PICTURE OF THE
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LIGHT MOMENT FOR COURT
Supreme Court justices laugh heartily
at ribald joke told by Justice Thomas
before returning to chambers to rule on
Florida election crisis. |
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WORLD NEWS |
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Netherlands Offers Euthanasia
Package to Tourists
Includes one-way ticket, half a night
in a luxury hotel. |
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Entire Nation of Colombia
Seeks Drug Rehab Under
New California Law
Skeleton crew would stay home to tend
coca fields. |
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LAW |
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Ally McBeal to Defend Robert
Downey Jr.
Defense will rely heavily on fantasy
sequences, musical interludes. |
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U. S. NEWS |
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Bush: Election Mess Affecting
Texas Duties
Running "way behind" in
executions, he complains. |
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Two Governments Under
Consideration
One with huge government programs;
the other with huge deficits. |
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ELECTION 2000 |
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Florida Electors to Be Chosen
by State Department of Alligator
Management
Obscure statute invoked. |
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Poll: Nation Doesn't Care Who
Wins
Most concerned with November
"sweeps" results. |
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TRANSITION NEWS |
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Bush Names Democrat as
Poet Laureate
Appointment seen as
power-sharing gesture. |
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ALSO IN THE NEWS . . . |
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McDonalds Introduces Baby
Jesus Action Figures
Just in time for the holidays. |
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