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  • The Italian-born romance novel cover model joined nearly 6,000 others from 140 countries at LA Convention Center this week to take the Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen.
  • The airport authority received 8,700 noise complaints last year. What became clear is that most of the calls came from a single person. The Washington Post says the unnamed person called 6,500 times.
  • The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission wants to seize a 6-foot-long pet reptile — they say he's just too big. But he isn't a normal alligator says his owner, Mary Thorn of Lakeland, Fla.
  • There are nearly 6,500 troops and support staff deployed to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as part of the government's relief response to Maria.
  • In Erie, Penn., a man removed a 6- by 10-foot chunk of ice from the side of his house. He chipped it off, and it fell on him. Firefighters freed him after chipping away at the ice block.
  • Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Republican Michael Waltz, who will be representing Florida's 6th Congressional District.
  • Netflix has released its fourth quarter earnings for 2017, and among the impressive numbers are 110.6 million paid subscribers.
  • This week, a rocket bound for the International Space Station lifted off with 6,400 pounds of supplies. Along with the provisions, medical supplies and experiments, NASA astronauts will be getting a special care package with ice cream.
  • State attorneys general have been meeting in Washington today to discuss how to prevent church arson. President Clinton marked the occasion by designating 6 million dollars for 12 southern states, to help local police increase patrols at churches. NPR's John Nielsen reports. (2:30 11. X-33 DESIGN -- Robert talks with John Pike, the director of Space Policy Programs at the Federation of American Scientists, about NASA's X-33 project to design a new spaceship. Vice President Gore announced the winning design today, chosen from entries by three American aerospace companies.
  • 2: Segment of a reading by playwright/actor SAM SHEPARD. (NO REBROADCASTS ARE ALLOWED OF THIS READING). It took place at the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center in New York on October 6, 1994. SHEPARD has a new novel, "Cruising Paradise" (Knopf, published in May). SHEPARD has written more than 45 plays and appeared in sixteen films. In 1979 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his play "Buried Child."
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