Hurricane Alex brushes North Carolina coast
Hurricane Alex brushed the North Carolina coast cutting power to thousands and flooding Hatteras Island while sparing a direct landfall. Winds surged to near 100 mph near midday with the eye passing Cape Hatteras. No injuries were reported. The National Guard was deployed along parts of the coast.
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Cape Hatteras
Mike Easley
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Data recorders urged for all passenger vehicles
Federal safety officials call for mandatory event data recorders after the Santa Monica crash that killed 10 and injured 63. The NTSB says the 86 year old driver pressed accelerator and the investigation was hindered by his refusal to testify.
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Letourneau to be released from prison after seven years
Mary Kay Letourneau, 42, the teacher convicted of child rape for the seduction of a sixth grader, is scheduled for release today from a women’s state prison near Gig Harbor after serving seven years. The text also oddly describes a space rocket stage and a Mars mission.
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Mary Kay Letourneau
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Spacewalkers Install Devices for Cargo Ship Line
Spacewalkers Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke set up laser reflectors and antennas for a new cargo carrier at the International Space Station during their third spacewalk in a month. They also added fresh science experiments and completed the work in about 4.5 hours.
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International Space Station
Gennady Padalka
Mike Fincke
Militants Killed in Daylong Afghan Border Battle
Afghan and U S troops backed by warplanes killed as many as 50 militants in a daylong clash near the Pakistan border in Khost province. At least one Afghan soldier was killed and three wounded in the fighting.
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Pakistan
al-Qaida
U.S
Washington
Kabul
Afghanistan
Khost
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