1.   Ameritech also gave free phone cards to all convention delegates and press and has provided free Internet access as well as given away thousands of hats and pins.

2.   The ill-fated plant has been a drag on the local economy as high electric rates drove away thousands of jobs.

3.   Police early Wednesday dragged away thousands of demonstrators who staged a sit-in at a train station in hopes of blocking the storage of nuclear in Germany.

4.   Police early Wednesday dragged away thousands of demonstrators who staged a sit-in at a train station in hopes of blocking the storage of nuclear waste in Germany.