Thursday, July 10, 1997

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The Headlines

Nevada Hits Tyson With Fine and Loss Of Boxing License

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I'll Be Missing You

Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112

#1 at the box office

$30,062,317

The must-have

Tamagotchi

On This Day

• In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

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• Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Nikola Tesla (1856)
• Marcel Proust (1871)
• Mahathir Mohamad (1925)
• John Calvin (1509)
• Alice Munro (1931)

Slang

Tech Check

Wi-Fi (802.11), Netflix (DVD Rental) & Toyota Prius (Hybrid).

Cost of Living (1995)