Northeast Storm Knocks Out Power Across Region
More than a quarter-million homes and businesses remained without electricity as a weekend storm unleashed hurricane force wind gusts. Wind slowed to about 30 mph with a 77 mph gust recorded in Rochester while temperatures plunged in western New York and the Upper Midwest. Utility crews race to restore power to 160,000 upstate New York customers after Friday’s peak outages.
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Rochester
N.Y
Weather Service
Midwest
New York
Hayward
Wis
Upper Midwest
Arkansas
Merck Wins First Federal Vioxx Case in New Orleans
A jury ruled Merck not liable for the death of 53 year old Richard Irvin who had a heart attack after taking Vioxx for under a month. Irvin’s family testified his health was excellent prior to the attack. Merck argued age gender and diet raised heart attack risk and noted Irvin’s other factors. The verdict followed two other Vioxx cases in court with mixed results.
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New Orleans
Merck & Co
Florida
Merck
Richard “Dickey
Irvin
Ashley Irvin
Richard Irvin III
Top Disney designer to leave his post
Marty Sklar, a key theme park designer at Walt Disney Imagineering, will step down from his executive role after 30 years to become ambassador. He helped create The Enchanted Tiki Room It's a Small World and Space Mountain as a confidant of Walt Disney.
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Los Angeles
Walt Disney
Marty Sklar
Walt Disney Imagineering
Walt’s Knee
Jim Cora
Disneyland International
Sklar
Disneyland
Experts warn new development heightens flood risk nationwide
Researchers say concentrated growth in flood prone areas of Missouri California and other states raises the odds of New Orleans style flooding. In California's delta region Sacramento San Joaquin and cities like Stockton officials warn two thirds chance of levee failure within 50 years.
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U.S
ST. Louis
Missouri
California
Gateway Arch
Adolphus Busch IV
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Family
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance
Dallas
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Omaha
Neb
Sacramento
Calif
Gerald Galloway
University of Maryland
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
Galloway
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Stockton
Jeffrey Mount
University of California, Davis
Mount
San Francisco
California Department of Water Resources
O’Connor Retirement Leaves Ginsburg as Lone Woman on Court
The article notes Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement leaves Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the court’s only woman. It contrasts their styles, recalls their mutual respect, and explains political differences as Samuel Alito arrives to hear his first cases. It also cites Ginsburg’s hope for another female appointee and ongoing shifts on the bench.
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O’connor
Ginsburg
Supreme Court
Washington, D.C
Sandra Day O’connor
High Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bush
Harriet Miers
Samuel Alito
Kathleen Peratis
Women’s Rights Project
American Civil Liberties Union
Cheney hunting tale full of discrepancies
The article tracks days of shifting explanations after Vice President Cheney wounded Harry Whittington while quail hunting in Texas. It notes initial blame on Whittington for not signaling his presence, then Cheney’s denial of fault, and later admission of a beer at lunch with no evidence of intoxication.
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Cheney
Washington, D.C
Dick Cheney
Eric Dezenhall
Harry Whittington
Quail
Texas
Hunter Cheney
Katharine Armstrong
Whittington
White House
Bush
Scott McClellan
Armstrong
Harry
Kenedy County
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Militants Strike Nigerian Delta Halting Oil Exports
Militants attacked oil sites across Nigeria's Niger delta on Saturday seizing nine foreigners including three Americans. Shell reported damage at the Forcados terminal and a fire at a western delta platform, cutting exports by about 20 percent and stopping 400000 barrels per day, with an additional 115000 barrels daily shut off as a precaution. No casualties were reported.
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Warri
Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell
Forcados
Shell
Donald Boham
Atlantic
Africa
United States
Explosion wounds at least 20 in Jolo Philippines
An explosion at a karaoke bar near a Philippine army camp on Jolo island wounded at least 20 people. American troops involved in Balikatan joint exercises were reported unharmed. Security is tight as Abu Sayyaf links raise terrorism concerns ahead of two week drills.
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Jolo
Philippines
Jolo Island
Aus
Mark Zimmer
Abu Sayyaf
Manila
U.S
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Niger Delta
Tehran
Iran
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Iraq
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Esteshadion
Khajeh Nasir University
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