Oil spill spills ashore off California coast
Oil from the tanker American Trader fouled miles of beaches from Huntington Beach to Newport. Crews soaked up as much as 16,800 gallons by Friday morning with skimmers and booms along Bolsa Chica and Newport Bay. Twelve birds died after 49 were treated. cleanup costs run into millions while officials warn more oil could follow.
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Huntington Beach
Calif
Los Angeles
Newport Beach
Huntington
Newport
Lisa Virak
Ray Pendleton
Charles Webster
British Petroleum America Inc
Bolsa Chica
Santa Ana River
Newport Bay
Coast Guard
William Kime
Bolsa Chica State Beach
Laguna Beach
Webster
Kime
American Trading Transportation Co. Inc
New York
British Petroleum
California Department of Fish and Game
John Grant
Exxon Valdez
Alaska
Prince William Sound
California
English language sign sparks complaints in Colorado
At a construction site near Greeley a mangled placard reading No Ingles No Trabajo sparked accusations of discrimination. Community leader Jorge Amaya said the sign ignored workers and signaled broader clashes over Official English statutes. The issue ties to Arizona’s struck down English law and Colorado’s broader language amendment.
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Greeley
Colo
Jorge Amaya
League of United Latin American Citizens
Sand Livestock Systems
Phoenix
Arizona
Colorado
Kersey
Bennett blasts D C officials over drug fight in Washington
Drug policy director William J. Bennett accused District of Columbia officials of weak efforts in the war on drugs and cited a $2.4 million loss of federal funds. He told the Senate Budget Committee that federal action cannot replace local initiatives as Washington faces a surge in drug related crime, including a high murder toll.
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Washington
William J. Bennett
District of Columbia
Bennett
Senate Budget Committee
Jim Sasser
D-Tenn
Marion Barry
Florida
Barry
Sasser
Judge opens door to blame Coast Guard in spill case
Anchorage AP judge allows Hazelwood lawyers to cross examine two Coast Guard traffic monitors over Vessel Traffic System role in Exxon Valdez grounding. He excludes for now evidence of a blood alcohol test from one monitor. Trial focus shifts to liquor and whether Hazelwood was drunk before the grounding.
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Anchorage
Joseph Hazelwood
U.S. Coast Guard
Superior Court
Karl Johnstone
Coast Guard
Exxon Valdez
Hazelwood
Rocky Bligh Reef
Johnstone
Bruce Blandford
Alaska
Blandford
Alaska Supreme Court
Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr hospitalized over throat cancer
In Los Angeles the hospital disclosed Sammy Davis Jr has a recurrence of throat cancer. The entertainer previously diagnosed in 1989 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center was hospitalized for an oral yeast infection linked to cancer treatment. doctors then found the cancer had returned.
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Los Angeles
Sammy Davis Jr
Davis
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ron Wise
Wise
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
D.C
Prescott
Northland Mall
Dick Madson
Madson
Gregory Taylor
Associated Press Report
John Gotti
New York State Supreme Court
Gambino Crime Family
Carpenters Union
John F. O'Connor
O’connor
Gotti
Cupid
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Peoria
Dixon, Ill
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