Northeast Storm Nips South Then Slams Appalachians
A winter snowstorm spread from the South into the Appalachians and Northeast, bringing freezing temperatures and wind chills as low as minus 5 in Atlanta. The storm caused hundreds of wrecks and school closures from Alabama and Georgia to Pennsylvania and New York, with up to six inches expected in parts of the Northeast. Carriers and shelters filled in Birmingham as residents huddled against the cold, while North Carolina and South Carolina crews salted roads to prevent ice. Local stores reported brisk demand for shovels as snowfall shifted and lingered across the region.
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Appalachians
Alabama
Georgia
Atlanta
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
Mississippi
Birmingham
Ala
Tony Cooper
Jimmie Hale
Plains
North Carolina
Mike Pettyjohn
Flight passenger suffocated after restraint by peers
FBI report cites flight attendant provoking a Southwest 1763 passenger in Las Vegas to Salt Lake City. About 15 minutes before landing Jonathan Burton charged the cockpit, was tackled by up to eight men, and suffocated as crew and passengers restrained him. Autopsy found cocaine and marijuana but no direct drug cause.
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Salt Lake City
Southwest Airlines
FBI
Jonathan Burton
Southwest
Las Vegas
Burton
Family pushes murder charges after officers convicted
Five Orange Township policemen were found guilty of civil rights violations for beating a Black suspect they believed killed a fellow officer. Earl Faison died after arrest on April 11, 1999, from an asthma attack. his father and fiancée urged murder charges.
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Newark
N.J
Orange
Earl Faison
A8ck Williams
Mikki J. Wilkins
Williams
Newark Prosecutors Detail Faison Case Aftermath
The Net: BUS Attorney's Office in Newark reports prosecutors say asthma was worsened by pepper spray during Faison's face attack after a struggle with an arresting officer who wasn’t charged. Defense vows appeal, cites no physical pepper spray evidence and says investigation unlikely to reopen. Officers face up to 10 years and 250000 fine at April 18 sentencing.
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Faison
State Attorney General’s Office
Chuck Davis
Joyce Carnegie
Carnegie
Condell Woodson
Tence
Thomas Smith
Brian Smith
Paul Carpinteri Jr
Andrew Garth
Tyrone Payton
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Carolinas
Jeff Molinari
University of South Carolina
Syracuse
N.Y
Don Bobo
Pickens
S.C
J.W Silson
Beth Briscoe
Samuel DeLong
Gainesville
Hall County
Iwin
Nws
Noaa
Njusao. Org
Westlake
Garden City
Fleming
Countryheart
N. Main
Mindy
Judy
Melissa
Taylor Garden City
Santa Claus
Commerce Bank
SHOP
Dexter & Rockports
Angel
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