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December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 FOR THE RECORD (December 28, 1997): Location incorrect: An A-1 photo caption Saturday gave the incorrect location of the hotel where Washington State University coach Mike Price is staying during …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Financial losses at the U.S. Forest Service were significantly worse in fiscal year 1997 than the record-setting losses of 1996, according to preliminary figures released this week. Numbers crunchers outside …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 John Thaemert took over the care of his children, including 4-year-old Avery at far left, Ciera, 2, and Jerome, 7, after his wife, Julie got a full-time job. Photo by …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A1 Jerry Seinfled, center, shown with “Seinfeld” co-stars Michael Richards, left, and Jason Alexander, has decided this season will be the last for the hit comedy show. Photo by Associated Press

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 A wreath with a picture of bombing victim Frankie Merrill was hung at a memorial fence in Oklahoma City on Christmas Eve. Photo by Associated Press

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Ten years ago: Scores of Palestinian prisoners appeared before Israeli military courts in the first trials of several hundred protesters arrested in the “intefadeh,” or uprising, in the occupied West …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Friday’s Washington Triple Choice: 314. Friday’s Washington Keno: 1-5-9-31-33-34-36-37-38-39-52-60-64-68-6 9-70-7377-78-79.

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 In 1831: Naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. (Darwin’s discoveries during the voyage helped form his theories on evolution.) In 1900: …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A2 Members of the Penguin Club leave the frigid waters of the Niagara River at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, on Friday. About 20 ventured into the 37-degree water in the …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Kentucky’s first execution in 35 years was among 74 in the United States in 1997, a modern record. Led by Texas, 17 states executed condemned murderers, according to a year-end …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Two girls who helped rescue their elderly grandfather from a fire in his Northern Virginia home were rewarded Friday with an all-you-can-buy shopping spree to replace the clothing they lost …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Levon the wolf and Envy the mountain lion, both 8 months old, play together in their cage at The Nature of Wildworks in Topanga, near Los Angeles. Photo by Associated …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Interpol agents have doubled security to ensure that a child kidnapped from an Oregon couple in San Diego seven years ago does not see the woman who claimed to be …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 Arden Ewin confers with two of her sixth-grade math students on Dec. 11 at Booker T. Washington Middle School in Baltimore. Wein, 23, is a participant in the Teach for …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 A plane loaded with medicine and carrying a Santa Claus with Christmas gifts landed Friday in Iraq, the second U.N.-approved humanitarian aid flight to arrive in two days. Separately, the …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A4 It used to be kings and potentates who were big patrons of the arts, but in 20th-century America, private companies have found that supporting music and painting is good business. …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Mexican authorities announced Friday night that they had charged 16 men with first-degree murder in the killing of 45 people in a tiny village in southern Mexico. Attorney General Jorge …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A7 Health workers reported Friday the first evidence of probable human-to-human transmission of a new viral strain of influenza in Hong Kong, but said it was not necessarily a harbinger of …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 An employee of Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul changes the conversion rate of the Korean won against the dollar Friday. Photo by Associated Press

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 Five of 10 Japanese baseball players charged with income tax evasion pleaded guilty Friday at the first and only hearing of their trial. The five included Hiroki Kokubo, 26, the …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 The labor movement was stunned when Teamsters President Ron Carey was charged by a federally appointed board with winning an election tainted by irregularities and barred from the re-run contest. …

December 27, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A10 With only a handful of days left in the year, Boeing Co. will apparently miss its goal of capturing at least 60 percent of new orders for commercial aircraft. Analysts …