Veterans honor D-Day anniversary in Normandy ceremonies
American veterans marked the 58th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Caen and at the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville sur Mer. Wreaths and ceremonies accompanied visits to Pegasus Bridge and beaches where thousands died, recalling memories and long friendships as tourists and French students watched.
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France
Normandy
Europe
Hitler
Colleville-sur-Mer
U.S
Bill Tucker
Boston
Ceme
Pegasus Bridge
Linda Evans
Denver
Colleville-sur- Mer
Ramones Founding Member Dee Dee Ramone Dies at 50
Dee Dee Ramone born Douglas Glenn Colvin, a Ramones founder, died at his Hollywood home likely from a drug overdose. The coroner noted drug paraphernalia present and autopsy planned. Ramone had battled addiction and the group had just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Dee Dee Ramone
Hollywood
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Harvey
Ramone
Ramones
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Dee One
Dee Dee King
Joey Ramone
Jeffrey Hyman
Johnny
Tommy Ramone
New York City
Endeavour Nears Space Station After six Months Aboard
Space shuttle Endeavour closes in on the international space station where Daniel Bursch Carl Walz and Yuri Onufrienko await their ride home. Pegy Whitson heads the new NASA crew as the station marks 183 days in orbit. The mission will repair the robot arm and include three spacewalks before a June 17 return.
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Fla
Endeavour
International Space Station
Mission Control
Space Station
Daniel Bursch
Carl Walz
Bursch
Walz
Yuri Onufrienko
Earth
U.S
Oldest North American canals found in Florida
Archaeologists report the discovery of a seven mile long canal system and a sacred pond in rural Otona near Lake Okeechobee Florida. The 1800 year old canals were dug with wood and shell tools by Native Americans for fishing and river transport. Robert Carr of the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy notes the find shows greater complexity in native society.
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Ortona, Fla
North America
Lake Okeechobee
Florida
Robert Carr
Archaeological and Historical Conservancy
Caloosahatchee River
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Myers
Carr
Reynolds Fined 20 Million for Teen Targeted Ads
A California judge ruled RJ Reynolds violated the 1998 tobacco settlement by running magazine ads aimed at teens in Spin, Vibe, Hot Rod, and Rolling Stone. The $20 million penalty requires “reasonable measures” to cut teen exposure. Reynolds plans an appeal.
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RJ. Reynolds Co
Winston
California
Superior
Ronald Prager
Reynolds
Spin
Vibe
Hot Rod
Rolling Stone
RJR
Attorney General's Office
Skakel jury denied rehearing closing arguments
Judge John Kavanewsky Jr refused jurors’ request to rehear part of the prosecution closing in Michael Skakel’s murder trial. The Greenwich case stems from 1975 murder of Martha Moxley. Skakel, Kennedy cousin, remains on trial as deliberations continue without a verdict.
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John Kavanewsky Jr
Argu
Skakel
Michael Sherman
Martha Moxley
Greenwich
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