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...prime-time, network TV for a chance to fly in space. An identical deal had just been inked by NBC, but the winner of that competition would be rocketing off to Russia's rust-bucket Mir space station. The new show's winner would be riding in comparative luxury aboard NASA's spanking new--if eternally under-construction--International Space Station...
...dead. It was first thought he had suffered a heart attack, but an autopsy later revealed he had died from injuries suffered at the hands of other passengers. Last week a U.S. Attorney decided to press no charges in the Aug. 11 event. But the mystery of what happened aboard Flight 1763 has not relented...
...lucrative retainer it is. In November 1997, Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican and Senate majority leader, and Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senator from Kentucky who believes unlimited campaign cash is a free-speech right, flew to Las Vegas aboard the jet of casino impresario Steve Wynn to attend a gaming industry G.O.P. fund raiser. The Republicans left with $100,000--the start of something big. Within a year, additional casino contributions would boost that sum to nearly $1 million...
...amazing what ego and arrogance can do? A perfect example is the acceptance by Russia's leaders of the loss of innocent sailors aboard the Kursk despite numerous offers of help from other countries. WILBUR KARIUKI Nairobi...
...astronaut Scott Altman live aboard the International Space Station...