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AP830325-0143 | Workers Try To Unload Tanker; Environmentalists Call Spill a Disaster | Millions of gallons of crude oil that spilled when a tanker ran aground spread across a wildlife-rich stretch of ocean Saturday, and Alaska's chief environmental officer criticized cleanup efforts as too slow. The biggest oil spill in U.S. history created a slick about seven miles long and seven miles wide in Prince Wi... | alaska;cleanup equipment;cleanup efforts;crude oil;oil spill;987-foot tanker exxon valdez;u.s. tanker spill;major environmental catastrophe | |
AP880217-0175 | Congressmen to Sue Census Over Count of Illegal Aliens | A coalition of members of Congress announced Wednesday that they plan to sue the Census Bureau in an effort to force the agency to delete illegal aliens from its count in 1990. Some 40 members of the House joined the Federation for American Immigration Reform in announcing that the suit would be filed Thursday in U.S. ... | american immigration reform;1990 census;national head count;census bureau;house apportionment;illegal aliens | |
AP880318-0051 | Thousands Mark Total Eclipse With Prayers, Dancing and Drum-Beating | Thousands of peole prayed, cheered, danced, beat drums and observed other traditions today as a total eclipse of the sun darkened a wide area of Indonesia and the southern Philippines. The sun was blacked out by the shadow of the moon for up to four minutes along a 108-mile swath that moved from the Indian Ocean across... | solar eclipses;sun;total eclipse;witness;partial eclipse;wide area;tourists;moon | |
AP880330-0119 | Adjusting the Census: Little Difference | If the two sides trying to force changes in the 1990 census both get their way, the results would nearly balance one another, a population expert said Wednesday. The Census Bureau is under pressure to exclude illegal aliens from its national head count. Traditionally, it counts everyone living in the country. Groups wh... | 1990 census;national head count;census bureau;house seats;illegal aliens | |
AP880331-0140 | It's The Time of Year For Funnels | Rumbling spring thunderstorms have announced the beginning of the unofficial tornado season that runs from April through June across Texas and other Tornado Alley states in the nation's heartland. From 1951 through 1986, there have been an average of 118 tornadoes in Texas per year, according to the state climatologist... | disaster research;tornado warning;tornadoes;texas;tornado season;spring thunderstorms;property damage;tornado watches | |
AP880409-0015 | Increase In Atlantic Hurricanes Predicted | A hurricane expert predicts a turbulent summer in the Atlantic Ocean with more and fiercer storms swirling the seas, but says it's impossible to know if any of the storms will threaten populated areas. William Gray, a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University, said Friday he expects about six Atlant... | william gray;storms;atlantic hurricanes;atlantic ocean;hurricane seasons;turbulent summer;annual hurricane forecasts;hurricane expert | |
AP880419-0131 | Four Die In North Florida Tornado | A tornado blasted through this North Florida town before dawn today, destroying several homes and a college library, blowing off rooftops, flipping cars and leaving four people dead and 15 injured, officials said. The tornado touched down at 4:30 a.m. just west of Madison, about 50 miles east of Tallahassee, and cut a ... | madison;tornado watches;tornado;deaths;thunderstorms;destruction | |
AP880510-0178 | Arafat Says U.S. Threatening to Kill PLO Officials | Yasser Arafat on Tuesday accused the United States of threatening to kill PLO officials if Palestinian guerrillas attack American targets. The United States denied the accusation. The State Department said in Washington that it had received reports the PLO might target Americans because of alleged U.S. involvement in t... | khalil wazir;accusations;plo officials;possible plo attacks;israeli officials;political assassination;palestinian guerrillas;american targets;israeli squad;plo leader yasser arafat;united states;terrorist attacks | |
AP880517-0226 | Single-Engine Airplane Crashes; Five Killed | A single-engine airplane crashed Tuesday into a ditch beside a dirt road on the outskirts of Albuquerque, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. Four adults and one child died in the crash, which witnesses said occurred about 5 p.m., when it was raining, Albuquerque police Sgt. R.C. Porter said. The airplane... | investigation;single-engine airplane;albuquerque;crash site;crumpled airplane;witnesses;victims;rescue crews | |
AP880520-0264 | Reports Military Considered Crackdown in Slovenia | An official statement issued Friday confirmed that federal military commanders met in March and considered ways to quell dissent in Slovenia. The statement by Slovenia's Information Ministry followed reports published by the Slovenian youth magazine Mladina that there had been plans for a military takeover of the repub... | slovenia police;dissident tendencies;communist government;political dissidents;ministry statement;slovenian communists;yugoslavia;federal military commanders;foreign-backed conspiracy | |
AP880601-0040 | New Study Finds More People In Hurricanes Danger Areas Than Expected | A study has found that the U.S. death toll from a major hurricane could be far worse than previously predicted, the head of the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday to mark the opening of the 1988 Atlantic storm season. Recently completed hurricane coastal flood models for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts show that many ... | atlantic storm season;hurricane-force winds;typical atlantic hurricane season;u.s. death toll;forecasters;goes-west;hurricanes;first tropical depression;hurricane coastal flood models;national hurricane center;coastal counties | |
AP880613-0161 | Top Military Leader Of Shining Path Rebels Captured | Police captured the top military leader of the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group whose eight-year guerrilla war has taken more than 10,000 lives in Peru, officials said Monday. Officials said the capture of Osman Morote, 43, considered the most radical leader of the movement, was the hardest blow to date for the rebel... | maoist rebel group;shining path movement;osman morote;peru;radical leader;counterinsurgency police;eight-year guerrilla war;top military leader;morote's capture | |
AP880623-0135 | Lawmakers Debate Counting Illegal Aliens | Lawmakers clashed Thursday over the question of counting illegal aliens in the 1990 Census, debating whether following the letter of the Constitution results in a system that is unfair to citizens. The forum was a Census subcommittee hearing on bills which would require the Census Bureau to figure out whether people ar... | lawmakers;census bureau;representatives;u.s. constitution;house seats;illegal aliens | |
AP880629-0159 | U.S. F-16s Crash in Mid-Air; Another F-16 Crashes in Black Forest | Two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets crashed in the air today and exploded, an air force spokeswoman said. The accident occurred less than two hours after another F-16 crashed into the Black Forest. West German police said one pilot was killed in the in-flight crash. The Air Force spokeswoman, Capt. Gail Hayes, said th... | training mission;aircraft;f-16 fighter jets;pilots;u.s. air force;crashes;f-16s;in-flight crash;bodenheim | |
AP880630-0295 | When It Comes to Drought, USDA Says It's in Action | The Agriculture Department says it has been on top of the drought since March 1, monitoring the situation, setting up hotlines to handle worried callers and issuing enough statements to paper a thousand bird cages, easy. One of the latest informational gimmicks is a ``USDA Backgrounder'' listing the department's ``drou... | drought panel;agriculture department;emergency relief measures;meat purchases;drought aid;congressional drought relief task force;conservation reserve program;action list;usda drought task force;drought-related actions | |
AP880705-0006 | 1,100-Acre Fire In Zion National Park | A lightning-sparked fire in Utah's Zion National Park spread out of control to 1,100 acres Tuesday, but rain helped firefighters hold the line on a 2,000-acre forest fire in Montana and two other major fires in Wyoming. Gusty winds spread a third Wyoming fire over 400 acres of the Bridger-Teton National Forest and forc... | lightning-sparked fire;zion national park;utah;forest fire;brush fires;firefighters;fire lines | |
AP880705-0018 | Some Fires in National Forests Brought Under Control | Three hours of steady rain Monday afternoon provided a much-needed edge for crews working to douse a blaze that seared 1,650 acres in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, and rainfall in neighboring Yellowstone National Park calmed three smaller fires there. Meanwhile, illegal fireworks were blamed for causing a blaze ... | wildfires;steady rain;blaze;forest fire;illegal fireworks;firefighters;wyoming | |
AP880705-0109 | Firefighters Try to Save More Than 5,000 Acres | Firefighters in California, Michigan, Montana, Wyoming and Utah battled holiday weekend fires which blackened more than 6,000 acres of forest and wilderness areas. Illegal fireworks were blamed for a blaze that swept over 2,200 rugged acres of Stanislaus National Forest in California, 10 miles west of Yosemite National... | fires;wildfires;blaze;national forest;firefighters;illegal fireworks | |
AP880714-0142 | Drought Shifts East, Little Relief in Sight | The focus of the drought plaguing much of the nation has shifted eastward, but little relief is in sight for most areas, the National Weather Service reported Thursday. The new short-range forecast through next Monday calls for hot, dry weather to expand eastward from the Rockies through the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atla... | little relief;agriculture department;dry weather;western great lakes region;short-range forecast;national weather Service;drought region;long-term drought conditions;northern great plains;water shortage;extreme drought | |
AP880801-0195 | Setting Fires `An Ozark Tradition' for Some, Investigator Says | A split, charred tree stump is a clue that lightning was to blame for a forest fire. Carbon particles indicate the exhaust of a passing truck was the culprit. And there are other ways to tell a fire was accidental. ``You eliminate all those causes, you're down to arson,'' said Dale Smallwood, a criminal investigator fo... | criminal investigator;forest fires;missouri;arson problem;passing truck;arsonist;investigations | |
AP880811-0299 | Crop Production To Be Down Sharply From 1987; Food Prices Suffer | An annual Agriculture Department survey confirmed Thursday that a deadening drought will curtail the fall corn harvest by a third or more, resulting in higher retail food prices for months and years to come. However, government officials said bountiful crops in recent years has built stockpiles so high the United State... | total U.S. crop production;sharp reductions;deadening drought;food price increase;president reagan;disaster relief bill;food production;annual agriculture department survey;fall corn harvest;higher retail food prices | |
AP880816-0234 | Anti-Maoists Threaten Prosecutor | A death squad opposed to the Shining Path guerrillas has threatened to kill a district attorney if he investigates charges that soldiers massacred dozens of peasants, his office said Tuesday. Police said members of Shining Path, a Maoist group, killed two policemen and wounded three in jungle raids. The Rodrigo Franco ... | rodrigo franco command;osman morote;shining path guerrillas;police post;rebel raids;property damage;district attorney carlos escobar;death squad | |
AP880901-0052 | Forest Fires At-A-Glance | Here is a brief look at forest fire developments in the Western states: | forest fire developments;firefighters;western states | |
AP880902-0062 | U.S. Pilot Parachutes To Safety After Military Jet Crashes in Japan | A U.S. military jet crashed today in a remote, forested area in northern Japan, but the pilot bailed out safely and was taken by helicopter to an American military base, officials said. The pilot of the F-16C, Maj. Wyman E. Vanedoe, was listed in good condition soon after the crash, the U.S. Forces Japan Media Liaison ... | misawa;crash;northern japan;u.s. aircraft;f-16c;u.s. air base;pilot;military jet | |
AP880903-0092 | Reagan Promises to Veto Welfare Reform Without Work Requirement | President Reagan warned Saturday that he will veto any welfare legislation Congress sends him that does not contain a work requirement. ``The best way to learn to work is to work,'' the president said in a Labor Day weekend radio address from his vacation ranch 20 miles north of here. Rep. Thomas J. Downey, D-N.Y., in ... | americans;work requirement;welfare reform;president reagan;welfare programs;unemployment;welfare legislation | |
AP880913-0129 | Two F-14 Jets Crash In Separate Accidents | Coast Guard and Navy aircraft and vessels today searched for a crewman missing from an F-14 jet fighter that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina while practicing combat maneuvers, killing his crewmate, officials said. Six people were injured in another F-14 crash Monday after two Navy aviators bailed out... | navy aviators;navy aircraft;atlantic ocean;f-14 jet fighter;f-14 crash;injuries;pilot;atlantic accident | |
AP880913-0204 | Hurricane Center Director Smooth in Rough Waters | Dealing with his first major hurricane as director of the National Hurricane Center, Bob Sheets wasn't skipping a beat Tuesday as a multitude of reporters fired questions at him. Sheets, who was acting director during the 1987 Atlantic hurricane season and was named director in March, spent most of the morning on the s... | bob sheets;western caribbean;destructive hurricane gilbert;national hurricane center;hurricane headquarters;atlantic hurricane season;catastrophic damage | |
AP880914-0027 | Gilbert: Third Force 5 Hurricane This Century | With the winds of Hurricane Gilbert clocked at 175 miles per hour, U.S. weather officials called Gilbert the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. Mark Zimmer, a meterologist at the National Hurricane Center, reported an Air Force reconnaissance plane measured the barometric pressure at Gilber... | hurricane gilbert;barometric pressure;western hemisphere;intense hurricane;storm surge;hurricane fatalities;tropical storm force winds;national hurricane center | |
AP880914-0079 | Sheets Smooth in Rough Waters | As Hurricane Gilbert's record-breaking fury sends Caribbean islanders scrambling for cover, National Hurricane Center Director Bob Sheets remained calm at his helm. The barometric pressure at the storm's center plummeted to 26.13 inches at 5:58 p.m. EDT Tuesday night, making Gilbert the most intense hurricane ever reco... | hurricane gilbert;barometric pressure;hurricane-force winds;western hemisphere;intense hurricane;national hurricane center;destructive gilbert;category 5 hurricane;catastrophic damage | |
AP880926-0203 | Third World Countries Urge Debt Relief | Third World countries led by Brazil, the world's most indebted developing nation, blamed the industrialized nations in part Monday for perpetuating their poverty. Foreign Minister Roberto de Abreau Sodre of Brazil told the opening session of the 42nd General Assembly that the Third World economic picture was dimming ``... | industrialized nations;debt restructuring;brazil;third world countries;42nd general assembly;international economic relations;foreign loans;foreign debt | |
AP880927-0089 | Canadian Athlete Stripped Of Olympic Gold Medal For Steroid Use | Canadian Ben Johnson left the Olympics today ``in a complete state of shock,'' accused of cheating with drugs in the world's fastest 100-meter dash and stripped of his gold medal. The prize went to American Carl Lewis. Many athletes accepted the accusation that Johnson used a muscle-building but dangerous and illegal a... | gold medal;canadian ben johnson;100-meter dash;sprinter;olympics;drug use;illegal anabolic steroid;american carl lewis | |
AP880927-0117 | Canadians Shamed By Johnson's Loss Of Medal | Canadians were shamed, angry and saddened Tuesday that national hero Ben Johnson was stripped of his Olympic gold medal for using drugs to enhance his performance. ``I feel terribly sad for him,'' said Fergus Kilmartin, 36, of Coquitlam, British Colombia. ``I don't believe he did it on purpose. He hasn't got the guile ... | olympic gold medal;disappointed nation;american carl lewis;sprinter;ben johnson;canadians;drug scandal;anabolic steroids | |
AP880928-0054 | Sprinter Returns To Canada | Ben Johnson spent his homecoming in seclusion, without the Olympic gold medal and the hero's welcome, as Canadians bemoaned the fate of the sprinter who failed the drug test. Returning to Canada on Tuesday, Johnson, 26, dodged reporters and the public, refusing to talk about the muscle-building and illegal steroid Stan... | olympic gold medal;100-meter dash;sprinter;disappointment;ben johnson;homecoming;drug test;illegal steroid stanzolol;canadians | |
AP880928-0146 | Loss Of Johnson's Gold Wounds Canadian Pride | The stripping of Ben Johnson's Olympic gold medal in a drug scandal has wounded Canadian pride and shamed a nation hungry for a hero to replace hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky. ``It's like Wayne Gretzky getting run over by a car,'' said Pat Reid, the Canadian high-jump coach. The spirit of a nation raced with Johnson wh... | stripping;olympic gold medal;sprinter;ben johnson;stanzolol;drug scandal;canadians | |
AP881009-0072 | Fellow Olympian Says She And Johnson Took Steroids | Ben Johnson knowingly took steroids and those close close to the runner also were aware of it, fellow Canadian Olympic sprinter Angella Issajenko was quoted as saying in an interview published Sunday. Johnson _ stripped of his Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter final after he tested positive for the banned steroid sta... | angella issajenko;steroid stanozolol;olympic gold medal;100-metre sprint;ben johnson;canadian olympic sprinter;illegal drugs | |
AP881017-0235 | Gigantic Tunnel Project Inches Toward Joining England and France | A colossal tunneling machine is boring beneath the English Channel from the white cliffs of Dover, pursuing a dream born in Napoleon's time that is coming true at last. Another is digging from the French coast in what the tunnel builders call the largest civil engineering project now under way in the world. The 31-mile... | french coast;freight;english channel;tunnel builders;tunnel traffic;cross-channel ferry trip;london-paris journey;31-mile tunnel;tunneling speed;channel trains;british fears | |
AP881018-0136 | Hurricane Joan Continues Unusual Path Through Caribbean | Hurricane Joan's 80 mph winds churned across the open Caribbean today on an unusual southern path that has forecasters puzzling over its potential strength and possible landfall. There was a report that the storm left 50 people dead or missing in a town in Colombia the day before. ``Joan is one of a kind,'' said Jim Gr... | atlantic hurricane season;hurricane force;open caribbean;colombia;panama;tropical storms;hurricane watch;hurricane joan | |
AP881126-0007 | Hormone Found in Diabetics May Play Role in Disease, Researcher Says | Further study of a newly isolated hormone found in the pancreases of diabetics may lead to new treatments for the most common form of the disease, a scientist says. ``We have a lot of evidence that this is likely to be, if not the final cause, at least a major part of the disease process,'' said New Zealand biochemist ... | obesity;blood sugar levels;diabetics;american diabetes association;disease process;pancreatic hormone;amylin;new treatments;insulin secretion;hormone research | |
AP881206-0114 | B-52 Bomber Crashes In Michigan; Crew Survives | A B-52 bomber crashed and burst into flames early today on a runway while practicing ``touch-and-go'' landings at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, officials said. All eight crew members survived. The plane, normally equipped to carry nuclear bombs, crashed about 1:15 a.m., said Lt. Naomi Siegal, a spokeswoman at the Strateg... | crash;b-52 bomber;training flight;crew members;pilot;k.i. sawyer air force base | |
AP881210-0115 | Official: US Jet Crash Will Erode Support For Defense | A top West German military official said Saturday that the fiery crash of a U.S. Air Force jet that killed six people will further erode popular support for national defense programs. In the city of Remscheid, fire brigade leader Berthold Hoehler said the body of a construction worker was pulled from the rubble of a ho... | military aircraft;remscheid;u.s. air force a-10 thunderbolt;low-level training flights;pilot;fatal crash;west german;deadly accidents;fiery crash | |
AP881211-0027 | Agriculture Committee Plans Hearings on Handling of Forest Fires | The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says hearings are planned next year into how the U.S. Forest Service handled last summer's stubborn wildfires that scorched the West, including one-third of Yellowstone National Park. ``The major problem is that in speaking to people from the area, you speak to two and yo... | yellowstone national park;joint hearings;stubborn wildfires;fire fighting policies;house agriculture committee;forest fire practices;summer fires;u.s. forest service | |
AP881216-0017 | Proposed Moratorium On `Let It Burn' Policy Likely To End By May | A recommended halt to the government's ``let it burn'' forest fire policy probably would be over by the start of the Western fire season next spring, according to the co-chairman of a panel that suggested the moratorium. The panel, in recommendations Thursday to the secretaries of agriculture and interior, said there w... | forest fire policy;panel;natural fires;fire management plans;national forests;recommended halt;western fire season | |
AP881222-0089 | Summary of Crash Developments | Here, at a glance, are developments today involving the crash of Pan American World Airways Flight 103 Wednesday night in Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed all 259 people aboard and more than 20 people on the ground: | pan american world airways flight 103;crash;radical palestinian faction;terrorist threats;widespread wreckage;lockerbie;bomb threat;sabotage;terrorist bombing | |
AP881222-0119 | Unusual Ocean Temperatures May Have Played Part in 1988 Drought | Some of this year's drought in the Midwest may have been caused by ocean temperature abnormalities near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, according to a new computer study reported Thursday. Such droughts could be anticipated if the temperature abnormalities turn out to be predictable, one of the authors said in the re... | new computer study;atmospheric research;midwest;weather patterns;temperature abnormalities;droughts;ocean temperature abnormalities;pacific ocean temperatures | |
AP881222-0126 | U.S. A10 Attack Jet Crashes in England | A U.S. Air Force A-10 attack jet crashed and burned in Britain this morning while on a routine training flight. The Pentagon said the pilot might have ejected safely. It was the second crash of a Thunderbolt jet in Europe in two weeks. Another A-10 crashed Dec. 8 in Tracy, Ariz. Dan Howard, the Pentagon's chief spokesm... | u.s. air force a-10 attack jet;suspension;a-10 aircraft;britain;pilot;routine training flight;second crash | |
AP881227-0185 | Shining Path Guerrillas Becoming an Urban Force | Shining Path guerrillas, who started their bloody uprising in the mountains eight years ago, are moving into the shantytowns that encircle the capital like a noose. Abimael Guzman, founder of the rebel movement, has said of the slums and their people: ``The immense masses of the shantytowns are like belts of steel that... | public support;shining path guerrillas;central highway;rebel movement;shantytowns;huaycan;political violence;political force | |
AP890111-0217 | Pilot Questioned, More Inspections For Engines | Authorities questioned the badly injured pilot of a crashed Boeing 737 Wednesday, but revealed no clues as to why the jet's undamaged right engine was shut down well before the crash while the other engine burned. The Civil Aviation Authority, meanwhile, ordered increased inspections on 37 airplanes with CFM56 engines,... | injured pilot;crash;boeing 737s;left engine;wrong engine;one-engine emergency landing;engine monitoring systems;undamaged right engine | |
AP890111-0227 | As Snow Blankets Charred Yellowstone, Residents Hope for Better '89 | The new year ushers in a new wildfire season, an unwelcome thought to the residents of this small Montana tourist town on the northeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park. For two months last summer the citizens of Cooke City and its tiny suburb, Silver Gate, were showcased on the nightly TV news and splashed acros... | forest fires;new wildfire season;yellowstone national park;yellowstone ecosystem;firefighting efforts;unprecedented fire season;u.s. forest service | |
AP890117-0132 | Review Board Sought To Investigate Police In Long Beach | The City Council today asked county prosecutors to investigate the conduct of a white policeman who was secretly filmed while he pushed an off-duty black policeman through a plate-glass window. ``We're certainly not happy to have an incident like this occurring, but we need all the information,'' said Councilman Thomas... | police racism;serious injury;los angeles area;racism complaints;white policeman;black policeman;police brutality;long beach police | |
AP890131-0280 | Office of Fair Trading To Investigate Complaint Against De Beers | The Office of Fair Trading said Tuesday it was investigating a complaint alleging anti-competitive practices by a London-based diamond cartel controlled by South Africa's giant De Beers diamond organization. The watchdog body said De Beers ``appeared to have'' a monopoly on diamond trading in London and it was interest... | de beers diamond organization;investigation;world diamond trading;defensive move;luxembourg-based minorco sa;london-based diamond cartel;fair trading;anti-competitive practices;central selling organization;south africa | |
AP890227-0016 | Tornado Deaths Below Average in '88 | One of nature's most vicious spectacles, the tornado, is poised to renew its annual assault on America, as changeable spring weather breeds the storms that spawn twisters. Last year was one of fewer than normal tornado deaths, but even so, more than 700 of the violent funnel clouds struck the nation. In 1988 the nation... | storms;tornado deaths;fatality;tornado outbreak;tornadoes;tornado season;public awareness | |
AP890228-0019 | Death Toll Triples Average in 1988 Earthquakes | The earthquake that killed 25,000 people in Armenia pushed last year's earthquake-related death toll worldwide to the highest level since 1976, when a Chinese earthquake killed at least 10 times as many, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The estimated earthquake death toll in 1988 includes an additional 2,000 or more... | armenian earthquake;deadly earthquake;earthquake death toll;offshore earthquakes;u.s. geological survey;property damage;earthquake deaths;chinese earthquake | |
AP890302-0063 | Study Recommends TB Treatment for AIDS-Infected Addicts | Drug abusers who are infected with the AIDS virus and tuberculosis bacteria should be treated with medicine to prevent full-blown TB, says a study published today. Doctors have noticed a growing prevalence of tuberculosis in recent years among people at high risk of AIDS, especially drug addicts. In the study published... | medicine;tuberculosis bacteria;tuberculosis infections;aids virus;drug abusers;drug addicts | |
AP890307-0150 | Crowds Drawn By Wonder of Partial Solar Eclipse | Solar telescopes yielded views of flare-producing sunspots and silhouetted mountains on the moon Tuesday as crowds gathered to watch a partial solar eclipse visible across western North America. ``There was a childlike delight with the wonder of nature,'' said Ed Krupp, director of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, ... | solar eclipses;partial solar;north america;eye damage;stunning view;eye injuries;solar telescopes | |
AP890313-0198 | Researchers Looking At Hispanics To Find Diabetes Cause | Inside a small motor home, Joanne Pierluissi raised her sleeve as nurse Mary Perez inserted a needle into the vein above her forearm, drawing blood into a tube for a diabetes test. As her daughters watched, Pierluissi, 24, said it was for them, as much as for herself, that she agreed to be tested for the deadly killer ... | minorities;diabetes test;obese diabetics;diabetes studies;insulin;anti-diabetic drug;hispanics;american diabetes association;diabetic patients;hispanic diabetes;type II diabetes | |
AP890314-0237 | Researchers Looking At Hispanics To Find Diabetes Cause | Inside a small motor home, Joanne Pierluissi raised her sleeve as nurse Mary Perez inserted a needle into the vein above her forearm, drawing blood into a tube for a diabetes test. As her daughters watched, Pierluissi, 24, said it was for them, as much as for herself, that she agreed to be tested for the deadly killer ... | minorities;diabetes test;diabetes studies;healthy diets;american diabetes association;diabetic patients;hispanic diabetes | |
AP890316-0018 | Oldest Known Record of Total Eclipse Is Younger Than Thought, Study Says | Scientists missed by 150 years in dating the oldest known reliable record of a total solar eclipse, a clay tablet that also reflects fear among the ancient observers, researchers said today. Scientists had concluded about 20 years ago that the eclipse, recorded on a clay tablet found in Syria, occurred on May 3, 1375 B... | solar eclipses;clay tablet;dutch scientists;syria;reliable record;ancient observers | |
AP890322-0010 | City Image Tarnished By Allegations Of Police Racism | Allegations of police racism and brutality have shaken this city that for decades has prided itself on a progressive attitude toward civil rights and a reputation for racial harmony. The deaths of two blacks at a drug raid that went awry, followed 10 days later by a scuffle between police and blacks at a downtown hotel... | police racism;racial harmony;brutality;drug raid;civil rights;police misconduct | |
AP890325-0029 | Chemicals Fail To Break Up Largest Spill In U.S. History | The calm waters of Prince William Sound have stymied efforts to disperse the largest oil spill in U.S. history, which spewed from a ship that ran aground trying to avoid chunks of ice, officials said. The spill of some 270,000 barrels _ or 11.3 million gallons _ occurred early Friday when the 987-foot tanker Exxon Vald... | bligh reef;oil slick;oil spills;crude oil;environmental disasters;environmental conservation;987-foot tanker exxon valdez;u.s. tanker spill | |
AP890326-0081 | Captain Should Have Been Piloting Tanker, Exxon Reveals; Disaster Declared | The tanker that caused the nation's biggest oil spill was being illegally piloted by its third mate when the vessel ran aground on a reef, Exxon Shipping Co. said Sunday. Alaska's governor, meanwhile, declared once-pristine Prince William Sound a disaster area as the toll on the waterway's abundant wildlife began to mo... | federal regulations;captain;u.s. spill;environmental damage;oil spill;987-foot tanker exxon valdez;clean-up efforts;full investigation;proper pilot;joseph hazelwood | |
AP890403-0123 | With BC-EXP--Tornado Season-Radar | Here are some tornado facts from the National Weather Service, Insurance Information Institute and news accounts: _Tornadoes can occur in any month, but are more frequent from April through June and between 3 and 6 p.m. _Most tornadoes track southwest to northeast, but their paths can spiral erratically. _The portion o... | thunderstorm;tornado facts;tornadoes;tornado-related deaths | |
AP890404-0260 | Exxon Set To Salvage Tanker; Captain May Surrender; Cleanup Drags On | Exxon crews Tuesday finished pumping the remaining crude oil out of the tanker Exxon Valdez in preparation for refloating and removing the source of the nation's worst-ever oil spill. The fugitive captain of the Exxon Valdez sent signals he was ready to surrender to face criminal charges of operating the vessel while d... | tanker exxon valdez;annual herring industry;worst-ever oil spill;crude oil;criminal charges;oil-catching boom;joseph hazelwood;exxon crews | |
AP890501-0176 | Exxon Submits Strategy on Alaska Cleanup Plan | Exxon officials Monday released a revised plan for cleansing 364 miles of Alaskan coastline fouled by the nation's largest oil spill, but said their proposal requires a suspension of local environmental laws. The plan makes no provisions for continuing the cleanup beyond mid-September, and notes that 191 miles of light... | crude oil prices;oil-tainted shores;polluted areas;alaskan coastline;cleanup plan;valdez spill;oil spill;exxon officials;exxon tanker;oiled coastline | |
AP890502-0205 | Eds: INSERTS 1 graf after 5th graf, ``We are...' to UPDATE with protest in Anchorage; picks up 6th graf, `J. Edward...;' SUBS 16th graf, `Oil from...,' with 4 grafs to UPDATE with oil spreading, sightings of thousands of dead birds, eagle covered in oil; picks up 17th graf, `The tanker...' | Coast Guard Commandant Paul A. Yost on Tuesday attacked Exxon's plan to clean up the Alaskan oil spill. Consumers, politicians and environmentalists expressed their anger in a one-day ``Boycott Exxon'' campaign. Yost, the top federal official tracking the environmental disaster, said Exxon's plan was poorly drafted and... | exxon's plan;tanker exxon valdez;alaskan oil spill;oil industry;fishing industry;boycott exxon;significant environmental disaster;gas prices;cleanup strategy;oil company;exxon valdez accident | |
AP890511-0126 | Feds Urge Steps to Curb Rising TB Rate Behind Bars | The tuberculosis rate in U.S. prisons may be more than three times higher than on the outside, federal health officials said Thursday, urging testing, isolation and other measures to curb TB behind bars. Researchers with the Centers for Disease Control cited a survey in 29 states, where prisons reported 31 tuberculosis... | tuberculosis cases;tuberculosis rate;u.s. prisons;airborne transmission;cdc;aids-virus infections | |
AP890529-0030 | Hurricane Forecasters Worry About Protecting Growing Coastal Populations | Forecasters preparing for Thursday's opening of the Atlantic hurricane season wish they could predict the arrival of new technological help they say may be crucial to ever-growing coastal populations. The Air Force has agreed to fly hurricane reconnaissance flights for two more years, but has made it clear it plans to ... | forecasters;hurricane activity;hurricane reconnaissance flights;hurricane hunters;coastal populations;air force;weather satellite;atlantic hurricane season | |
AP890704-0043 | Suspected Rebels Kill Police Chief | Suspected communist rebels today killed the police chief of the Philippines' major financial center in an escalation of street violence sweeping the capital area, police said. Col. Herminio Taylo, 54, police chief of Makati, had just finished jogging and was buying fruit in a public market when two assassins opened fir... | col. herminio taylo;rebel assassins;gunmen;communist rebels;philippines;street violence;political assassination;police chief;rebel new people's army;assasination attempts;makati | |
AP890708-0135 | Forests, Brush, Grass Burn In The Hot, Dry West | Thousands more acres of brush and timber went up in smoke Saturday in seven states in the West, threatening homes in some places, and firefighters contended with wind and high temperatures. ``As the day heats up, you'll get these reburns going out and the trees dry out and they'll torch,'' said Forest Service spokesman... | forest fires;fire crews;fire season;federal firefighting efforts;firefighters;fire lines | |
AP890714-0129 | Trout Rescued From Ash-Tainted Creek; Fires Fought in Six States | Rain and higher humidity helped firefighters whip blazes in six Western states, and a New Mexico fire that polluted a creek with ash forced biologists to rescue hundreds of endangered fish in long-handled nets. Officials said 566 Gila trout were fished out of Diamond Creek in southwestern New Mexico, put in containers ... | western states;fires;fire season;new mexico fire;blazes;forest;firefighters;arson fire | |
AP890719-0225 | Who's A Person? | Simply put, the question was who should be counted as a person and who, if anybody, should not. But there's nothing simple about it. The Senate voted one answer and, in effect, invited the Supreme Court to decide whether it was right or wrong. That happened because in the arithmetic of congressional reapportionment, ev... | 1990 census;national head count;census bureau;illegal residents;house seats;illegal aliens;congressional reapportionment | |
AP890722-0081 | Maine Judge Finds Felon Retains Gun Rights Under State Constitution | A 1987 state constitutional amendment broadening the right to bear arms means that even convicted felons may own guns, a judge ruled. Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Stephen L. Perkins on Friday dismissed a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon against Edward Brown of Cumberland. Prosecutors had argued ... | maine constitution;right;guns;gun possession charge;felons;restrictions;constitutional amendment;arms;firearm;criminal threatening | |
AP890801-0025 | Western Fires No Threat _ Yet _ To Last Year's Record | This week's flare-up of Western wildfires can't hold a candle to the damage wrought by last year's record-breaking fire season, but officials say a dry August could change everything. Fire has charred more than 1.3 million acres of forest and range land since January in the contiguous United States, compared to 2.1 mil... | dry weather;contiguous united states;fire danger;record-breaking fire season;blazes;western wildfires;firefighters | |
AP890802-0064 | Military Personnel Overseas Will be Counted in 1990 Census | A major issue hanging over the 1990 Census is resolved with the decision to include military personnel stationed overseas, but Congress is arguing over whether to keep counting illegal aliens. The House blocked an effort Tuesday to require aliens to be excluded from the census numbers used in House reapportionment ever... | 1990 census;national head count;census numbers;house reapportionment;census bureau;house seats;illegal aliens | |
AP890803-0008 | Hurricane Dean, With 80 mph Winds, Rumbles Through Eastern Caribbean | Officials warned residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and nearby islands to bolt down everything loose and stock up on food and water Wednesday as Hurricane Dean rumbled through the eastern Caribbean. Dean was upgraded from a tropical storm to the second hurricane of the Atlantic season Wednesday, and by n... | u.s. virgin islands;hurricane-force winds;forecasters;second hurricane;hurricane advisory;emergency supplies;eastern caribbean;hurricane warnings;hurricane dean;hurricane watch;puerto rico;atlantic season | |
AP890805-0126 | Fire Headquarters Runs At High Pitch During Idaho Blazes | Lightning has set the West ablaze this summer, and electricity is again surging through the nation's wildfire command post. ``The whole place is running at the max, full out,'' Reed Jarvis of the Boise Interagency Fire Center said last week. But this year is different because the center's strategists and quartermasters... | firefighting;wildfire battles;worst blazes;wildfire command post;boise interagency fire center;fire lines | |
AP890907-0221 | Peruvian Rebels Bring `Revolutionary Justice' to Cocaine Jungle | The Maoist Shining Path guerrillas who dominate Peru's Upper Huallaga River Valley have brought their own law and order to a cocaine-corrupted, violence-ridden region. With a system they call ``revolutionary justice,'' they have banned drug abuse, prostitution, homosexuality and thievery from the villages they control.... | peru;revolutionary justice;rebels;maoist shining path guerrillas;puritanical honesty;corrupt local officials;coca production | |
AP890922-0167 | Forecasting Aided By Supercomputers, But Still An Uncertain Science | Supercomputers, satellites and the expertise of several hurricane forecasters predicted the destructive path Hurricane Hugo would follow, giving people plenty of time to flee the South Carolina coast. But hurricane tracking remains an uncertain science. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center used computer models ... | destructive path;hurricane forecasters;real forecasting problem;south carolina coast;forecasting ability;satellite pictures;supercomputer predictions;satellite data;landfall;hurricane hugo | |
AP890930-0100 | Police Brutality, Racism Charges Hit Chicago | Two days of racially charged hearings on police brutality and a report detailing widespread segregation in the nation's third-largest city show the new mayor must still heal some old wounds. Richard M. Daley was elected mayor April 4 amid fears by black activists that he would bring back the machine politics of his lat... | blacks;chicago;police brutality;race relations;new mayor;racial issue;racism | |
AP891006-0029 | Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis Meet Again _ At Capitol | Ben Johnson, the world-class sprinter knocked off track and field's pedestal after testing positive for steroids, says it's wrong for athletes to use the muscle-building substance. ``I got caught in Seoul. I lost my gold medal,'' the Canadian told reporters as legislation to classify anabolic steroids as a controlled s... | gold medal;seoul;ben johnson;controlled substance;world-class sprinter;canadian;anabolic steroids | |
AP891017-0204 | Area Where Earthquake Hit Seen as Highly Probable in 1988 Report | The major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay area Tuesday occurred in a region seismologists targeted as having the highest probability of a strong quake in Northern California. A 1988 report by the U.S. Geological Survey placed the probability of an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale at 30 perc... | earthquake center;large earthquakes;northern california;san francico bay area;richter scale;widespread heavy damage;strong quake;major earthquake;high probability | |
AP891028-0022 | Earthquake Measuring 7.2 Hits Solomon Islands | A major earthquake registering 7.2 on the Richter scale shook the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific today, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The preliminary reading of 7.2 is slightly stronger than the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the San Francisco Bay area Oct. 17. The earthquake struck the islands at 8:05 a.m.... | epicenter;richter scale;major earthquakes;largest earthquake;solomon islands;widespread heavy damage;earthquake monitors | |
AP891116-0115 | Twister Rips Through Alabama City, Killing 17 | Rescuers crawled through collapsed homes and shops today looking for more victims of a tornado that carved a 3-mile stretch of destruction, killing 17 people, injuring 463 and leaving 1,000 homeless. ``It's like taking six to 10 city blocks and putting them in a blender and putting it on liquefy,'' said rescue worker B... | severe thunderstorms;rescue;disaster;tornado watch;tornadoes;huntsville;property damage;victims;federal disaster assistance;destruction | |
AP891116-0191 | With AM-Southern Tornadoes, Bjt | Here is a state-by-state look at the tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that have killed at least 27 people, injured more than 500 and left hundreds homeless since Wednesday: | severe thunderstorms;damage;death;tornadoes;destruction | |
AP891201-0100 | Slovenia Claims Serbia Wants to Expel Slovenia from Yugoslavia | The government of the northern republic of Slovenia said Friday that Serbia, in the south and east, is attempting to ``oust us from Yugoslavia.'' The statement from the Slovenian presidency followed Serbia's decision Tuesday to ban all political and economic contacts with Slovenia. Liberal, prosperous Slovenia and the ... | hard-line communist leadership;serbian action;yugoslav federation;slovenian serbian conflict;regional autonomy;pro-serbian rally;slovenian presidency;economic contacts;economic boycott | |
AP891210-0079 | An AP Study: Cashing In on the Drought | America's 1988 drought captured attention everywhere, but especially in Washington where politicians pushed through the largest disaster relief measure in U.S. history. The Associated Press went back to track where the $3.9 billion went and found the money spread far beyond the drought. | drought;associated press;drought relief program;disaster relief measure;america;drought relief bill | |
AP891213-0004 | An AP Study: Cashing In on the Drought | The drought of 1988 hit hardest in the upper Midwest _ perhaps nowhere harder than in North Dakota. More disaster relief aid went there than to any other state. The third story in a four-part series, ``Cashing In on the Drought,'' examines how the $3.9 billion disaster aid program helped farmers most in need. | drought;upper midwest;disaster relief aid;north dakota;four-part series;disaster aid program;farmers | |
AP900215-0031 | Study: Blacks More Susceptible than Whites to Tuberculosis | Black Americans suffer six times more tuberculosis than whites do, and one important reason appears to be a genetic susceptibility to the disease, according to a study today. The research found that when living conditions are identical, black people are twice as likely as whites to get infected with the TB bacteria. Th... | infectious diseases;tb bacteria;black americans;tuberculosis;racial difference;whites | |
AP900217-0078 | Researchers Declare Success in Putting AIDS in Remission | Drugs are now available that can put AIDS patients into remission, and recent advances have made clear that a vaccine to protect against AIDS infection is possible, a panel of AIDS experts said Saturday. At the same time, however, the AIDS epidemic is being followed by a suddenly resurgent epidemic of tuberculosis, the... | drugs;tuberculosis bacteria;remission;aids infection;aids epidemic;aids vaccine | |
AP900306-0105 | Senate Confirms Thomas as Federal Judge | The Senate today confirmed conservative civil rights official Clarence Thomas as a federal appeals judge, brushing aside complaints about his record from some liberal and senior citizens groups. The Senate had planned to take a roll call on the nomination but changed course at the last minute and confirmed Thomas on a ... | nomination;black officials;columbia;clarence thomas;u.s. circuit court;federal appeals judge;senate | |
AP900313-0191 | One Year Later, Nation's Worst Oil Spill Is Hidden But Not Gone | From a helicopter, the wave-washed beach looks as if the worst oil spill in U.S. history had never touched it. Silvery sticks of driftwood poke through a deep blanket of snow, and smooth gray pebbles roll in the surf under the gaze of a bald eagle perched in a shoreside spruce. But the view doesn't impress Joe Bridgman... | human-caused wildlife disaster;tanker exxon valdez;crude oil;oil spill;environmental conservation;criminal indictments;wildlife populations;capt. joseph hazelwood;civil lawsuits | |
AP900316-0028 | Nation's Tuberculosis Rate Still Falling _ But Very Slowly, Due to AIDS | A steady decline in tuberculosis has all but stopped amid the continuing threat of TB for the AIDS-infected, federal health researchers say. In 1988, the last year for which complete statistics are available, 22,436 U.S. tuberculosis cases were reported, down 0.4 percent from 1987, the national Centers for Disease Cont... | steady decline;disease control;complete statistics;tuberculosis cases;aids cases | |
AP900322-0192 | Diamond Business Loses Some Sparkle | A stone's throw from the smelly Smithfield meat market is an office building complex with no sign or anything to attract the attention of Londoners hurrying by. Mounted cameras, jumpy guards and heavy doors keep out the uninvited. The gold-colored interior is hushed and luxuriously decorated. This is the Central Sellin... | south african interests;diamond producer;de beers diamond empire;diamond business;world diamond industry;rough diamond sales;central selling organization | |
AP900322-0200 | Government Boosts Spending to Combat Cattle Plague | ``Mad cow disease'' has killed 10,000 cattle, restricted the export market for Britain's cattle industry and raised fears about the safety of eating beef. The government insists the disease poses only a remote risk to human health, but scientists still aren't certain what causes the disease or how it is transmitted. ``... | mad cow disease;exports;british cattle;immune system;sheep disease;scrapie;bse;government | |
AP900323-0036 | Exxon-Valdez Chronology | Here is a chronology of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, its cleanup and related developments: | cleanup;exxon valdez oil spill;developments;chronology | |
AP900416-0188 | AGENCIES AND RADIO OUT | John Hatch, founder of the non-profit Foundation for International Community Assistance, promotes village banking to encourage private enterprise in the Third World. What he foresees is a body blow to world poverty through bootstrap economics. | john hatch;private enterprise;village banking;third world;poverty vaccination;world poverty | |
AP900419-0121 | Elizabeth Taylor, Hospitalized With Pneumonia, in Stable Condition | Actress Elizabeth Taylor, hospitalized with pneumonia, was listed as stable Thursday at St. John's Hospital and Health Center, her publicist said. ``She's stable. She's OK. We have nothing else,'' said Lisa Del Favaro, a Taylor spokeswoman with Chen Sam and Associates public relations in New York City. Inquiries to the... | actress elizabeth taylor;st. john's hospital;health problems;sinus infection;pneumonia;miss taylor | |
AP900424-0035 | Elizabeth Taylor in Intensive Care Unit | A seriously ill Elizabeth Taylor battled pneumonia at her hospital, her breathing assisted by a ventilator, doctors say. Hospital officials described her condition late Monday as stabilizing after a lung biopsy to determine the cause of the pneumonia. Analysis of the tissue sample was expected to take until Thursday, s... | st. john's hospital;lung biopsy;elizabeth taylor;health problems;sinus infection;pneumonia;58-year-old actress;miss taylor | |
AP900426-0054 | Doctors Say Liz Taylor Nearly Died Over the Weekend | Elizabeth Taylor has rallied from a near-fatal bout with pneumonia _ and even joked about coming out in her ``balcony attire'' to wave to reporters _ but is ``not out of the woods,'' doctors say. ``I believe her life was in jeopardy over the weekend and I believe that has now passed,'' Dr. Bernard Weintraub, a lung spe... | elizabeth taylor;near-fatal bout;pneumonia;58-year-old actress;st. johns hospital;miss taylor | |
AP900428-0005 | Colombia To Proceed With Presidential Elections Despite Candidate's Slaying | With a third presidential candidate assassinated, Colombia's government refused Friday to put off next month's election and vowed to keep up the fight against drug traffickers. A telefaxed communique, purportedly from the Medellin drug cartel, denied responsibility Friday for the assassination of presidential candidate... | assassinations;election;drug traffickers;presidential candidate carlos pizarro;colombia;pizarro's assassination;medellin drug cartel;terrorist acts;cocaine cartels | |
AP900428-0108 | Instability Worse Than Ever After Candidate's Murder | Less than a month before elections, the assassination of a third presidential candidate has pushed Colombia to the brink of political chaos. After the shooting of candidate Carlos Pizarro in a jetliner Thursday, the country's largest newspaper implored the government to ``do something, for the love of God.'' Addressing... | assassinations;colombia;suicide mission;drug traffickers;presidential elections;gunman;political chaos;drug barons;candidate carlos pizarro;terrorist campaign |
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