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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 2008
Page
7
Residents of Big Sur were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire jumped a fire line and threatened more homes. Evacuees fled in packed cars along Highway 1 while sheriff's deputies urged departure by late afternoon.
Paul House, 46, freed from Nashville prison after nearly 23 years as an anonymous donor paid bail. He faces an October retrial in the 1985 killing of Carolyn Muncey after DNA evidence undermined his conviction. He celebrated with a candy bar and a soda.
Vermont State Police report the body of 12 year old Brooke Bennett found in Randolph shortly before 5 p.m. Col James Baker confirms the identification and notes the family has been notified.
A 30-year-old Palestinian laborer driving a yellow Caterpillar front loader went on a deadly rampage in central Jerusalem. Three people were killed and more than 45 wounded as crowds fled. Investigators say the attacker acted alone, though three militant groups claimed responsibility. The incident marks a rare major violence spike in four months.
Samuel Israel III, a 48 year old hedge fund executive who faked his death to avoid prison, surrendered to Southwick police in Massachusetts after a three week disappearance. He appeared in Springfield federal court, where a judge ordered him sent back to New York to serve a 20 year sentence for conspiracy and fraud related to the Bayou funds collapse. Authorities say his mother helped broker the surrender and he had been hiding at RV parks and rest areas.
In a daring operation in Colombia, government spies deceived leftist rebels to release presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. contractors without a shot fired. Betancourt, abducted six years earlier, appeared healthy as she stepped from a military plane and embraced her mother, reiterating her presidential ambition.
In Qingdao a vast algae bloom covers about one third of the bay where the top sailors will compete in the upcoming Olympics. Athletes nicknamed it the blob and describe it as landlike. U S team member Came Howe assists with algae removal during practice, dipping her hand into the water to clear the rudder.
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