Relatives arrive in Peggy's Cove
Relatives streamed into Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia awaiting updates on Swissair Flight 111 in the wake of the crash that killed 229 people including 132 Americans. Searchers struggled to locate data recorders as debris spread and sonar failed to locate the black boxes.
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Alifax
Nova Scotia
Swissair
Vic Gorden
Canadian Transportation Safety Board
Philippe Bruggisser
Sair Group
Geneva
Cmdr
Glenn Chamberlain
Benoit Bouchard
Andre Geurtin
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Blandford
Iowa native among Swissair 111 victims from Fonda
Dr. Robert Stauter 45 of Warren Ohio and Fonda Iowa, an emergency room physician trained as a lawyer and pilot, was killed in Swissair Flight 111’s crash off Nova Scotia. He grew up in Fonda and planned a birthday visit to Switzerland, leaving New York for Geneva with friends.
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Fonda
Iowa
Switzerland
Swissair
Robert Stauter
Jane Smith
Omaha
Stauter
Iran poised to invade Afghanistan amid border mobilization
U S officials warn Iran ready to send thousands of troops and dozens of aircraft into Afghanistan. About 35 000 troops 25 aircraft 80 T 72 tanks and more moved to the northeastern border under a drill named Ashura 3. Taliban killings at Mazar e Sharif raise further tension. A war would destabilize a fragile region with limited U S influence.
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Washington Post
Washington
U.S
Pentagon
White House
Iran
Afghanistan
Defense and Administration
United States
Prosecution Dropped Murder Charges Against Boys
Chicago prosecutors dropped murder charges against two black boys aged 7 and 8 in the Ryan Harris case after evidence suggested they were too young. The case, sparked by confessions and alleged sexual context, drew race and poverty critiques from defense lawyers, who claimed police fabrication and rushed judgment.
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Chicago
South Side
Ryan Harris
Ryan
R. Eugene Pincham
Elizabeth Tarzia
California jurors acquit Mykelti Williamson in stabbing case
Jurors in Los Angeles acquitted actor Mykelti Williamson, known for Forrest Gump, of attempted voluntary manslaughter in the Jan 5 stabbing of Leroy Edwards. Edwards, 32, required abdominal surgery after the incident. Williamson testified he confronted the situation after learning his daughter described Edwards with his mother, his ex-wife.
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Mykelti Williamson
Los Angeles
Forrest Gump
Williamson
Bubba Blue
Leroy Edwards
Edwards
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Trumbull Memorial Hospital
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Ohio
Smith
University of Iowa
Kansas City
Ankeny
Roy
Jean
Mats
Mazar-e Sharif
Taliban
Osama bin Laden
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Bad al
ACO Sunroom
Superior Yentity. Ee
Mc’ Wonderglass
BSL Sunrooms, Inc
Swisher
1St Ave
Town & Country Mall
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Richardson Brothers
Stanley
Broyhill Furniture Center
Lexington
Schnadig
Stanley Furniture Center
Flexsteel
Chromcraft
the Great Furniture Mart
First St
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Main Street
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