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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 2000
Page
10
Two Japanese tankers collided four miles off Wakayama causing a 3120 gallon heavy fuel oil spill. No injuries to 11 crew aboard Hozan Maru No 8 or Nissho Maru. Coast Guard dispatched 10 ships and two aircraft to contain the spill as it spread over several square miles.
Christine Prody, 25, told police Simpson 53 used a key to enter her Miami-Dade County home between midnight and 7 am, erased a message on her answering machine, and took a letter. She said the letter involved a mutual friend but she did not want to pursue charges.
A 4 year old boy was critically injured when trapped on Disneyland's Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin ride. Police said he was freed by Disneyland authorities and city Fire Department medics and remained hospitalized at UC Irvine Medical Center. Officials indicated no immediate sign of mechanical malfunction.
Former IRS collections officer Joseph B. Wilson Jr was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for money laundering wire fraud and filing false tax returns tied to funds his ex wife embezzled. The case notes remodeling a Eagle River home and $20,000 in furniture with stolen money.
Ten Cubans fleeing Cuba in a stolen crop duster ran low on fuel over the Gulf of Mexico and prayed as the Chips Dream cargo ship appeared on the horizon. Nine survived a crash into choppy waters. one died. Pilot Angel Lenin Iglesias Hernandez said Havana controllers offered no radio help. Six survivors were cleared to apply for US residency, while others received temporary humanitarian parole.
In Baghdad a Russian Tupolev 154 with five tons of medical supplies and 143 passengers landed without UN clearance, signaling a potential collapse of a decade of Iraq sanctions. A French plane had arrived a day earlier with doctors artists and athletes opposing the sanctions.
Carl Bernstein says the news media has become a freak show with less truth and context. He argues the Internet offers infinite space to move beyond bias and reach readers beyond press releases and sensationalism. He also notes the Web can level the political playing field.
Richland County officials say eight inmates face murder, kidnapping, conspiracy, and other counts in a failed escape that killed detention officer Alvin Glenn. Four defendants are charged with murder for choking and beating Glenn after surrounding him with handcuffs. The plot aimed to lift the guard’s car using a remote and scaled a 20 foot stack to the roof, with six inmates escaping before guards halted them.
Charleston County School District attorneys seek an injunction to stop mailing 180000 county tax bills that include a 90 mill rate the district says would cripple operations. If blocked, over a dozen governments may need to borrow or shut down. district faces a 6.8 million deficit by June 2001 under a 214 million budget.
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