Earthweek Highlights Global Health and Natural Events
The diary notes 210 deaths from a Marburg outbreak in Angola with no end in sight. It covers earthquakes in Guatemala and Sumatra, volcanic alerts near Java, a butterfly migration in California, Japan’s whaling plans, Chernobyl fallout decline in Belarus, Sahara crocodile survivors in Mauritania, and Iowa temperature extremes.
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Tehran
California
San Diego
Autograph Chance Softens Speeding Stop for Lewis
Emmanuel Lewis the Webster child star received a courtesy warning for speeding in Warwick Georgia after he stopped for a photo and autograph with Officer Ron Kirk and Police Chief Randy Howard Jr. The vehicle was clocked at 70 mph in a 45 mph zone.
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Associated Press
Emmanuel Lewis
Webster
Warwick
Ron Kirk
Georgia
Kirk
Lewis
Albany
WALB
Randy Howard Jr
Notable birthdays today for Roy Clark and Emma Thompson
Country icon Roy Clark and actress Emma Thompson mark birthdays today alongside musicians Dave Edmunds Samantha Fox Ed O'Brien and Emma Watson. The list highlights diverse performers with careers spanning country to film and rock.
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Roy Clark
Dave Edmunds
Emma Thompson
Samantha Fox
Ed O’brien
Radiohead
Emma Watson
Phoenix checks into rehab to fight alcohol problem
Joaquin Phoenix voluntarily admitted himself to an undisclosed rehab facility two weeks ago to address his alcohol issue. His publicist said the 29 year old star felt uncomfortable with his lifestyle and hopes his decision will inspire others with the disease to seek help. River Phoenix’s death from a drug overdose in 1998 is noted in context.
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Knight Ridder
Joaquin Phoenix
Phoenix
Susan Patricola
River
Hollywood
Johnny Cash
Reese Witherspoon
Williams Poem Blue Song Found From Despair at WashU
Tennessee Williams wrote a 17 line poem titled Blue Song in 1937 while a student at Washington University in St Louis. The piece was found in a Greek final exam booklet by Henry Schvey a Williams scholar and acquired by the university. The poem reflects Williams despair and includes lines about meeting on a street and recalling birthplace.
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Knight Ridder
Tennessee Williams
Washington University
St. Louis
Williams
Henry Schvey
Faulkner House Books
New Orleans
Spears and Federline to Star in UPN Reality Premiere
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline announce a May 17 UPN reality show premiere. The one hour special will cover their courtship engagement and wedding with home videos and new footage as the couple prepares for Spears pregnancy reveal.
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Associated Press
Britney Spears
Kevin Federline
UPN
Spears
Federline
Dawn Ostroff
Notable Deaths Include Chen Yifei and Kalman Ferenczfalvi
Chen Yifei 59 of Beijing a leading contemporary moviemaker and artist died Sunday from severe intestinal bleeding. Kalman Ferenczfalvi 84 of Budapest credited with saving about 2000 Jews during the Holocaust died April 8. Clifton Kelly 87 of Sebring Florida a judge who returned from retirement to review a farm worker poisoning case died Tuesday. Frederick Clinton Branch 82 of Philadelphia the first Black commissioned Marine Corps officer died Sunday.
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Associated Press
Chen Yifei
Beijing
China
Clifton Kelly
Sebring
Fla
Frederick Clinton Branch
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Kalman Ferenczfalvi
Budapest
Hungary
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Anamosa
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Vostok
Earth Environment Service
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