Bonfire panel finds multiple failures at Texas A M Bonfire
An investigating panel said Texas A M University students cut corners in bonfire construction and school officials failed to supervise. It cited organizational flaws and structural stresses in the 59 foot pile weighing over 2 million pounds as the collapse cause, with drinking and horseplay not direct factors.
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College Station
Texas
Texas A&m University
Hugh Robinson
Dallas
Leo Linbeck Jr
Houston
Linbeck
A&m
Texas A&m
Ray Bowen
Vieques Protesters Await Eviction as Navy Readies Raids
Protesters occupying Vieques Island await arrest as three U.S. warships with Marines near the range. Demonstrators from Puerto Rico and mainland supporters urge Clinton to halt the raid while police prepare for arrests under a Justice Department directive.
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Puerto Rico
Vieques
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
U.S. Mainland
Luis V. Gutierrez
D-Ill
Nydia Velazquez
D-N.y
Clinton
Navy
Vieques Island
U.S
Robert Rabin
Justice Department
Pentagon
Two Teens Die In Tragic Connecticut Car Crash
In East Haddam Connecticut 13 year old Michael Dombrowski and 15 year old Jeffrey Barton died when they drove a Ford Bronco into a tree at a church lawn. The incident follows a previous crash at the same tree that killed two others last November. Authorities say the youths left cell phone messages saying they loved their parents and intended the deaths as a tribute to Michael’s older brother. The church cut down the tree deemed a suicide magnet.
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Michael Dombrowski
Jeffrey Barton
Daniel Dombrowski
Hunter Daniels
Jason Duplin
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Steven Durham
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Stephen Ostroski
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Iran
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