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Campus safety procedures
followed with tornado threats

Thursday
High: 81; Low: 64; Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: 81; Low: 56; Isolated Thunderstorms

1790 Benjamin Franklin dies at the age of 84. Franklin, a
scientist, printer and statesman invented the lighting rod, bifocal
eyeglasses and help found the University of Pennsylvania.
1970 Apollo 13 returns safely to the Earth after suffering
a severe malfunction on its journey to the moon.
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Tornadoes
blast Fort Worth, Arlington
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press
FORT
WORTH, Texas Tornadoes and strong storms slammed into parts
of North Texas Tuesday night, demolishing homes, ripping the roof
from a church and snarling air and ground traffic.
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Rah
Digga spreads the message
Performer among features
at Culture Shock
By Alisha Wassenaar
Staff Reporter
RollingStone
compares her to Queen Latifah and says shes a twist on the
traditional bad girl. Blaze Magazine called her the, Emancipation
Proclamator.
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Chinese
Student Organization aims to promote diversity
Group hopes to increase numbers after fall 2001
start
By Kelly Maria Howard
Staff Reporter
Members
of the Chinese Student Organization are working to promote diversity
through opportunities, cultural exchange and friendship between
Chinese students and students of other cultures, said Karen Li,
a senior nutrition major.
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Improvements
suggested during Constituency Day
SGA gains student feedback from
on-campus residents
By Alisha Wassenaar
Staff Reporter
After
serving 185 pizzas at different residence halls across campus, and
giving students index cards to write their ideas for the Student
Government Association on them, Matt Freedman said he felt confident
that Constituency Day was a success.
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Powell
working toward truce with Israel, Palestine
By BARRY SCHWEID
Associated Press
JERUSALEM
Secretary of State Colin Powell is trying to expand Israels
withdrawal on the West Bank and persuade Yasser Arafat to commit
to some version of a cease-fire limited results as he concludes
a mission aimed at halting 18 months of escalating violence.
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Juvenile
siblings admit to killing brother; detained on murder charges
By SUSAN PARROTT
Associated Press
LEWISVILLE,
Texas Two suburban siblings have admitted to killing their
6-year-old brother and burying him in a muddy creek bank behind
their home, police said Tuesday.
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Spacewalkers
wrap up work on mission
Installation of stations new 44-foot girder
completed Tuesday
By MARCIA DUNN
Associated Press
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. NASAs most experienced spacewalker
and his rookie partner wrapped up work on the international space
stations new 44-foot girder Tuesday and hung powerful floodlights
outside the orbiting outpost.
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Fort
Hood solider charged with murder
Associated Press
FORT
HOOD, Texas A 21-year-old soldier from Addison was formally
charged Tuesday in the death of a newlywed rap musician as well
as attacks on three other people, Army officials said.
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Bush
pushes for rights of violent crime victims
By SANDRA SOBIERAJ
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Victims of violent crime, too often an afterthought in the
courts, deserve a constitutional amendment guaranteeing their rights,
President Bush said Tuesday.
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Two more bodies, cockpit voice
recorder retrieved
Police
chief pleads for his job after denial of term
other briefs
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U.S.
offers Lindh lawyers al Qaeda interviews
By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA,
Va. Lawyers for John Walker Lindh should be given 13 summaries
of interviews with al Qaeda and Taliban detainees, but the material
should not be made public, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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TCU
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