Wildfire doubles in size near Yosemite prompting evacuations
In midpines California the blaze expanded from about 1000 acres to 16000 acres threatening 170 homes and moving along the Merced River canyon. Fire officials said the spread endangered more property as 170 homes were evacuated near the park entrance.
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Midpines
Calif
Yosemite National Park
Daniel Berlant
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Merced River
Ruidoso
N.M
Dolly
New Mexico
Tom Schafer
Fresno case revives Schiavo debate over life support
In Fresno County a comatose 46 year old woman named Janet Rivera prompts a guardian ward battle. The family seeks to keep her alive while the county wants court decisions. The Terri Schiavo Foundation assisted the Rivera family amid the dispute.
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Fresno
Calif
Terri Schiavo
Fresno County
Janet Rivera
Schiavo
Terri Schindler
Schiavo Foundation
Rivera
Bobby Schindler
US military retracts claim on civilian deaths in Baghdad shooting
The US military said three killed last month near Baghdad’s airport were civilians, not criminals, after initially calling them a threat. The driver and two passengers were law abiding, and the incident involved a misinterpreted convoy warning. Family members urged accountability.
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Mahdi
U.S
Joey Sullinger
4Th Brigade Combat Team
10Th Mountain Division
Iraq
Allen Batschelet
Mnd-B
4Th Infantry Division
Mohammed Hafeth
Deadly dual bombs strike Istanbul square killing 16
Two blasts minutes apart in a crowded Istanbul square kill 16 and injure more than 150. Governor Muammer Guler calls it a terror attack with no immediate claim of responsibility though police suspect Kurdish rebels. Many victims were in the second blast.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Cnnturk Television
Muammer Guler
Gungoren
Gunman opens fire at Knoxville church youth performance
A gunman killed two people and wounded seven at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville during a youth show based on Annie. Congregants tackled the gunman Jim D. Adkisson 58, who was jailed on first degree murder charges. Greg McKendry 60 died and Barbara Kemper 61, among the wounded, with five others hospitalized in critical or serious condition. FBI assisted and police searched Adkisson's Powell duplex after a bomb squad precaution.
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Knoxville Police Department
Jim D. Adkisson
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
Knoxville, Tenn
Randy Kenner
Adkisson
Greg McKendry
Barbara Kemper
Associated Press
McKendry
Linda Krueger
University of Tennessee Medical Center
Kenner
Unitarian Universalist Churches
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Kemper
FBI
Sterling Owen
Powell
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