Pacific Northwest to New England Hit by Widespread Showers and Storms
Forecast calls for showers across the Pacific Northwest and New England. Thunderstorms are expected from Montana to Nevada, Nebraska to Oklahoma, and along the Atlantic Coast from New York to North Carolina. Louisiana to Georgia also face storm activity.
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Pacific Northwest
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Nevada
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Georgia
New England
Atlantic
New York
North Carolina
Albany
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
Cody Little Rock
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Anchorage
Louisville
Asheville
Lubbock
Cody Atanta
Memphis
Miami Beach
Atlantic City
Austin
Midland-Odessa
Baltimor
St Paul
Birmingham
Nashville
Bismarck
New Orleans
Boise
New York City
Boston
Norfolk, Va
Brownsville
North Platte
Buffalo
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Charleston
Burlington, Vt
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N.C
Phoenix
Cheyenne
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Portland
Maine
Cincinnati
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Columbia
S.C
Columbus
Ohio
Rapid City
Concord
N.H
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Evansville
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P.R
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Wilkes-Barre
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Regional forecast for the area today and week
Today expect sunny skies and lower humidity with mid-70s highs. Tonight cools to the 50s. Monday sunny with upper 70s. Tuesday dry and warmer with highs in the 70s and 50s at night. Wednesday highs near 80 with 60s on the low. Yesterday’s Bluefield temps were 83/64. record highs 93 in 1923 and 37 in 1972.
Weather Snapshot for Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina
The report notes Virginia with partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers, highs in the 80s, cooler tonight with lows 50s to 60s. West Virginia sees partly cloudy, less humid conditions with highs in the 70s to lower 80s and cooler, mostly clear overnight. North Carolina becomes mostly sunny and drier in the west with highs in the 80s to around 90 and cooler tonight with lows 55 to 65.
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National Weather Service
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Soviet teen hijacks airliner with fake grenade
A Soviet 17 year old runaway hijacked a passenger plane with 121 people aboard using a fake grenade and forced it to land at an airport north of Stockholm. No one was hurt as the youth surrendered after the plane landed, claiming he fled the Soviet Union after being thrown out by his parents. The hijacker was described as not from a Baltic country and possibly ethnic Russian. The Arlanda incident was the first since 1977.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Soviet Union
Malin Engstedt
Swedish Board of Civil Aviation
Arlanda
Shooting continues after bullet hole found near Rest Stop
111 Lake Havasu City Ariz. shooting continued from A-1 with a bullet hole in Diddle's car at a rest stop near Bastian Va. Mattice said the driver who fired the gun faces unknown charges and the situation remains vague.
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Lake Havasu City, Ariz
Diddle
Bastian
Mattice
Police seek driver after Mercer County sighting
Law 33 Butte Montana said statements must be gathered to determine what occurred. Mattice noted police in Mercer County were asked to monitor the red car driver while a West Virginia dispatcher in Princeton could not confirm Mercer County search efforts.
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Mattice
Mercer County
West Virginia
Princeton
Million gallons spill as pipe breaks in Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara California more than one million gallons of water flowed from a broken main line for about three hours before containment. City officials linked the break to a highway project with a concrete support collapse beneath the pipe.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ter
Charlie Hench
California Transportation Department
Hench
Canada inches toward Meech Lake accord in Ottawa
Canadian leaders announced a tentative deal to salvage the Meech Lake amendment granting Quebec distinct society status. Newfoundland remained unhappy and may seek a referendum or province vote before the June 23 ratification deadline. Ottawa hosted seven days of private talks as premiers hailed a potential country building compromise.
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Toronto
Canada
Quebec
Newfoundland
Ottawa
Ontario
David Peterson
Clyde Wells
New Brunswick
Frank McKenna
Robert Bourassa
Peterson
Brian Mulroney
Meech Lake
Mexico El Salvador ease tension with economic cultural deals
Mexico and El Salvador signed a set of economic and cultural accords on Saturday to ease nearly a decade of tensions over El Salvador’s civil war. The agreements include restructuring El Salvador’s 77 million dollar debt to Mexico and boosting Mexican oil shipments by 50 percent from 8 000 to 12 000 barrels a day under a 1981 regional oil program. Also covered were cooperation in education industrial development and radio and television as relations remain strained since Mexico withdrew its ambassador in 1980 over a Mexican journalist’s killing. President Cristiani expressed optimism for a cease fire and peace talks with the FMLN by year’s end and integration of the group into politics with guarantees.
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Mexico City
Mexico
el Salvador
Alfredo Cristiani
Venezuela
France
San Salvador
Cristiani
FMLN
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Peru votes as Fujimori Vargas Llosa run for president
Peru prepares for a runoff between Alberto Fujimori and Mario Vargas Llosa amid violent Shining Path threats and frustration over 2000 percent inflation. About 10 million voters will cast ballots from 8 am to 3 pm as the winner takes office July 28. Inflation, devalued currency, and wage losses loom large in the campaign.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Democratic Front Coalition
Alberto Fujimori
Chang 90 Party
Aprista Party
Presiden
Alan Garcia
Lima
Peru
Shining Path
Andean Highlands
Eastern Seas
Fujimori
Vargas Llosa
Fri
Havel poised for victory in Czechoslovak election
Prague AP Klement Havel and dissidents near a solid win in Czechoslovakia’s first free election in 44 years. A top Christian Democrat leader faced accusations of STB ties and Jan Budaj admitted police cooperation, clouding the campaign.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
Havel
STB
Jan Budaj
Civic Forum
Public Against Violence
Christian Democratic Union
Public Against
Christian Democrat Union
Contras bid farewell to arms amid demobilization push
In El Almendro Nicaragua President Chamorro watches about 2,000 Contras hand in rifles as part of a symbolic last demobilization move. Officials say the May 7 process started earlier but the deadline may be missed due to weather and limited processing capacity.
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EL Almendro
Nicaragua
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
Miguel Obando Y Bravo
Santiago Murray
Organization of American States
Murray
Almendro
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