Divers recover remains as search focuses on wreck
Relatives urge France for technical aid while 230 killed and 116 still missing. Navy divers in 100 feet of water comb tangled wires over the fuselage as Coast Guard vessels collect debris. Dozens of funerals proceed in New York and Montoursville as families await word of identified bodies.
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France
New York
Patrick Gautrat
Suffolk County
Francis
Ray Downing
New York City Fire Department
Coast Guard
Rhode
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City
Jill Ann Ziemkiewicz
Montoursville
Monica Cox
Jeff Bohlin
Michelle
Flight of fancy continues with Wet Shop note found
A Wet Shop item in Charleston recounts Jenny Fennessy finding a balloon seven miles off the coast after a day of diving. Jenny writes back to Conti, receiving a letter and a color Wet Shop T-shirt. She says she is amazed a reply came after months.
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Charleston
Wet Shop
Jenny
Ms. Fenessy
N E waits for response on letter to state officials
New Ellenton officials say state officials ignored requests for help with the system. Nations Bank attorneys are researching the letter to determine a future course. Councilman Bradham says the town will wait on state action and responses.
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Nations Bank
Draine
New Ellenton
James Bradham
Court ruling on used nuclear fuel upholds DOE shift
The decision does not affect the Savannah River Site for now says DOE spokesman Jim Giusti. A federal appeals court ordered DOE to take responsibility for fuel from reactors nationwide within 18 months. DOE cites no commercial spent fuel mission at SRS and notes no arena for such material yet. About 30,000 tons of spent fuel exist nationwide with no permanent storage anticipated before 2010.
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Savannah River
Jim Giusti
US Department of Energy
DOE
Department
Giusti
SRS
Hijackers Seized Air Algerie Jet Resolved by Security Forces
In Algiers western airport a gunman hijacked an Air Algerie Boeing 767. Security forces overpowered him. all 232 passengers were released. The hijacking occurred about 9 a.m. local time and was described as resolved after roughly five and a half hours. The motive remained unknown amid ongoing insurgency violence in Algeria.
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Algiers
Algeria
Air Algerie
Interior Ministry
Air France
Marseille
France
Beasley relaxes SC welfare rules with federal plan
South Carolina Governor David Beasley agrees to adopt the federal welfare reform version, ending the strict two year cutoff and extending benefits with exemptions. The compromise allows indefinite extensions if beneficiaries cannot find work, while maintaining job requirements for continued aid.
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Columbia
David Beasley
South Carolina
Beasley
Clinton
Michael Kharfen
Federal Office of Health and Human Services
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