Vallejo girl escapes kidnapper and is saved by police
Eight year old Midsi Sanchez broke free from a stranger in Vallejo after she untied a chain from her ankle and escaped from a car. She flagged down a truck driver shouting I ve been kidnapped and was taken to Santa Clara for protection. Police arrested Curtis Dean Anderson in San Jose, a man with prior kidnapping and weapon convictions. She had been abducted near her home on Thursday and slept in the car before escaping on Saturday. Police praised her instincts and the support of family and community as she returned home to cheers from over 100 well wishers.
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CIA exhibts Hollywood spy gadgets at Langley
The CIA hosts a private display of spy film props and memorabilia from the 1960s including Maxwell Smart’s shoe phone and the The Man From U N C L E pen. The exhibit, from Danny Biederman’s collection, is limited to cleared employees through year’s end.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Maxwell Smart
Robert Vaughn
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Danny Biederman
Biederman
Napoleon Solo
Vaughn
Tom Crispell
Taiwanese leader makes quiet stopover in Los Angeles
Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian arrives in Los Angeles for a low profile overnight visit as part of a two week tour. Beijing protests the stop and U S officials face criticism for pressuring lawmakers to avoid meetings during his stay.
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Chen Shuibian
China
House International Relations Committee
Clinton
Chen
Caribbean
Central America
Africa
Taiwan
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U.S
Sam Gejdenson
Connecticut
International Relations Committee
Santa Monica
Calif
Gejdenson
State Department
White House
Congress
Beijing
Lee Teng-hui
Washington
America
Dana Rohrabacher
R-Calif
Associated Press Television Network
Army reinforcements join Montana wildfire fight
Hundreds of evacuees returned home as crews pressed containment on Montana fires. A team of 79 firefighters from Australia and New Zealand joined line supervision efforts. Fire totals included 76 active blazes across 12 states burning about 869000 acres with 2400 homes threatened.
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New Zealand
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Boise
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Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
South Dakota
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Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Helena
Elkhorn Mountains
Larry Humphrey
Bitterroot Valley
Missoula
Hamilton
Mike Odegard
Ex C R man sees effects out West
Bret George 33 of Missoula Montana, a former Cedar Rapids resident, describes smoke and evacuations near Glacier National Park as wildfires touch the state. He owns rental property in Bitterroot and prepared by sprinklers and removing photos. Military units from Fort Hood and Camp Pendleton assist regional fire lines.
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Issoula, Mont
Cedar Rapids
Montana
Bret George
Missoula
Mont
Glacier National Park
George
Kennedy High School
Peggy Newmire
Michael George
Bitterroot
Montana Business Capital Corp
Fort Hood
Texas
Idaho
Camp Pendleton
Calif
North Korea signals reset with U.S. if terror list is lifted
Kim Jong Il said Pyongyang would open ties with the United States immediately if North Korea is removed from the U S list of state sponsors of terrorism. Yonhap cited the remark during a meeting with South Korean media executives in Pyongyang.
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