Idaho fires trigger nationwide smoke advisory and Montana risk
Smoke from Idaho forest fires caused dangerous air pollution as heat kept blazing across the West. About 25,500 firefighters battled nearly 3.6 million acres, with Idaho issuing an air stagnation advisory for the southern part of the state. Hellroaring and Storm Creek fires near Yellowstone threatened Cooke City and Silver Gate Montana, and West Yellowstone reported tentative containment of a nearby blaze.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Mike Ferris
Federal
Boise Interagency Fire Center
Air Quality Bureau
Snake River Valley
Bureau
Orville Green
Island Park
Yellowstone Park
Absaroka-Beartooth
Cooke City
Silver Gate
Mont
Silver Tip Ranch
West Yellowstone
Crooked cop seizes hostage in St Louis office block
Anthony Daniele, 39, a former officer jailed for part in a pension fund scandal, took John Frank, vice president of the city police board, on the 15th floor. Police negotiators faced a weaponless standoff as Daniele demanded to speak on KMOX radio after joining six others sentenced to prison and restitution.
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ST. Louis
Anthony Daniele
John Frank
City Police Board
Linda Hancock
Daniele
Kmox-Am
U.S
William Hungate
Frank
U S envoy vows no repeat of Ramstein air tragedy
Mourners at the Ramstein memorial service heard U S ambassador promise that the disaster will not be repeated as the death toll rose to 51 with another West German fatality. West German President Weizsacker led the service near Ramstein Air Base as about 500 mourners gathered amid light rain and protests.
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Ramstein
West Germany
Richard von Weizsaecker
U S Air Shows Cost 1 Billion in Lost Planes
The Los Angeles Times reports the U S armed forces have lost over 100 lives and more than 1 billion dollars in aircraft at air shows and demonstrations since 1955. A list of 115 accidents across Army, Navy, and Air Force shows was compiled from FOIA inquiries, with costs inflation-adjusted to 1988 dollars. West German mourners recalled the Ramstein 1988 air show disaster as protests grew and West Germany paused military displays.
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Los Angeles Times
U.S
Army
Navy
Air Force
One clawed crab wins governors cup at Crisfield derby
A one clawed blue crab representing California and Gov. Deukmejian won the Governors Cup Race in Crisfield during the National Hard Crab Derby. Sutter's Gold finished in just over a minute, beating 39 crabs. Two non blue entrants died during or after cross country travel, including an Alaska king crab. About 2,500 spectators attended the three day festival at Somers Cove Marina.
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Baltimore Sun
Crisfield
George Deukmejian
California
Sutter
Washington
Alaska
King Louis the 49Th
Anchorage
Washington State
Somers Cove Marina
American Legion Post
Ruth Custis
Mars Nears Earth Inspires Dozens of Watches
Mars will approach Earth within about 36 million miles this month the closest since 1971. Astronomers Norman Warns and Linda Low urge viewing in the southeastern sky after 10 p.m. as Mars appears brighter and higher. The Planetary Society plans about 50 Mars watches plus numerous informal gatherings and events this month.
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Chicago
Mars
Earth
Norman Warns
South Suburban College
South Holland
Planetary Society
Linda Low
Illinois
Warns
Hurricane Uleki Aims At Hawaii As It Weakens
Hurricane Uleki resumed its approach to Hawaii on Saturday still packing 110 mph sustained winds and gusts to 130 mph. Forecaster Clarence Lee of the National Weather Service said the storm was about 325 miles south southwest of Honolulu and expected to slow, then drift closer with diminishing punch.
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Honolulu
Uleki
Hawaiian Islands
Clarence Lee
National Weather Service
Lihue
Kauai
Lee
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