Chilean Funeral Protests End in Tear Gas and Fire
Police used tear gas and water cannons to break up about 2,000 mourners at a funeral march for Rodrigo Rojas de Negri and the 19 year old victim set alight during an anti-government demonstration. Witnesses cited an army patrol as responsible. the Human Rights Commission noted a second torching in Valparaiso. Rojas had returned from the United States after years abroad and died from burns suffered in the attack.
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Santiago
Chile
Human Rights Commission
Commission
Jorge del Piconn
Mario Antonio Araya Marchant
Valparaiso
Renaca
Rodrigo Rojas de Negri
Augusto Pinochet
Maximo Pachecon
The
Rights Commission
Rojas
Washington, D.C
Pinochet
Palm Springs Quake Aftershocks Subside. 51 Homes Damaged
A sequence of aftershocks from a Tuesday earthquake damaged or destroyed 51 homes and knocked out a power station in Riverside County. 29 people were hurt, one critically, as investigators search for the cause of a roof collapse at a coal mine. Separate: Harvard researchers report carotene may shrink mouth tumors in hamsters, signaling potential human cancer implications.
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Palm Springs
Calif
California
Riverside County Fire Department
Tom Ramsey
Boston
Harvard University
Gerald Shklar
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Southeast swelters as temperatures top 100 again
The region endures a fourth day of extreme heat with readings above 100 in Georgia and the Carolinas. Heat index reaches 105 to 115 as drought tightens water supplies and energy demand spikes across utilities.
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Georgia
Carolinas
National Weather Service
Southeast
Missouri
Augusta
Charleston
S.C
Columbia
Macon
Savannah
Norfolk
Asheville
N.C
Goldsboro
Weather Service
Atlanta
Jim Curtis
Greer
Mason-Dixon Line
Richmond
Washington
Dulles International
United Airlines
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Ohio
Indiana
New Jersey
New York
Salvation Army
Owensboro
John Bledsoe
Canon
Johns Hopkins study finds teen pregnancy drop with prevention program
A three year Johns Hopkins University study shows pregnancy rates declined among Baltimore teens in schools with a prevention program while rates rose in non participating schools. Girls delayed first sex and increased birth control use, indicating programs do not spur activity and may extend abstinence. A separate report notes a coal mine roof collapse in Waltonville Illinois killed three supervisors buried 780 feet underground.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Laurie Schwab Zabin
Zabin
Waltonville
Ill
Free
Picket planned over witch speaker at San Jose library
Parents plan to picket a "Meet a Real Witch" program at the San Jose public library after opponents, including Alan Peters, criticize inviting a witch to speak on magic spells and rituals for teenagers. They say the move compounds perceived school prayer bans and unfair treatment.
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San Jose
Calif
Alan Peters
Christian Community Center
Study links many SIDS deaths to parental causes in NYC
A New York City based study of 26 sudden infant death cases finds evidence of accidental deaths due to suffocation overbundling and other parental factors in most cases. Researchers led by Dr. Millard Bass publish in the New England Journal of Medicine, with cautions from peers about nationwide generalization.
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Boston
New York City
Millard Bass
Kings County Hospital Center
Bass
State University of New York
New England Journal of Medicine
Bradley Thach
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Exploding tanker forces evacuations in Ohio area
A derailed railroad tank car releasing white phosphorus and sulfur caught fire and exploded near Miamisburg, prompting renewed evacuations. Firefighters retreated as toxic fumes spread toward Dayton area hospitals and malls, with about 50 000 residents in the affected zone and interstate closures in place.
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Miamisburg
Ohio
Dayton
West Carrollton
Morain
Miami Township
Jo Whitney
Sycamore Hospital
Ohio Highway Patrol
Dayton Post
Dayton Mall
Centerville
Greene County
Attacks Kill 22 In Sri Lanka Clash Near Trincomalee
In Trincomalee district a Tamil separatist assault on three trucks carrying fleeing Sinhalese killed 17 people. Hours later a retaliatory attack by youths killed and burned a Tamil family of five in the city.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Trincomalee
Typhoon Peggy Strikes Luzon Killing At Least 20
Typhoon Peggy slammed into Luzon with winds around 109 mph causing floods and landslides. Authorities report at least 20 deaths and extensive damage across the island.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
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Co-Co
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Frontier Garden Center
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