Last Week in the World of News

by Paul Moser assistant sports editor

02/2

California bombing arrest.

There was an arrest in the California bombing case. Last week there were two blasts in Vallejo, Calif. The bomb blasted a courthouse and a bank in the span of a week. The man, whose name is being witheld pending further investigation, was arrested yesterday in Vallejo.

02/2

Groundhog does not see shadow.

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow this weekend. signaling an early spring. There were nearly 20,000 people waiting to see the popular groundhog. The yearly event is a tradition in which the groundhog will emerge from the ground to signal either a longer winter or an early spring. The president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog club held Phil up to the jubilant crowd after he signaled an early spring.

Cl 2/3

Star Wars comes back.

"Star Wars" led the box office this past weekend with a record January opening of $36.2 million over the weekend. The re-release is what fans of the trilogy have been waiting a long time for and it showed at the ticket office. Tickets were hard to come by on the 2,104 screens around the nation.

With the re-release of the movie that grossed over $300 million in its first release, "Star Wars" stands in a good position to gross nearly $450 million in total sales by the end of the month.

0 2/3 Clinton compromises tax cuts.