Orphanage plans tied to Haiti quake predate arrest
AP reports that six months before the earthquake Laura Silsby and others planned to open New Dominican Life Children's Refuge in Gaspar Hernandez Dominican Republic for orphans. Documents show intent to build an orphanage clinic and two schools. Six months later detention in Haiti continued amid investigations.
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Cabarete
Jose Hidalgo
Associated Press
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Hidalgo
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Charisa Coulter
New Dominican Life Children’s Refuge
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United States
IRS attack tied to long protest tax defier movement
AP reports Joseph Stack’s fatal plane attack on an IRS building reflects a broader, decades long protest movement against tax laws. Experts note activists and high profile figures have promoted voluntary or loophole based tax resistance, with the Justice Department’s National Tax Defier Initiative aiming to coordinate prosecutions.
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Joseph Stack
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Austin
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Mark Potok
Southern Poverty Law Center
FBI
Concordia Sinks After Microburst Capsizes Off Brazil
Captain and 63 others including 42 Canadian students abandon ship as a microburst downs Concordia in 15 seconds near Brazil's Atlantic coast. Survivors say they rode out heavy seas for about 48 hours before rescue by merchant ships. 12 rescued docked in Rio de Janeiro aboard a Brazilian navy vessel.
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Associated Press
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