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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 2014
Page
12
Merriam Webster releases The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary with 5000 new entries including te and two letter words da gi po. Robin Pollock Daniel of NA Scrabble Association explains two letter words expand plays and word options for players advancing the game.
Pasadena police arrested 25 year old Roberto Alcaraz Garnica of San Diego after a fight at the Beyonce Jay Z Rose Bowl show. He allegedly groped a woman. during the altercation he bit off the tip of the boyfriend’s finger. Bail set at 100000. Ten others were arrested at the event drawing about 55000 fans.
In Ludian county near Kunming, a powerful earthquake killed at least 398 people and injured more than 1,800 as rescuers pulled survivors from wrecked homes. Thousands of structures collapsed and rain hampered efforts, with medical shortages and landslides complicating relief.
Residents report the eastern Ukrainian city is dying as the power grid fails the city government confirms. Fuel runs dry, stores empty, water unsafe, medicine scarce, and doctors send patients home while government forces tighten the ring around Luhansk, a major pro-Russian rebel stronghold. Mayor Sergie Kravchenko calls the situation unsustainable and warns citizens die daily. The population of over 400,000 shrinks as people flee amid bombardment and deprivation.
A passenger MV Pinak ferry capsized in central Bangladesh with hundreds aboard. Local media cited about 250 passengers, though exact numbers were unknown. At least two confirmed dead. 44 survivors swam ashore. Survivor Azizul Haque said high winds and current caused the vessel to list, prompting the captain to jump overboard as it sank. The river was rough and the boat crowded.
In Chobe National Park Botswana, a tourist teases a guide as elephants appear along a dusty road underscoring Botswana as a rare elephant refuge amid Africa where poaching wounds the continent. Poachers killed over 20,000 elephants in 2013 as demand for ivory grows, while Botswana's population estimates reach as high as 200,000, aided by stability and low human density despite rising habitat pressures.
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