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...climbed some of the world's tallest peaks, set records in ballooning and sailing and completed Alaska's 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race, lifted off from South Dakota's Black Hills early Monday and immediately ran into trouble. A faulty autopilot system, extreme cold and a dead heater left him with just three hours sleep in two days. Then the electrical and communications systems failed. As a pair of helicopters combed the region, Fossett changed course and headed for the Canadian Coast rather than risk landing in the frigid Bay of Fundy. Searchers soon discovered equipment the pilot...
DIED. BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN, 84, actress; of burns received while lighting a kerosene heater; in Augusta, Georgia. In 1937 the New York Times theater critic noticed "the extraordinary artistry of a high-stepping, little dusky creature who describes herself as Butterfly McQueen." Two years later, the world saw McQueen as Prissy, the comically incompetent slave in the film classic Gone With the Wind. Her panicked "Lawdy, Miz Scarlett. I don't know nothing about birthing babies!" became one of the most quoted lines in movie history--and in later years, a focus of criticism for fitting an "Uncle Thomasina" stereotype. Ironically...
General Motors will recall some 470,000 Cadillacs and pay an $11 million fine in what the Justice Department said was the first-ever court-ordered automobile recall. At issue: a computer chip, installed in 1991, that fixed a stalling problem by enriching the fuel when the heater or air conditioner was on. The resulting emissions were three times greater than allowed under the Clean Air Act. In announcing the recalls, Attorney General Janet Reno told a news conference, "It is simply not fair to burden people's health to improve the sales of automobiles." But Detroit bureau chief William...
...Tracy. She wears like five pairs in the winter. She also has orgasms about flannel sheets, but that's okay. When I get nosebleeds because it's 95 degrees in here, Tracy has her space heater cranked...
Huddled on a wintry day near the club's only heater, an ancient foot-long radiator, she points to the gallery of jazz greats' pictures that line the green felt walls. The subjects range from a threesome of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk (whom Lorraine discovered) to the hot young sax player Joshua Redman. Redman's upcoming Vanguard performances will be recorded for a CD-the latest of more than 100 recordings that have been made at the club over the years...