Missing Florida girl found alive after swamp search
Nadia Bloom, an 11 year old with Asperger syndrome, was found alive four days after vanishing near her Winter Springs home in a swamp. She was taken to a Longwood hospital for dehydration and insect bites. Police praised the rescue and noted her statements of gratitude to rescuers.
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Winter Springs
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Central Florida
Nadia Bloom
Longwood
Kevin Brunelle
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Nadia
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Jury orders Boy Scouts to pay 1.4 million
Jurors found the Boy Scouts of America negligent and awarded 1.4 million to Kerry Lewis for abuse by an assistant Scoutmaster in the early 1980s. The verdict also held the organization liable for punitive damages to be decided later.
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Boys Scouts of America
Portland
Irving
Kerry Lewis
Boy Scouts
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Papal aide defends silence on abuse cases linked to Benedict XVI
Berlin entrusted aide Georg Gaenswein argues the pope should not comment on every abuse case as new accusations surface from Ettal Monastery in Bavaria. Pfister cites hundreds of victims with monks and lay educators implicated, while a pedophile priest case in Munich Archdiocese recalls Ratzinger era handling.
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Berlin
Benedict XVI
Germany
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Munich
Ettal
Thomas Pfister
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Joseph Ratzinger
Georg Gaenswein
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Gaenswein
Vari
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Bishops Conferences
Catholic Church
Ratzinger
Essen
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Nebraska limits abortions to twenty weeks over fetal pain claims
Nebraska lawmakers passed a landmark 20 week abortion ban citing fetal pain. Governor Heineman planned to sign as supporters say late term abortion access will shrink, while opponents warn of constitutional challenges and potential nationwide impact.
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Lincoln
Neb
Dave Heineman
LeRoy Carhart
George Tiller
Kansas
Carhart
Tiller
Mark Parkinson
Nancy Northup
Center For Reproductive Rights
U.S. Supreme Court
Right To Life
Julie Schmit-Albin
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Eight Red Cross workers abducted in Congo by Mai Mai rebels
Eight aid workers including seven Congolese and one Swiss national were seized Friday near Fizi in South Kivu by the Mai Mai Yakutumba. Negotiations aim for their immediate release with no ransom demanded, as a Congo army spokesman says the capture seeks to shield rebel hideouts from an army assault.
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Red Cross
Congo
Fizi
Kivu
International Committee of the Red Cross
Swedish pilot fined for flying jets without license in Europe
A 41 year old Swedish man, Thomas Salme, was convicted in a Dutch court of flying passenger jets without a license and fined 2700 dollars. The prosecutor praised his piloting skill and noted the case was unprecedented in the Netherlands. End.
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Oude Meer
Netherlands
Europe
Thomas Salme
Mathieu Kronenberg
Bote Ter Steege
Salme
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