Weather summary and radar of Texas showery relief
Partly cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of showers and highs in the mid 90s across Texas. Skies were partly cloudy statewide with upper 70s in the Panhandle. Reports of showers and thunderstorms around Amarillo toward Abilene and Midland. Laughlin AFB near Del Rio recorded 102 degrees at 3 p.m. Dalhart cooled to 76. North Texas forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and a chance of mainly afternoon storms Tuesday. Sunrise 6 31 a.m. Sunset
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Air quality readings for Galveston County Health District noted
Air quality data from the Galveston County Health District monitoring station shows sulfur dioxide and ozone levels with time slots at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. not available. Values fall into the 0-50 good, 51-100 moderate, and 101-200 very unhealthful to hazardous ranges, with readings omitted Sunday, Monday, or during equipment malfunctions.
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Storms Move Across Nation As Heat Breaks
A cool front brings scattered storms from Oklahoma to New England after a blistering heat wave. Tropical Storm Chantal moves slowly northward over open Atlantic with winds near hurricane strength but poses little land threat as it passes between Bermuda and the Outer Banks. Jacksonville reports over 1.5 inches of rain as a heat relief arrives in Florida.
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Temp Extremes Hit Red Bluff and West Yellowstone
National temperatures show yesterday's high reaching 108 degrees at Red Bluff California while the low fell to 38 degrees at West Yellowstone Montana, highlighting a wide regional thermal swing.
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Second Round of Whitewater Inquiry To Open
Senate Republicans plan a second round of hearings on Whitewater aimed at challenging aides statements that documents were not tampered with in Vincent Foster's sealed White House office. The focus includes why the office was not sealed for 16 hours and whether files were removed after Foster's death.
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Bush portrait unveiled at White House ceremony
George Bush attended the portrait unveiling in the East Room with Barbara Bush and packed attendance from Cabinet officials, White House staff, Vice President Quayle, and guests including Colin Powell and Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia. The former president praised the portrait as “pretty darn good.”
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Freed American Engineers Return After Iraqi Prison Ordeal
Two American engineers William Barloon and Daliberti arrive in Amman after four months in Abu Ghraib prison. They were pardoned by Saddam Hussein following talks with U.S. Rep. Bill Richardson. Barloon and Daliberti describe prison experience and medical care received.
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House votes to block deeper NEA cuts amid arts row
The House rejected a proposed $10 million reduction to the National Endowment for the Arts as conservatives decried a Santa Monica theater piece with gay themes. By 227-179, lawmakers kept the endowment's funding at about $99.5 million next year amid warnings of broader budget cuts and possible abolition by 1998.
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Heat wave toll rises as Midwest and East suffer
Temperatures cooled to the 80s and 90s across the eastern half, offering relief from a weeklong heat wave blamed for over 300 deaths in the Midwest and East. In Chicago 179 heat related deaths were confirmed as rescue workers recovered bodies, with Cook County Medical Examiner Edmund Donoghue warning the toll could reach 300 there. Illinois Governor Jim Edgar declared Cook County a state disaster area amid the staggering loss.
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Texas City man charged in girlfriend shooting incident
Gary Don Decker, 31, was charged with felony deadly conduct after a 2:20 a.m. shooting at the couple’s home in the 800 block of Eighth Avenue North. Tina Ann Fox, 34, was flown to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston in good condition. Decker, who said the gun went off while he played with it, was later released on $10,000 bond.
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