Amber Eberly's troubled path from home breakup to juvenile facility
Amber Eberly, 15, recounts a life shaped by parental divorce at 12 and a Cedar Rapids upbringing that led to burglary, running with older teens, and residential treatment at Forest Ridge Youth Services. Experts cite family breakdown, poverty, and societal factors as causes of juvenile delinquency.
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Amber
Forest Ridge Youth Services
Estherville
Mike Ellen
Amber Eberly
Larry Eberly
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sampras Completes Wimbledon Trio of Titles
Pete Sampras defeated Boris Becker to win a third consecutive Wimbledon championship, becoming the first man since Bjorn Borg to achieve the feat. The result marks his third straight title in the prestigious tournament.
International youth choirs at Cedar Rapids concert
Children’s choirs from the Czech and Slovak republics join local ensembles tonight at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids. The program features varied heritage pieces from their nations and around the world.
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National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids
American tourist escapes Kashmir kidnapping after four days
John Childs of Simsbury Connecticut said he escaped at 2 a.m. in darkness and bad weather four days after being seized by Al-Faran militants in Kashmir. He reached Pahalgam then Srinagar before being returned to safety. Captured with him were an American woman two British women a Canadian man and two Kashmiri guides. the other hostages were released the next day after rebels demanded the release of 21 detainees.
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Srinagar
India
Kashmir
John Childs
Childs
Simsbury
Conn
Al-Faran
Pahalgam
Jammu- Kashmir
21 Gene
Father in diabetic crisis led to toddler’s lake death
In Apopka Florida a tearful father Joseph Holt 22 said his severe diabetic episode caused him to throw his 20 month old daughter Ashley into Lake Apopka. The girl died a day later from brain damage as deputies investigate potential insulin overdose and malnutrition factors.
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Associated Press
Knight-Ridder
Apopka
Fla
Lake Apopka
Orange County
Joseph Holt
Holt
Espinosa
Ashley
Orlando
Serbs drive to edge of Srebrenica near safe area
Bosnian Serb tanks and infantry reached the outskirts of Srebrenica and fired shells into the U N designated safe area. They seized 15 Dutch peacekeepers, totaling 30 in two days, as NATO warned of air strikes and a blocking position south of the town. The U N demanded withdrawal to pre attack lines and release of all Dutch troops.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Srebrenica
U.N
Bosnian Serb Army
BSA
Ratko Mladic
Gary Coward
Yasushi Akashi
Bernard Janvier
NATO
United Nations
Alexander Ivanko
Coward
French storm ship halts nuke protest to Mururoa
Dozens of French commandos stormed the Rainbow Warrior II to stop protesters landing at Mururoa Atoll as France moves to resume nuclear tests. Greenpeace said eight demonstrators reached the lagoon aboard inflatable boats, while authorities reported 22 crew and about 10 others detained for questioning.
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Sydney
Australia
Greenpeace
South Pacific
France
Mururoa Atoll
Francois Mitterrand
Paris
Jean-Pierre Dreno
Jacques Chirac
New Zealand
Rainbow Warrior
Auckland Harbor
Fernando Pereira
Woman Finds Corpse Hidden in Garage During Cleanup
Mary Williams clearing a Springfield garage found a plastic wrapped body buried in the dirt floor. Clark County Coroner Dirk Wood called the death a homicide as investigators sent the remains to Montgomery County for autopsy.
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Pringfield, Ohio
Clark County
Dirk Wood
Mary Williams
Wood
Montgomery County Coroner’s Office
Dayton
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U.S
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Springfield
Ohio
Williams
Ohio City
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