Ex-hostages recount mistreatment by Iraqi captors
Western hostages in Iraq described starvation and denied medical care prompting a riot at a strategic site. British and American detainees arrived in London after release. France planned full liberation of 327 citizens. Oil prices rose as Gulf crisis anxiety persisted.
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Earthquake Triggers Yosemite Rockslides Blocking Park Access
A 5.8 magnitude quake near Yosemite spurred rockslides that blocked three of four park roads, limiting access. No injuries were reported as tourists awoke to the temblor felt from San Francisco to northern Nevada, while some campers began leaving and park visitors continued to enter via Highway 41.
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Mallory Smith
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Woman dies choking at high school game in Illinois
Candace Overocker, 35, of Decatur, died of heart failure after choking on candy while cheering her son Shawn Overacker, a St. Theresa High School tight end, during a junior varsity game against Monticello in Monticello Illinois. Paramedics performed CPR but she was pronounced dead at Kirby Hospital.
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Shawn Overacker
St. Theresa High School
Monticello
Candace Overocker
William Mundt
Pratt County
Mundt
Overocker
Decatur
Kirby Hospital
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