sentence and the activist context, alongside other varied entertainment items and a foreign dating service launch.
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Tennessee nudity bill expands minor exposure rules
In Nashville the Tennessee House approved a bill expanding laws against obscene images of minors. Sponsor Rep. Steve Cobb says it closes gaps in existing statute that bans nude child photographs including infants. The Senate has sent the bill to the governor for signature.
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Prisoner sues bakery over cookie bite in prison canteen
New Orleans inmate Clinton Clifford Howard Jr. sues Sunbeam Cookies Inc. Abilene Texas for 25000 dollars claiming a cookie caused a damaged tooth and a new box of cookies. The suit alleges he bit into a rock on March 9 while eating cookies from the prison canteen. Huey Lewis and the News won five Bay Area Music Awards in San Francisco for the album Sports with Lewis named best musician and the band earning best group and best song for I Want a New Drug.
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Giant pants seek 76 inch waist in Greece NY store
The Justin Scott store, specializing in tall and wide sizes, searches for a perfect fit as a 6 foot 4 inch waist requires size 76 pants. Co owner John Piccirilly Jr says they have seen up to size 63 before and offers $500 of free clothes to the finder, a Cinderella style twist for grand opening gift pants.
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Stars to reprise roles in Romancing the Stone sequel
Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner will reprise their roles in The Jewel of the Nile, the sequel to Romancing the Stone. Filming starts in April in North Africa and the French Riviera.
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Corrections policy notice from Herald Journal
Corrections policy from Herald Journal asks readers to report factual inaccuracies in coverage and provides a contact number 470 0011 for calls. The note emphasizes daily striving for full fair and accurate reporting.
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Syracuse Weather Outlook With Mixed Showers Later
The forecast for Syracuse calls for mild conditions with a high of 60 to 65 today and a chance of showers. Cloudy skies with occasional showers tonight and Friday bring a low near 45 and a high around 50 on Friday. Extended outlook shows rain chances with a low near 25 and highs in the mid 40s Saturday, followed by sunny periods and a low in the mid 20s with highs about 40 on Sunday and Monday.
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Severe storms sweep Midwest and heavy snow shells West
The National Weather Service warns of a line of showers and thunderstorms moving into New York State this afternoon through Friday with lingering showers into Saturday. Temperatures dip from 60s to the 40s, with a Friday high near 50 and weekend highs in the 40s. Reports include a tornado south of Emden Illinois, 60 mph winds, and up to 42 inches of snow in the West causing highway closures and avalanches. Donner Summit sees 41 inches of snow, and Colorado gusts reach 93 mph at NORAD. Winds delay tests of an 87 million dollar aircraft at Edwards AFB. Continuous severe weather impacts ranchers and motorists across the region.
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Air Quality Index Report With Partial Readings
An informal air quality note cites the POLLETion Standards Index at two local sites based on DEC readings of sulfur dioxide, suspended particulates and nitrogen oxide. It notes age 50 and mentions good exposure halves the rational air quality standard while warning path effects begin at 100.
Regional Weather Forecasts Show Rain Across State
The Buffalo area and nearby regions expect showers or thunderstorms with lows in the 40s tonight and Friday, and highs near 50 on Friday. Southern and eastern zones show cloudy skies with showers and scattered thunderstorm chances, while some areas report gradual warming into Friday afternoon.
Weather map hints at tomorrow's high and low forecasts
An overview of the U S map shows forecast highs and lows for tomorrow with fronts indicated by heavy bars and air movement patterns. Showers are signaled by broken lines and areas of rain may appear as circles and markers across regions.
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Travelers Warned Across Western States For Snow And Wind
Advisories posted for snow and slippery roads across western and central North Dakota, Gunnison Valley, northwest Colorado, and elevations above 4500 feet in central and southern Utah. Gusty wind advisories extend through the central mountains of Arizona and southern Sierra in California, with gusty winds also in parts of Southern California, northwest Arizona, and the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas. A winter storm warning covers north central and northeast Montana, heavy snow warnings for the Colorado Mountains and Lake Tahoe Basin, and the Northern Sierra Nevada. Locally heavy snow is expected across the warning areas.
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Rare 124 year eclipses reveal Pluto and Charon study
Notes from the heavens describe a sequence of eclipses occurring only every 124 years that allow astronomers to study Pluto and its moon Charon in new ways. From Earth, Charon moves in front of and behind Pluto, enabling calculations previously impossible. NASA and researchers at JPL and multiple universities pursue these observations.
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