Cuban detainees seize warden and deputies in Louisiana uprising
In Martinville Louisiana negotiators worked to secure the release of two deputies and a warden taken hostage by five armed Cuban detainees during an uprising at the St. Martin Parish jail. The four hostages were held after 4 p.m. Monday with no injuries reported. One deputy was freed after six hours of talks.
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Jonne Ponce
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Prosecutor says scientist stole centuries of work
Wen Ho Lee pleads innocent as prosecutors describe a massive data theft at Los Alamos National Laboratory. FBI testimony claims Lee downloaded enough classified nuclear weapons files to fill a 134 foot stack and hid them on tapes, with seven missing. He remains jailed without bond awaiting trial on 59 counts.
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Wen Ho Lee
U.S
FBI
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lee
United States
Don Svet
Svet
Cecilia Chang
Lee Defense Fund
Chang
Wreckage of EgyptAir recovered in salvage effort
The Smit Pioneer led the second phase of EgyptAir Flight 990 salvage off Nantucket. A crane lifted debris and remains from 240 to 270 feet deep as investigators seek a cause for the Boeing 767 crash that killed 217.
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North Kingstown
R.L
EgyptAir
National Transportation Safety Board
Jim Hall
Nantucket
Hall
Smit Pioneer
Navy
Abstinence Focus Dominates US Sex Education Surveys
Two independent surveys show about a third of US schools emphasize abstinence only in sex education. The Kaiser survey found 34 percent of principals report abstinence as the main message, while the Guttmacher study found 35 percent of districts promote abstinence as the only option.
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Washington
Kaiser Family Foundation
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Cory Richards
Guttmacher
Richards
Activists With Christie Brinkley Attack Millstone 3 Nuclear Plan
Christie Brinkley joins New London opposition to storing more radioactive fuel rods at Millstone 3 in Waterford. Brinkley cites her Bridgehampton home 11 miles away and warns of a radioactive plume with only one hour to evacuate.
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Conn
Ann
Christie Brinkley
Brinkley
Bridgehampton
N.Y
Waterford
Long Island Sound
Sailor
Long Island
Shinn case testimony wraps up amid doubt casting
In Columbia Leslie Price wrapped her civil case against Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn, testifying that he lured her to his home in September 1997 and assaulted her. Shinn’s attorney challenged her prior statements about a second man, Michael Angelette, with Price admitting a sexual relationship but denying sex with Angelette the night in question.
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Charlotte Hornets
George Shinn
Price
Shinn
Tega Cay
William Diehl Jr
Michael Angelette
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