Tornadoes kill six in two Georgia counties Camilla area
A pair of tornadoes swept across Worth and Mitchell counties in southwestern Georgia before dawn killing six people and injuring more than 200. One area previously hit by a 2000 Valentine’s Day tornado in Camilla suffered renewed damage as sheriff and emergency leaders estimated millions in losses.
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Mitchell County
Collins
Anna Doris Emmanuel
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Outbreak Traced to Guest at Hong Kong Metropole Hotel
Health officials link the SARS outbreak to a Metropole Hotel guest who stayed February 21-22, with patients spreading illness to a Hong Kong hospital and countries including Canada Singapore and Vietnam. As of now 306 people are ill with 13 U.S. suspected cases. The illness has no known treatment and a Guangdong origin is likely.
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Canada
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China
Guangdong Province
Regan jailed for life in attempted espionage case
Brian Patrick Regan, a 40 year old retired Air Force master sergeant, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after offering to sell U S intelligence secrets to Saddam Hussein and the Chinese government. Judge Gerald Bruce Lee approved the deal brokered by lawyers and prosecutors. The agreement spared Regan’s wife Anette from prosecution and allowed her to keep Regan’s military pension.
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Brian Patrick Regan
U.S
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Officer urges dropping counts against 2 pilots
A military hearing officer recommended dropping charges against two American pilots who dropped a bomb in Afghanistan last spring, killing four Canadian soldiers during live-fire exercises. The recommendation favors nonjudicial punishment, pending Lt. Gen. Carlson's final decision on potential court-martial proceedings.
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New Orleans
Afghanistan
Patrick Rosenaw
Rosenaw
Harry
House votes to condemn ruling on pledge in schools
The House passed a nonbinding measure 400 to 7 urging appeal of the 9th Circuit ruling that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional for referencing God. The resolution defends the pledge as patriotic and asks the attorney general to take the case to the Supreme Court while supporting voluntary recitation in classrooms.
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Washington
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Sth
James Sensenbrenner
R-Wis
Michael Newdow
Sacramento
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