Tourist dies as gangway breaks on cruise ship
A cruise ship gangway collapsed at a downtown Juneau dock, fatally injuring 52 year old Mary Ellen Dierker of St. Louis who fell into Gastineau Channel and struck her head. Three other tourists clung to the dangling gangway for over an hour while rescuers stabilized the area.
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Demand and gas prices rise with summer travel
Los Angeles reports a 2 percent per gallon rise in the national average for gasoline as motorists hit the highways this summer. The Lundberg Survey of 10,000 stations shows the price climbing from 114.06 cents to 116.32 cents per gallon, with Trilby Lundberg noting the acceleration began in mid March and is the largest yet.
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Train kills boy fishing off bridge
An 11 year old boy fishing from a railroad bridge in Pico Rivera was decapitated after trying to outrun an oncoming freight train. Five friends escaped by climbing over the bridge. The engineer blew the horn as the train approached. The boy did not make it.
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Pico Rivera
Calif
Los Angeles County
Ron Merrill
Merrill
Divorced Ohio man kills two children then self
In Botkins Ohio a recently divorced man killed his two children with a shotgun during a weekend visitation then set his house on fire and killed himself authorities said Thomas Greve 33 had visitation rights for the children his ex wife Sandy had brought them over for the weekend authorities reported a domestic dispute preceded the tragedy
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Botkins, Ohio
Thomas Greve
Sandy
Frine
Mieal
Ee County
Ultra-Orthodox leader Rabbi Menachem Schneerson dies at 92
Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, revered Lubavitcher Hasidic leader guiding hundreds of thousands, dies at 92 after a stroke. Followers mourn, some praying for resurrection, while noting his 44-year tenure reshaped the movement. He died Sunday morning at Beth Israel Medical Center with no designated successor.
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New York
Menachem Schneerson
Shea Hecht
Schneerson
Beth Israel Medical Center
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