
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 9, 1995                   TAG: 9504100059
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-15   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY ...

Fans paid homage to Kurt Cobain Saturday in Seattle, strewing flowers in makeshift arrangements and burning candles in a park next to the house where the lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana killed himself a year ago.

Former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke was fined $1,111 Friday for violating Louisiana's financial disclosure rules during his unsuccessful 1991 campaign for governor.

A satellite designed to provide uninterrupted service for cellular phone users throughout the United States was boosted into orbit Friday from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

The tire from a United Airlines 737 fell off just after takeoff Saturday from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, forcing the pilot to turn around and make an emergency landing. A United spokesman said a faulty wheel bearing caused the tire to fall off.

by CNB