New Year Terror Fears Color Global Celebrations
Pasadena crowds cheered as B 2 stealth bomber and F 117A fighters passed overhead at the Rose Parade while security tightened after terrorist fears. Mummers Parade postponed by weather. Times Square ball drop drew about 750000 revelers. New York security heightened with sharpshooters and detectors. diverse regional traditions marked midnight across the country amid economy concerns.
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New York
Las Vegas
Manhattan
Times Square
Christopher Reeve
Michael Bloomberg
Lee Clark
London
Las Vegas Strip
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New York Harbor
Department of Homeland Security
Joy Koehl
Vegas
American Airlines
Koehl
Palmetto
Pennsylvania
Hummelstown
Lebanon
Dillsburg
Prairie du Chien
Wis
World ushered in 2003 amid global fears of war and terror
Crowds in Tokyo, Moscow, New York and cities worldwide celebrated New Year as authorities warned of terrorism threats. A suspected separatist grenade attack in the Philippines killed at least ten and wounded thirty-two, while a Veracruz fire killed twenty-eight and injured fifty. North Korea urged national buildup amid nuclear tensions, and China's leader affirmed global interdependence. In Sydney and Hong Kong, large celebrations occurred with tight security.
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Tokyo
New York
Times Square
Philippines
Mexico
Gulf
Vercruz
North Korea
United States
Korean Central News Agency
Asia
Japan
Yukiko Hasuike
Hasuike
Kaoru
Hong Kong
Tung Chee-hwa
China
Jiang Zemin
Jiang
China Daily
Sydney
Australia
New Year resolutions often fail by midyear experts say
Experts note that only 46 percent keep resolutions past six months and 40 percent of adults still make them. Advice emphasizes realistic, incremental goals, personal endorsement, a concrete action plan with timetable and rewards, and enlisting support from others to sustain changes all year.
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University of Scranton
Teddy Tarr
Baptist Health Systems
Norcross
David Loewenstein
University of Miami
School of Medicine
Craig Badinger
Badinger
Larry Kubiak
Tallahassee Memorial Behavioral Health Center
Charles Golden
Nova Southeastern University
Davie
West Virginia surgeons stage job action over insurance costs
In Charleston multiple Northern Panhandle hospitals canceled nearly all surgeries as more than two dozen surgeons protested high malpractice insurance costs. At least one patient was moved 90 miles for care amid the action, while a parallel protest occurred in Pennsylvania.
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W.va
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
Surgeons protest with leaves rather than a strike in West Virginia
Dr Gregory Saracco and about 18 surgeons from Wheeling Hospital Ohio Valley Medical Center and Reynolds Memorial leave for 30 days to protest rising malpractice and insurance costs. All four hospitals keep ERs open though few surgeons remain available, forcing critical transfers up to 90 miles away. surgeons say they may return only if costs are offset.
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Wheeling Hospital
Ohio Valley Medical Center
Wheeling
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
Glendale
Weirton Medical Center
Morgantown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Gregory Saracco
Ohio Valley
Saracco
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