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Nykesha Sales's basketball career at University of Connecticut ends when magnetic resonance imaging test confirms that she ruptured right Achilles tendon during game against Notre Dame last week (M)
Article profiles La Boulangerie Bakery of Newark, NJ, operated by Malaysian immigrants Jeffrey Ow, Jo Ong and David Arumugum; bakery features French delicacy brioches; photo (M)
Number of prostitutes on New York City's streets has thinned, due in large part to surge of Disney-style family entertainment in Times Square and city's assault on 'quality of life' crimes; while business may be less visible, it is no less prevalent since Internet, pagers, cellular phones and subterfuges like escort services have enabled more discreet forms of prostitution to thrive beyond reach of street-level crackdown; as police have forced prostitutes to change tactics, city's resurgence as destination for conventioneers and tourists has expanded demand for prostitution; photo (M)
United Artists and its controlling investor, Merrill Lynch & Co, and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst offer conflicting accounts of collapse of deal for leveraged-buyout firm to acquire nation's third-largest theater chain; collapse slows Hicks, Muse's joint effort with Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co to gain savings by building dominant company in fragmented industry (M)
Vast and growing audience of teen-age girls is emerging as most powerful demographic factor driving success of some films and other entertainment offerings; audience is also getting younger, starting as early as 8 or 9; girls often see favorite films repeatedly, attending in packs; photos (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 18, 1998, covering February 23, 1998.
Soundtrack
Pearl Jam
Celine Dion
Spice Girls
Usher
1998Philip Abbott, American actor and director (born 1924)[†]
Philip Abbott was an American character actor. He appeared in several films and numerous television series, including a lead role as Arthur Ward in the crime series The F.B.I.
1998In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.[†]
On February 21–23, 1998, a devastating tornado outbreak affected portions of the Southeastern United States, primarily the U.S. state of Florida. It was the deadliest tornado event in Florida history. In all, 15 tornadoes touched down, one of which was long lived and tracked for nearly 40 miles (64 km). Affecting mainly the Interstate 4 (I-4) corridor of Central Florida, including the Greater Orlando area, the tornadoes—among the strongest ever recorded in Florida—produced near-violent damage, killed 42 people, and caused 259 injuries.
In 1998, the world population was approximately 6,007,066,690 people[†]