Astronauts Describe Difficult Satellite Capture During Endeavour Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla A P The Endeavour crew said their yearlong training did not prepare them for the 9000 pound satellite capture with a 15 foot bar Pierre Thuot failed twice to latch on Richard Hieb Akers and Thuot improvised a last minute rescue approach They described uncertainty about turning the satellite and securing it The shuttle was due to land at Edwards Air Force Base California later today with good weather forecast though wind could force a detour to Kennedy Space Center
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Fla
Endeavour
Pierre Thuot
Richard Hieb
Thuot
Thomas Akers
Hieb
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Edwards Air Force Base
California
Kennedy Space Center
Man Pushed Off Bridge During Across America Walk
Fred Turner set out to prove most people are good but was robbed and pushed from a Savannah River bridge linking South Carolina and Georgia. The 53 year old, battered but undeterred, plans to finish his cross country trek to California someday. Effingham County deputies have no leads and Turner’s description of the attackers was vague.
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Beaufort
S.C
Fred Turner
America
South Carolina
Georgia
Turner
California
Effingham County
al Mauro
Savannah River
Mauro
Wuornos Receives Death Sentence in Florida Slayings
Aileen Wuornos, 36, admitted killing seven men who picked her up hitchhiking in Florida. Judge Thomas Sawaya sentenced her to death for three of the slayings, with additional death sentences and pending charges in other cases. Wuornos said she would go to heaven while others rot in hell and expressed a wish to be executed soon.
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Ocala
Fla
Florida
Aileen Wuornos
Thomas Sawaya
Wuornos
Judge brandishes unloaded gun in Broward courtroom
Broward Circuit Judge J Leonard Fleet waved an unloaded .38 revolver during a probation hearing for Gordon Meyette after the defendant interrupted court. He challenged Meyette with there’s one bullet in the cylinder and asked if he wanted to take his best shot, saying his method was unusual.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Broward
J. Leonard Fleet
Gordon Meyette
Meyette
Fleet
Activist Faye Yager Acquitted in Georgia Kidnapping Case
A Cobb County jury acquitted activist Faye Yager on charges of kidnapping and cruelty to children tied to her underground aid network for children fleeing abusive homes. Yager, 44, testified she had permission to question the Watts children from Merritt Island Florida. The trial covered four weeks with claims of abuse and alleged influence from district attorney Tom Charron.
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Marietta, Ga
Cobb County
Triat
Tom Charron
Jack Mallard
Ping
Florida
Alecia
Jarrod Watts
Yager
Myra Watts
Merritt Island
Fla
Atlanta
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