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| Dec.4 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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High Court Ruling helps Bush Supreme Court set aside a ruling on hand-counted votes in Florida's presidential election
| Dec.5 |
Washington |
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Greenspan could cut rate
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New York |
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Nasdaq soars 10.5% Nasdaq get record gain, after Greenspan suggested the economy slowing enough to cut interest rates
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Washington |
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Anti-terrorist accord
| Dec.6 |
Moscow |
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U.S. man convicted on spy charges E. Pope has been found guilty of spying and sentenced to a 20-year jail
| Dec.7 |
Washington |
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Court ends hearing on Gore appeal
| Dec.8 |
Florida |
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Florida Court ordeed manual recount Bush is seeking court action to stop hand recount of 9,000 ballots
| Dec.9 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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High Court Stops Recounts Divided U.S. Supreme Court granted Bush's plea to halt hand recounts of ballots in Florida
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Moscow |
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Putin set to free U.S. spy President Putin has said he is likely to pardon E. Pope
| Dec.11 |
New York |
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Fast train Washington-Boston
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Florida |
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Space shuttle lands It helped space station to spred wings
| Dec.12 |
Ireland |
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Clinton tell N. Irish stay with peace Clinton says that only 3 or 4 issues remained to be overcome
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U.S. Supreme Court |
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Sup. Court sends case to Florida Supreme Court sends back recount case to state's Supreme Court. No recounting can resume any time soon
| Dec.13 |
Washington |
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Gore conceded race Republican Bush addressed the nation as the president-elect from the House chamber of the Texas | |
| Dec.14 |
Washington |
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AOL, Time Warner merger approved Companies agree to safeguard competition in high-speed Internet access
| Dec.16 |
Washington |
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Powell named as secretary of state Bush named former U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman as first African-American secretary of state
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Alabama |
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Tornado kills at least 10
| Dec.17 |
Washington |
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C. Rice to be national security adviser Map of White House USA Bush is expected to name Condoleezza Rice as his national security adviser and A. Gonzales as White House counsel. | |
| Dec.18 |
Washington |
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Bush receives enough electoral votes
| Dec.19 |
Washington |
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Mideast Peace Talks Start
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Naples |
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US warship visit diverted
| Dec.20 |
New York |
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Nasdaq: 20 months low Selling frenzy in the technology sector, downgrades, warnings | |
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Washington |
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Bush announces 3 Cabinet picks D. Evans as commerce secretary, M. Martinez as housing secretary, and A. Veneman as head of the Agriculture
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Washington |
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Clinton meet Mideast negotiators
| Dec.21 |
Washington |
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Progress at Mideast talks Clinton likely to step in after differences over Jerusalem's future may be diminishing
| Dec.22 |
U.S. Congress |
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Bush Names Attorney General
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England |
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Mystery around Madonna wedding No formal announcement hours after the wedding was scheduled
| Dec.23 |
Washington |
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Mideast Talks End Inconclusively Iisraeli and Palestinian negotiators meet with Clinton. Decision on summit hangs
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Philadelphia |
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Natural gas pipeline blast
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Niger |
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U.S. Embassy Employee Killed
| Dec.26 |
New England |
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7 co-workers killed Suspect of killing at a computer software firm to be arraigned on murder charges
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Texas |
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7 escaped linked to officer's death
| Dec.27 |
USA |
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Jones: Female Athlete of the Year
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USA |
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Winter storm, 14 died
| Dec.28 |
Texas |
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Enron Shares hit a record $84.87
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Washington |
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Rumsfeld to lead Pentagon Bush picks Ford veteran, former Defense Secretary as new Defense Chief | |
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USA |
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McVeigh can drop appeals
| Dec.29 |
USA |
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7 dead in shooting 4 people wearing masks burst into rowhouse where drugs were being sold
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Washington |
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Bush names 4 Cabinet members
| Dec.30 |
New York |
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Snowstorm in New York 14 inches of snow predicted
| Dec.31 |
Washington |
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Criminal Court Treaty Signed Treaty creates the first permanent criminal court for accused of the world's worst atrocities | |
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