Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 11:05:36 PM CEST
Popular bear shot, killed on second floor of hotel
The big male bear well known to oil patch workers and state biologists was killed about 8:30 p.m. Monday on the second floor of the Prudhoe Bay Hotel, after it approached a police officer standing between the animal and a crowd of hotel guests.
¬> <a href="www.adn.com"target="_blank"> The Anchorage
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:53:57 PM CEST
Iceland wins whaling membership
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has accepted Iceland as a full member, despite that country's plans to resume commercial hunting. The commission's members voted narrowly in favour of the move at a meeting in Cambridge, UK, despite strong objections from Britain and the United States.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:44:50 PM CEST
High-Speed Locomotive Powered by Jet Engine
The maker of America's fastest train is shopping around a new product that could bring high-speed rail service to areas outside the Northeast. Bombardier Transportation says its new "JetTrain" locomotive, powered by a jet engine, can reach 150 mph without needing overhead electrical lines like those used by Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express. Bombardier led the consortium that built Acela Express, which operates in the Boston-New York-Washington corridor.
¬> <a href="news.yahoo.com"target="_blank">Yahoo
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Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 10:38:27 PM CEST
Fairfax Witnesses Saw Sniper
Fatal Shooting Of FBI Analyst Tied to Others. An FBI analyst fatally shot outside a Home Depot in Fairfax County on Monday night was definitively identified yesterday as the 11th victim of the roving sniper, who again slipped through a massive dragnet -- but this time was seen by several witnesses.
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