Ex-student arrested after Hillsdale High School explosion
A 17-year-old former Hillsdale High student in San Mateo was arrested after detonating two explosives on campus. Police said the suspect wore devices likely to cause grave damage and the school evacuated its 1,200 students.
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San Mateo
Calif
California
Hillsdale High School
Susan Manheimier
Anadarko
Okla
Oklahoma
Carol Daniels
Oklahoma City
Christ Holy Sanctified Church
Daniels
Turkeys Found Hoarding Cocaine In Peru Bust
Police in Tarapoto Peru stopped a San Martin bus after a crate of live turkeys appeared. Investigators found 4.2 pounds of cocaine in one turkey and 6.4 pounds in the other after a veterinarian detected a handmade seam and surgically implanted drug. Both birds survived the procedure.
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Lima
Peru
San Martin
Tarapoto
Otero Gonzalez
Probe into CIA interrogation tactics sparks criminal inquiry
The Obama administration opened a federal criminal probe into CIA detainee treatment, detailing threats to kill a suspect’s children and to force another to witness his mother’s sexual assault. Obama ordered future interrogations under Army Field Manual oversight, with FBI coordination and White House noninterference in investigators.
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Washington
Obama
George W. Bush
CIA
Barack Obama
FBI
White House
Eric Holder
Malawi child tobacco workers face lethal nicotine poisoning
Children in Malawi absorb up to two packs of nicotine daily while picking tobacco for global markets. Plan International reports 78 000 young workers, some as young as five, endure long hours in hazardous conditions with minimal pay and no protective clothing, risking brain changes and severe health effects.
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Kasungu
Malawi
Plan International
Blantyre
Children’s Rights
United States
MacDonald Mumba
Mumba
Last Column returned to New York ground zero site
The 58 ton 36 foot steel beam from ground zero was delivered to the World Trade Center site and placed near the planned National Sept 11 Memorial & Museum. Retired firefighter Lee Ielpi praised the moment as a symbol of rebirth while honoring victims and friends.
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New York
Trade Center
Lee Ielpi
Jonathan
Ielpi
World Trade Center
Americans urged to cut sugar intake now
Americans average about 22 teaspoons of added sugar daily with soft drinks and candy as top sources. The American Heart Association urges limits of 6 teaspoons for women and 9 for men, noting ready sources and label terms to watch like sugar, corn syrup, fructose, dextrose, molasses, or evaporated cane juice.
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Dallas
American Heart Association
Heart Group
Rachel Johnson
Johnson
University of Vermont
Burlington
Malaysian woman spared beer caning amid Ramadan
Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32 year old Malaysian mother of two, was reprieved from caning for drinking beer as religious authorities diverted to her family home during Ramadan. Advocates condemn the punishment while defenders uphold Islamic values.
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Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno
Karai
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Kartika
Shukarno Abdul Muttalib
Amnesty International
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Kabul
U.S
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Ryan Jenkins
British Columbia
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Probe
Justice Department
N.Y
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