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The Washington Times reported in February that since 1992 Washington, D.C., mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly has used public funds to retain Julie A. Rodgers-Edwards, a $65-an-hour makeup artist, to pretty up the mayor for all public appearances and photo and TV sessions. In March the Times reported that Rodgers-Edwards didn’t have the $45 cosmetology license the city requires, having never taken the proper tests.
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In January the U.S. Postal Service withdrew from circulation most of the 29-cent stamps honoring cowboy Bill Pickett that mistakenly pictured his brother Ben. To recover one outstanding stamp, which may be worth $1 million to collectors, the Postal Service offered the owner, Dan Piske of Bend, Oregon, 29 cents and a USPS coffee mug. Piske declined.
In August near Denver two Tarahumara Indians from northern Mexico, one age 55, finished first and second in the Leadville 100, the highest-altitude 100-mile race in this country. The Indians were the only runners not wearing conventional running shoes; both wore homemade sandals made from used automobile tires.
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In Commerce City, Colorado, in July a 39-year-old man riding a motorcycle on U.S. 85 was killed when a 40-pound dog fell off an overhead railroad bridge and landed on top of him, causing him to lose control of the cycle and collide with a truck.
