Passers-by Rescue Baby From Submerged Car in Creek
In Ballston New York passers by pulled a 9 month old Cassidy Hale from a car sinking in a creek CPR was started as frigid water poured into the vehicle Emergency crews revived the child and she was flown to Albany Medical Center Hospital All were due to be released today Cassidy father Clarence Hale and mother Connie Delaney treated for injuries and hypothermia.
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N.Y
Cassidy Hale
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Clarence C. Hale
Cassidy
Connie L. Delaney
Pinochet cleared to return home after exile fight
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet won freedom after 16 months under arrest in Britain. UK officials ruled he was mentally unfit for trial in Spain on human rights abuses and could return home. Spain would not appeal, though other extradition requests remained possible. The case set a precedent on immunity from prosecution for retired leaders.
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London
Augusto Pinochet
Britain
Spain
Luis Cortes
Pinochet Foundation
Santiago
Pinochet
Serbs Drive Back Albanians in Kosovska Mitrovica
Serbs repelled the first Kosovo Albanian groups as they attempted to cross a footbridge to their homes on the Serb side of Kosovska Mitrovica. UN officials said they would continue plans to return Albanians to unite the city, with 43 families set to return as NATO peacekeepers opened the bridge. In another incident Serbs surrounded a platoon of U.S. soldiers for six hours in eastern Kosovo demanding a Serb suspect be handed over.
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Kosovska Mitrovica
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Kirsten Haupt
U.S
Jobless claims signal tight labor market in week
Washington reports 275000 new unemployment claims for the week ending February 26, up 6000 from the prior week. The four week moving average slid to 284000, the lowest since February 12, as economists warn rising wages and benefits could feed inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Surprise Omits Highlight Brooks At ACM Nominations
Nashville AP notes Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw received seven nominations while Brooks was left out after promoting his Chris Gaines pop project in 1999. The story contrasts pop crossovers with country award recognition.
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Tenn
Garth Brooks
Tim McGraw
Brooks
Chris Gaines
Pittsburgh area hostage rampage leaves two dead
Ronald Taylor, 39, carried out a shooting spree after an angry confrontation at a Wilkinsburg apartment. He killed two people and wounded three others before police arrested him after two hours, holding hostages at a senior hospice and freeing a day care center.
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Wilkinsburg
John DeWitt
Ronald Taylor
Taylor
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DeWitt
Pittsburgh
Gerald Brewer
John Fisher
Six year old boy in Mount Morris Township school shooting
In Mount Morris Township Michigan a 6 year old boy who brought a handgun to a school killed a first grade classmate Kayla Rolland according to authorities. The boy lived in a troubled home with an jailed father and a mother elsewhere with court ordered custody to a maternal aunt. Prosecutor Arthur Busch said the shooting was an accident and not likely charged.
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Mich
Arthur Busch
Kayla Rolland
Tamarla Owens
Cedric Owens
Robert’ Pickell
Owens
Busch
Baby born in tree as Mozambique floods loom
Sophia Pedro gave birth to a girl named Rositha in a treetop as floodwaters stranded thousands in central Mozambique. A medic lowered from a helicopter cut the umbilical cord and ferried mother and child to safety, part of a large rescue effort by South African helicopters in Gaza province.
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Mozambique
Sophia Pedro
Pedro
Jaca Klopper
Gaza
Save
Rositha
Chris Berlyn
Stewart Back
Berlyn
Godfrey Nongavela
Nongovela
Judge tosses blood test in DUT drunken driving case
Richland County judge voided the four year old case against former prosecutor Jim Anders after ruling the blood sample may have been tampered with. Trooper Herring testified the vial was wax sealed. records show it was taped when handed over next day.
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Richland County
Magistrat Samuel Peay
Jim Anders
Craig Herring
Providence Hospital
Herring
Bradley Gore eye crucial New York primary
After red eye flights from California, Al Gore and Bill Bradley shift focus to New York and its pivotal primary next week. Bradley faces a high-stakes race amid losses. supporters say he could be out if he loses New York, while Gore enlists targeted radio ads and campaigns in the city.
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N.Y
California
al Gore
Bill Bradley
New York
Bradley
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Edward I. Koeh
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GOP candidates trade jabs in heated Los Angeles warm up
John McCain vows to move past religion disputes while George W. Bush needles him over education. Gary Bauer criticizes an ill advised speech linking religious-right leaders to left figures. Bush forecasts more primary wins as McCain dismisses predictions as unreliable in a tense campaign ahead of tonight's debate.
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Louis Farakhan
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