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Rep. Gary Condit meets with police in missing intern case WASHINGTON (June 23, 10:18 p.m. EDT) - Police interviewed Rep. Gary Condit a second time Saturday in their ongoing search for a missing California woman he has described as a "good friend." California lottery jackpot reaches $141 million LOS ANGELES (June 23, 10:54 p.m. EDT) - With time running out before the drawing, people were lining up in droves Saturday to buy what they hoped would be a winning ticket for the biggest single-state lottery jackpot in U.S. history. Hundreds rally in New York for AIDS awareness NEW YORK (June 23, 6:16 p.m. EDT) - Calling for increased support for AIDS sufferers worldwide, hundreds of AIDS activists demonstrated in pouring rain Saturday. More Nation News American diners on the rebound PITTSBURGH (June 24, 12:22 a.m. EDT) - The arrival of the billion-burger-serving fast food chains seemed to signal the end for the American diner, but diner enthusiasts gathering in Pennsylvania this weekend are celebrating signs of a resurgence. Florida girl believed killed by alligator WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (June 24, 12:14 a.m. EDT) - A 2-year-old girl was found dead in a lake Saturday, and authorities suspect she may have been killed by an alligator. Police search for motive in Oklahoma shooting spree EDMOND, Okla. (June 23, 11:00 p.m. EDT) - Police were looking for a motive for a shooting spree Saturday in which a man opened fire with an assault rifle in a quiet neighborhood, killing one man and critically wounding another before being killed by police. Philadelphia cutting off gas service to delinquent customers PHILADELPHIA (June 23, 11:24 p.m. EDT) - The city's gas utility intends to begin shutting off service to thousands of delinquent customers. Nine hurt as New York park ride tips over NEW YORK (June 23, 9:46 p.m. EDT) - Police said a ride at an amusement park toppled over Sunday evening, injuring nine people. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, said Suffolk County police spokesman Mark Ryan. Rev. William G. Sinkford elected first black Unitarian leader CLEVELAND (June 23, 10:48 p.m. EDT) - The Unitarian Universalist Association elected the first black president to lead the 40-year-old denomination at its annual convention Saturday. Parents balk at 'opposite-sex party' NEW ORLEANS (June 24, 12:32 a.m. EDT) - New Orleans is a city that ordinarily leaps at any chance to masquerade, but several parents objected when the city's Recreation Department planned a party at which 11- and 12-year-old campers would dress up like the opposite sex. Greased-ramp ship launch shelved for dry dock BATH, Maine (June 24, 12:36 a.m. EDT) - For more than a century, Bath Iron Works has moved its ships from land to sea by launching them down a greased ramp into the Kennebec River. Tentative deal reached in Twin City nurses strike MINNEAPOLIS (June 23, 2:54 p.m. EDT) - Twin City nurses and hospitals have reached a tentative agreement on a contract proposal that could end a three-week strike by about 1,350 nurses at two hospitals. Storm victims to receive $500 million in aid CRAWFORD, Texas (June 23, 3:38 p.m. EDT) - President Bush will make $500 million available to help victims of Tropical Storm Allison - which killed 50 people and left thousands homeless - the White House said Saturday. U.S. Navy crew rescued after Mediterranean helicopter crash ROME (June 23, 5:08 p.m. EDT) - Rescuers returned four unharmed U.S. Navy servicemen to safety after their helicopter crash-landed in the Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete, the Navy said Saturday. Georgia university cancels class on Nazi culture KENNESAW, Ga. (June 23, 6:45 a.m. EDT) - School officials worried that a course titled "The Culture of Nazi Germany" would give Kennesaw State University an anti-Semitic image have canceled the class for next fall. South Carolina leaders encourage teen boys to 'buy a lot of beer and girls' COLUMBIA, S.C. (June 23, 3:28 p.m. EDT) - Just days after a phony legislative memo urged female pages to dress provocatively, the heads of South Carolina's two major political parties told teen boys college money received from the state could "buy a lot of beer and girls." Alabama man pleads guilty to killing parents HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (June 23, 8:47 a.m. EDT) - A man who pleaded guilty to murdering his parents with an ax and trying to kill his two brothers and a sister - all three of them children - has been sentenced to five life terms in prison. Jesse Jackson calls Vieques bombings 'arrogant' acts of colonialism VIEQUES, Puerto Rico (June 23, 3:16 p.m. EDT) - Calling the Navy's bombing of its Vieques firing range the "arrogant" act of a colonizer, the Rev. Jesse Jackson denounced the bombings Saturday and said the treatment of detained protesters is an effort to break their spirit. Wheat farmers criticize USDA's handling of plant disease ANTHONY, Kan. (June 23, 3:01 p.m. EDT) - Bureaucratic bungling by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has allowed a potentially devastating plant disease to threaten wheat exports, farm groups said. French man claiming persecution granted asylum in U.S. LOS ANGELES (June 23, 8:56 a.m. EDT) - A judge has approved political asylum for a French citizen who claimed he was targeted by authorities in France for trying to expose judicial corruption and a child sex ring. U.S. troops scramble to leave Middle East after threat MANAMA, Bahrain (June 23, 1:29 p.m. EDT) - The last U.S. Marines on a joint exercise in Jordan were being pulled out Saturday as forces elsewhere in the Middle East remained on heightened alert following a terrorist threat against Americans. Laid-off workers say Duke Power drove prices up in California SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 23, 12:26 a.m. EDT) - Former employees at Duke Energy's South Bay power plant accused the company Friday of shutting down production units to hike electricity prices. Duke officials said the claim was "baseless." Mother describes drowning children to police, paper reports HOUSTON (June 22, 1:53 p.m. EDT) - The mother who allegedly drowned her five children one by one in a bathtub told police that the oldest child tried to escape but she chased him through the house, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday. American searches for missing son in Bolivia EL ALTO, Bolivia (June 23, 7:03 a.m. EDT) - Nearly four months after her 23-year-old son disappeared, Sheila Doughty Poirier stood in the plaza her son passed numerous times as she traveled to the rural site where he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer. Judge halts oil, gas exploration off California's coast SAN FRANCISCO (June 22, 7:25 p.m. EDT) - Oil and natural gas exploration off central California's coast was halted Friday by a federal judge who ruled the area can't be drilled or explored until the federal government studies environmental impacts and the California Coastal Commission approves the plan. Two boys dead after being shocked in Virginia lake MANASSAS, Va. (June 23, 11:24 a.m. EDT) - Two boys died Friday after jumping into a lake and getting shocked by an electrical current coming from a docked aluminum boat, police said. Methodist group continues challenging church's gay stance LAKESIDE, Ohio (June 22, 11:20 p.m. EDT) - A group of United Methodist ministers and parishioners from the church's East Ohio Conference is ready to mount another challenge to the church's anti-gay doctrine. Death ends Milwaukee standoff after 22 hours MILWAUKEE (June 22, 10:58 p.m. EDT) - A man who traded gunfire with police while holed up in a house for 22 hours killed himself Friday when officers entered the home, police said. Trucker wreaks havoc at Long Beach Airport LONG BEACH, Calif. (June 23, 11:28 a.m. EDT) - A truck driver crashed through an airport fence Friday, sped up and down a runway and flipped the 18-wheeler on its side before stripping off his clothes and attempting to set his truck on fire, authorities said. Man hangs himself from construction crane in Atlanta ATLANTA (June 22, 10:08 a.m. EDT) - A man who climbed a 200-foot construction crane and kept police at bay for an entire day hanged himself early Friday after authorities and psychologists tried for hours to talk him down. Appeals court: Miami Nation not an American Indian tribe SOUTH BEND, Ind. (June 22, 8:21 p.m. EDT) - A federal appeals court has ruled that the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana is not a tribe and the U.S. government does not have to recognize it. Judge orders Kentucky counties to remove Ten Commandments PIKEVILLE, Ky. (June 22, 8:14 p.m. EDT) - A federal judge has once again ordered three Kentucky counties to remove the Ten Commandments from public buildings, saying their display violated the separation of church and state. Tropical storm leaves behind public health worries HOUSTON (June 22, 9:42 p.m. EDT) - Worries over Tetanus, hordes of mosquitoes and well water contaminated with E. coli has motivated health officials to take action in the watery aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison. Kennewick Man's missing bones may have been found YAKIMA, Wash. (June 22, 7:01 p.m. EDT) - The Kennewick Man's missing thigh bones may have been found. 'Boomburbs' could face big-city problems soon, study says WASHINGTON (June 22, 3:49 p.m. EDT) - Fast-growing communities in the South and West could be faced with big-city problems soon that redefine what it means to live in a suburb, a new study says. Florida inmates lose access to typewriters, computers TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (June 22, 6:08 p.m. EDT) - In a move that worries inmates and civil liberties lawyers, Florida has gotten rid of computers and typewriters in its prison law libraries, which means some prisoners will have to draw up their legal appeals in longhand. California parents kidnap school official, police say LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. (June 22, 9:46 p.m. EDT) - Two parents barged into the office of a school superintendent, handcuffed him, announced they were placing him under citizens' arrest and drove him away in their vehicle, authorities said Friday. New York man charged in prescription drug case NEW YORK (June 22, 9:48 p.m. EDT) - A man who has been charged with illegal possession of $1 million of prescription drugs was selling the drugs by the bottle on a New York city street corner, prosecutors said. Accused spy adamantly denies involvement with KGB TAMPA, Fla. (June 22, 5:02 p.m. EDT) - In testimony Friday, a Florida retiree adamantly denied charges he was a Soviet spy and said he never met with the KGB or handed over secret military documents. Amnesty International denounces abuse of gays NEW YORK (June 22, 4:26 p.m. EDT) - Homosexuals, bisexuals and transgendered people are tortured and abused in at least 30 countries, including the United States, Amnesty International reported Friday. Connecticut governor vetoes 'Sooty Six' bill aimed at reducing pollution HARTFORD, Conn. (June 22, 2:58 p.m. EDT) - Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland on Friday vetoed the bitterly contested "Sooty Six" bill aimed at forcing the state's oldest and most-polluting power plants to reduce their emissions. Entire staff at New York poison control center resigns SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (June 22, 2:45 p.m. EDT) - The entire staff at a poison control center in New York quit Friday in protest over the termination of the center's director, forcing another center to handle about 80 extra daily calls, from swallowed detergent to venomous snakebites. Airlines cancel scores of flights at Denver International Airport DENVER (June 22, 2:34 p.m. EDT) - Nearly 100 flights at Denver International Airport were canceled by airlines Friday while crews worked for a second day to repair scores of planes damaged in a hail storm. Health officials expect another flu vaccine delay ATLANTA (June 22, 1:46 p.m. EDT) - Flu vaccines are expected to arrive late for the upcoming season, but the delay should not be as severe as last year's, health officials said Friday. American head of student exchange program arrested in Belarus MINSK, Belarus (June 22, 2:37 p.m. EDT) - The American director of an exchange student organization has been arrested on charges of marijuana use and possession, Belarusian officials said Friday. Ice cream store chain tries to give customers a taste of 'Survivor' SALT LAKE CITY (June 22, 12:23 p.m. EDT) - It took some prodding and a side of mint ice cream to get Regan Meyer just to agree to try the Cold Stone Creamery's new delicacy. Los Angeles ordered to pay $3.6 million to fired police employee LOS ANGELES (June 22, 11:32 a.m. EDT) - A jury ordered the city of Los Angeles to pay $3.6 million to a civilian police employee who was fired after she testified in a case stemming from unpaid overtime during the 1992 riots. Nonprofit groups find new uses for old cell phones (June 22, 11:25 a.m. EDT) - Not long ago, a Northern Kentucky woman who had been abused by her estranged husband tried to phone for help when he tried to break into her house. No proof that Iran was behind Khobar bombing, U.S. says WASHINGTON (June 22, 2:29 p.m. EDT) - Noting that Iran often endorses and directs acts of terrorism, U.S. officials say there is no proof yet that Iranian authorities sponsored the Khobar Towers attack in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen. Crowded Alabama prison braces for more inmates WETUMPKA, Ala. (June 22, 9:37 a.m. EDT) - The double bunks in Alabama's Tutwiler Prison for Women are pushed so close together that Angelicia Willis can't get up in the middle of the night without disturbing the woman next to her. Tree-sitters wage silent battle against logging industry LOWELL, Ore. (June 22, 9:29 a.m. EDT) - High in the treetops in the Willamette National Forest, a dozen protesters are waging a silent battle against the logging industry. Jury deliberations expected to begin in ailing defense workers' case GOLDEN, Colo. (June 22, 9:16 a.m. EDT) - Ailing defense workers who are suing a company that provided beryllium for nuclear warhead triggers are aiming at the wrong target, the company's attorney said during closing arguments. Americans see economic divide, poll finds WASHINGTON (June 22, 8:38 a.m. EDT) - The economic boom of the 1990s improved the financial outlook for upper middle class and wealthy Americans, but it had little impact on the outlook or financial condition of those who make less money, a new poll says. Owner of pit bulls that mauled boy charged with misdemeanors RICHMOND, Calif. (June 22, 8:30 a.m. EDT) - The man who owns three pit bulls that mauled a 10-year-old boy has been charged with two misdemeanors, and two of the dogs remain on the loose. Presbyterians delay debate on military women in combat DALLAS (June 22, 7:09 a.m. EDT) - The Presbyterian Church in America is waiting until next year to debate whether military women should serve in combat positions, which some members oppose because they say it is "the biblical duty of men to defend women." 23 cab drivers to share disputed winnings from $90 million jackpot ATLANTA (June 22, 6:57 a.m. EDT) - A group of 23 cab drivers received the disputed winnings from a $90 million jackpot after a judge refused this week to grant a restraining order requested by five other drivers who said they were wrongly left out.  Copyright © 2001 Nando Media Do you have some feedback for the Nando Times staff?
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