Terrace collapse at Lake Erie winery kills two
A terrace at Lenz Winery on Middle Bass Island, Lake Erie, collapsed Saturday afternoon sending cement floor down 20 to 30 feet. Two people were confirmed dead with dozens injured as 80 to 100 people stood on the terrace. Emergency crews from Toledo, Cleveland and Bowling Green assisted. Coast Guard boats were at the scene.
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Middle Bass Island
Ohio
Lake Erie
Lenz
Port Clinton
John Blatt
Put-In-Bay
Coast Guard
Bernard Sandy
Toledo
Cleveland
Bowling Green
Missing Manado ferry fuels a hunt for 500 aboard
Families cling to rumors as Indonesian authorities hunt for a wooden-hulled ferry missing near Manado Sulawesi with almost 500 people aboard. A customs boat briefly sighted the vessel but the claim was unconfirmed. Cmdr Djoko Sudaryono led the search and urged continued checks on unverified sightings.
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Manado
Indonesia
Anx's
Sulawesi
Djoko Sudaryono
Sudaryono
Walter Matthau dies at 79 in Santa Monica
Actor Walter Matthau died of a heart attack at 1:42 a.m. at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. Co star Jack Lemmon mourned him as a great actor and friend. Matthau was survived by his wife Carol Marcus and three children from two marriages.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Walter Matthau
Oscar Madison
Matthau
St. John’s Health Center
Lindi Funston
Joe Montana
David Spade
Lou Gehrig
Montana
Cinnabar Hills Golf Club
Joe Meek
Los Altos Hills
Spade
Meek
U.S
Death sentence banned for children in Pakistan reforms
Pakistan's military government issued wide reforms raising the minimum age for the death penalty to 18. Children will not be beaten or chained in prison except when escape is feared, and physical labor is banned. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan cites thousands of under 18 inmates, with 2,500 held in Punjab and many awaiting trial.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Punjab
Mine kills nine Russian soldiers in Chechnya clash
Nine Russian soldiers died when an armored car struck a land mine during a convoy return from a five day firefight near Serzhen Yurt. Officials differed on whether the blast followed an ambush as fighting in Chechnya continued.
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Russia
Chechnya
Serzhen-Yurt
Avtury
Shali
Russian
Interior Ministry
Gennady Troshev
Ferguson plans move to Switzerland as royal ties ease
Biography magazine reports Sarah Ferguson will move to Switzerland this fall after her daughter Beatrice starts school in the term. Prince Andrew remains in England with their other daughter. The royal friendship thaw follows Ferguson's return to the royal guest list for Prince William's birthday.
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Switzerland
NEW York
Sarah Ferguson
Biography Magazine
Ferguson
Beatrice
Aris School
Prince Andrew
England
Duchess of York
Fergus
Prince William
Elian case could reshape immigration and custody law
After seven months the Elian Gonzalez dispute ended under parent rights rules. Experts say the case may prompt new ideas for handling unaccompanied children and custody standards, with calls to review procedures and possible minimum ages for asylum claims.
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Elian
Washington
Elian Gonzalez
Bernard Perlmutter
University of Miami
Children and Youth Law Clinic
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Miami
Perlmutter
Gonzalez
Cuba
United States
Neal Sennett
American Bar Association
Janet Reno
Reno
Indiana County Posts Ten Commandments Under New Law
Orange County officials in Paoli Indiana unveiled a Ten Commandments plaque on the courthouse steps as the new law took effect joining the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. The event drew about 300 people with renditions of God Bless America and scripture readings amid debate over possible lawsuits by the Indiana Civil Liberties Union.
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Charles W. Hall
Jerry Denbo
Indiana Civil Liberties Union
Kenneth Falk
Boy dies after being blown from pickup on highway
A 13 year old boy, Joshua Ryan Turner, died when a mattress in the back of his grandfather’s pickup was struck by wind from a passing 18 wheeler on a South Carolina highway. No charges filed. driver not charged as no contact occurred. Officials note South Carolina has no law against riding in the back of a pickup.
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Joshua Ryan Turner
State Highway Patrol
Johnnie Godfrey
Godfrey
James Turner
Purner
South Carolina
Turner
Pearl Jam mourns eight dead after Roskilde crush
At Roskilde Denmark the festival crowd surged forward leaving eight fans dead and 25 injured as mud and rain delayed the scene. Pearl Jam canceled July shows and expressed grief for the victims families. Victims ranged from 17 to 26 years old including Dutch German Swedish and Danish nationals. Police withheld further identifications pending relatives notified.
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Roskilde
Denmark
Pearl Jam
Werchter
Belgium
Rotterdam
Netherlands
South Carolina video gambling ends after Supreme Court ruling
The South Carolina Supreme Court halted a circuit ruling and allowed Henry Ingram to keep five Beaufort and Jasper county machines running until a statewide ban takes full effect. SLED reports 18 machines seized across York Greenwood Horry and Jasper counties. authorities will continue enforcement for a week until all machines are shut down.
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South Carolina
State Supreme Court
Jean ‘Toal
Gerald Smoak
Henry Ingram
Ingram
Charlie Condon
Beaufort
Jasper
Condon
High Court
York County
Greenwood County
Horry County
Jasper County
SLED
Robert Stewart
Smoak
Toal
Stewart
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