First flame spotted on shuttle booster during Challenger disaster
Investigators released film footage showing a flame spurting from the right booster in the final 15 seconds of the 73 second flight. NASA officials declined to speculate on its meaning while other sources link the flame to the fuel tank. The booster nose cone and motors were recovered. no ditch was activated.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Hugh Harris
Space Agency
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Richard Scobee
Guam
Playalinda Beach
Challenger
Scobee
Militia patrols Port-au-Prince as Haiti unrest continues
Haitian militiamen in unmarked cars patrolled downtown Port-au-Prince to curb protests after two days of violence against President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier. Disturbances spread to Cap Haitien with a funeral for three killed. U.S. Embassy cited tear gas and gunfire. Missionaries reported roadblocks between Gonaives and St. Marc and looting of Mission Possible food supplies. At least five killed and 60 injured in two days of rioting.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Cap Haitien
U.S
Gonaives
Jackson Snyder
Betty
Mission Possible
St. Marc
Snyders
Snyder
Oil glut hurts Libya more than U.S. sanctions
Western analysts say the global oil glut damages Libya’s economy far more than the embargo. Libyan oil shipments remain near 1 million barrels daily while prices slid about 20 percent since mid-December, cutting income from roughly $8 billion annually.
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Libya
U.S
Tripoli
Weekend Outlook With Cloudy Skies And Mild Rain Chance
A cloudy day with highs in the lower 40s and lows in the mid 30s. Expect mostly cloudy conditions on Monday with similar high temperatures. Rain chances remain around 1 percent today and near zero tonight.
Repairs Begin As Street Reopens To Traffic
A city project begins tearing up pavement on a main road after a period of smooth traffic, causing temporary detours and noise as crews lay new asphalt and replace utilities. Local businesses anticipate brief disruption but expect improved surface quality and safety once complete.
Congressmen urge NRC probe into Perry N plant quake
Ohio Democrats Eckert and Seiberling asked NRC Chairman Palladino to have staff ready for questioning. CEI said the 5.0 quake caused no serious damage to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant near Cleveland which had not loaded fuel yet. NRC inspectors began assessment while CEO Murray Edelman said safety and non safety systems rode through the event without problems.
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Cleveland Electric Iluminating Co
Perry
Ohio
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ohio Democratic
Dennis Eckert
John Seiberling
NRC
Nunzio J. Palladino
CEI
J. Lee Bailey
Dennis Allison
Washington
CBI
Nuclear
Murray R. Edelman
Edelman
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Iger
Charles Redmond
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Fort Pierce
Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Reagan
Far
Col
Muammar Khadafy
State Department
Bernard Kalb
Sre LeBel
Royko Fant
Perry N-plant
Cleveland
Lorain County Community College
Nidike Szucs
Hungary
Nidike
Hawthorne Academy
Hawthorne Junior High School
Lorain
Zoltan Szaca
Globe Ave
Gene Krebs
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