Crumbling hillside forces La Conchita residents to flee
Seaside hamlet La Conchita California saw nine homes destroyed as a rain soaked slope collapsed, forcing over 100 residents to evacuate. Some returned briefly Sunday with 15 minutes to gather belongings as the hillside shifted anew. No injuries or missing persons reported.
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Space shuttle Endeavour nears quarter mark in long mission
NASA reported Endeavour and its seven crew members including four astrophysicists reached the one fourth point in a planned 1514 day flight while peering about 200000 light years toward a nearby galaxy. Astronauts Parise and Durrance have to manually adjust a drifted ultraviolet telescope system due to a suspected software bug.
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Rain chances rise into the weekend
Tonight and tomorrow bring higher rain chances with 50 percent and 60 percent probabilities respectively. Yesterday peaked at 53 degrees with a low of 46, while the record highs and lows remain 86 and 21. Sunset is at 6:28 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow comes at 6:50 a.m.
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Russian Forces Move to Secure Key Road in Chechnya
Russian troops seized a road 20 miles west of Grozny on the Rostov Baku highway after air strikes and artillery, signaling a possible ground assault in southwestern Chechnya. Civilians suffered as 17 died and 53 were wounded in overnight raids on Dyshni Vedeno and Kharachoi, with nine other villages hit.
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ING to acquire Barings in Dutch takeover deal
ING Group of the Netherlands agreed to buy Barings PLC retaining 4000 staff and the Barings name. The bid beat ABN Amro and Smith Barney and aims to resolve Barings’ collapse caused by trader Nick Leeson. ING plans a 1.06 billion infusion to resume trading in 23 countries.
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Simpson Lawyers Regroup After Slumping Star Witness
In Los Angeles, O J Simpson defense lawyers regroup as credibility concerns and costs loom. The cross examination of Detective Tom Lange resumes as prosecutor witnesses prepare, while a tense dispute over Rosa Lopez threatens to derail alibi testimony for Simpson.
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