Monday, December 1, 1997

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The Headlines

Who Cares About a Few Degrees?

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Candle in the Wind 1997" /"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"

Elton John

#1 at the box office

$11,292,933

The must-have

Tamagotchi

On This Day

• In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.

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• Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opens fire at a group of students in Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing three and injuring five.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Pablo Escobar (1949)
• Georgy Zhukov (1896)
• Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
• Sebastián Piñera (1949)
• Hasan ibn Ali (624)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1995)