Mother Teresa honored with state funeral in Calcutta
Mother Teresa, 1910 1997, beloved by the poor whom she served, was laid to rest in a state funeral. Pope John Paul II praised her in a Vatican message as world leaders mourned the woman who built a global network of charities and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. The Calcutta archbishop called her the value and dignity of human life. Her open white casket drew 12,000 mourners from across faiths and nations as a banner proclaimed Works of love are works of peace.
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Mother Teresa Laid To Rest In Multinational Funeral
World leaders and religious figures gathered for Mother Teresa's funeral marking a three hour service in multiple languages. Hillary Rodham Clinton led officials in laying a wreath as nations paid tribute to her charitable work and surrender to faith.
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Weekend Weather Forecast Snapshot
Partial clearing with fog tonight. Sunday brings considerable sunshine. Monday has a chance of a shower with a high of 74. Tuesday turns partly sunny with a high of 70 and a low of 52. Wednesday stays fair and mild with a 72 high and 52 low.
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NASA OKs sending another astronaut to the Mir station
NASA managers formally approved astronaut David Wolf to join Russia's Mir space station as the sixth American resident. Wolf, 41, sails Sept. 25 from Kennedy Space Center aboard Atlantis to replace Mike Foale who arrived in mid May. The decision follows an inspector general report warning rising safety risks on Mir.
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Mission controllers prepare to adjust Surveyors orbit
Mars Global Surveyor moves to lighten its path as NASA plans to tighten the orbit before the mapping mission in March. The craft should reach about 163 miles altitude tonight and will use aerobraking to shrink a 45-hour ellipse into a two-hour near circular orbit over four months. Surveyor aims to compile global Mars maps.
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Former mistress of Henry Cisneros indicted in Texas
Linda Jones, 48, is charged in Lubbock with 26 counts including conspiracy bank fraud money laundering and obstruction of a special counsel probe for allegedly aiding a money laundering scheme and misleading federal agencies and a grand jury. Cisneros himself is not named in the indictment.
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Mayo Clinic warning cuts diet drug prescriptions
Warnings about the diet drug duo known as fen phen have led to a drop in prescriptions after Mayo Clinic researchers flagged potential heart valve damage. IMS America reports a decline in two drug prescriptions used together, amid safety concerns raised by the study.
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Three die as rescue chopper crashes near Olympic Park
A Bell 205 chopper searching for missing hiker John Devine crashed near Buckhorn Wilderness in Olympic National Forest, killing three aboard and injuring five. Survivors were treated at Port Angeles and Harborview Medical Center. The crash remains under investigation.
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Corning Blames Paper for Stock Drop After Display Removal
Corning Inc. says a Leader article caused a multibillion dollar stock fall after underestimating optical fiber demand. The firm removed 10 cent boxes and display racks from its halls and canteens and dumped the boxes in the newspaper’s parking lot. The Leader’s Mike Gossie defended the piece as stock markets tumbled.
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Des Moines Woman Buries Husband to Continue Social Security
Anna M. Rogers of Des Moines aged 63 admitted burying her husband in the backyard to keep collecting $106,318 in Social Security. Merle Rogers died in 1986 but authorities say she failed to report the death and lied to continue benefits. She was sentenced to probation and ordered to repay the benefits.
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