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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND)
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To: pat mudge who wrote (36973)3/1/1998 9:29:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (2) of 61433
 
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Hourly News Summary

United Press International - March 01, 1998 21:16
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Around the World, Around the Clock...with United Press International.
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The last two McCaughey septuplets - Alexis May and Natalie Sue - have
finally gone home to their family. The two babies left Blank Children's
Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa this morning. A hospital spokeswoman says
all staff members are happy that the entire McCaughey family is finally
reunited.
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A propane explosion in southeastern Wisconsin is now a homicide
investigation. Walworth County authorities say they found a body in the
trunk of a car that crashed into a 30,000-gallon liquid propane tank.
The Saturday afternooon crash caused an explosion and fire that forced
hundreds of residents out of their homes.
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A police officer in Lancaster, Texas is on paid leave after fatally
shooting the father of his own supervisor. The shooting occurred during
a domestic disturbance call in suburban Dallas. The officer shot former
Lancaster Police Officer Johnny Paul Flatt when Flatt tried removing a
child from the midst of a family argument. Flatt allegedly pointing a
gun at officers who tried to stop him from leaving.
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A tornado hit Deerfield Beach, Florida late Saturday afternoon. The
twister threw trees as high as 60-feet into the air and sent cars
airborne. However the storm caused no fatalities or serious injuries.
The National Weather Serivce says these storms packed winds of 70 to 100
MPH.
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The latest U.N.-Iraq agreement took centerstage on ABC's ''This Week.
'' Chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard Butler says the diplomats
assigned to accompany U.N. inspectors have two tasks -observing the U.N.
inspectors and making sure Iraq keeps its part of the agreement.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he'll pull his troops
out of Lebanon if the Lebanese government accepts ''appropriate security
arrangements.'' Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will go to
France this week seeking mediation.
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Palestinian Authority police and security forces have discovered an
arms store containing guns and explosive devices in the Gaza Strip. A
Palestinian police spokesman says officers have arrested several
suspects.
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A former Brookhaven National Laboratory scientist says radioactive
materials may have seeped into local drinking water on New York's Long
Island. A New York Times report quotes Robert Ramirez as saying waste
water and rain could have entered the soil near the Upton, N.Y., lab and
contaminated the underground water supply.
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By Andrew Stewart (UPI).
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