Next commander is manager who's 'putting money where mouth is'
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP He led NASA s shuttle Mir program during its crisis year and helped guide the international space station startup Now Frank Culbertson at 52 will become the station commander after arriving on Discovery on a crew swap mission He volunteered after another astronaut stepped aside and says I ve been advocating this for a long time and if I wasn t willing to do it myself I might as well quit Culbertson a former shuttle commander Navy pilot and astronaut since 1984 has little time in space but now faces a four month tour He led Mir missions and oversaw seven American astronauts living aboard Mir 1995 98 including the 1997 crisis year He will replace Yuri Usachev as space station commander and will with Dezhurov and Turin aboard until December
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Airline misroutes two unaccompanied children at two airports
Air carrier America West again placed two children traveling alone on the wrong flight, sending Krista Spears and her sister from Ontario to an unspecified airport while en route from Phoenix to San Diego. The sisters reached San Diego five hours late, and the airline apologized. America West also announced a policy shift to require nonstop only for unaccompanied minors after Sept. 10.
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Tropical Storm Barry Moves Toward Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Barry neared land on the Gulf Coast with warnings from the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters expected 8 to 10 inches of rain and isolated tornadoes as Panama City and Pensacola braced for potential flooding and high surf. Authorities urged evacuations for some island areas and moved personnel from Florida bases to safer locations.
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Drunken officer's van kills pregnant woman and two others
A drunken off duty police officer's van struck a family group crossing a street in New York killing Maria Herrera eight months pregnant, her sister Dilcia Pena and her son Andy. Herrera's baby boy died after delivery. Officer Joseph Gray was arrested, charged with drunken driving, manslaughter and related offenses.
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