Plane crash near Fort Lauderdale airport on I-95 ramp
A twin engine eight seat jet carrying three people crashed onto an interstate ramp near Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on I-95. Pilot Jose Santiago Nunez Gomez 52 and Briceda Zapata 33 survived in serious condition, Celestino A. Martinez 34 died in the wreckage. Todd LeDuc of Broward County Fire Rescue called the crash miraculous for not hitting vehicles or bystanders.
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Dania Beach
Fla
Fort Lauderdale
Hollywood International Airport
Todd LeDuc
Broward County
Jose Santiago Nunez Gomez
Briceda Zapata
Celestino A. Martinez
LeDuc
Johns Hopkins study participant dies in lung research
A volunteer in Johns Hopkins research titled Lung Inflation and Airways Hyperresponsiveness has died. Cause of death is not yet known and the study has been suspended. University spokeswoman Joann Rodgers cited family requests for no further comment. The study involved inhaling hexamethonium to study airway function related to asthma development.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Joann Rodgers
Kindergarten student brings knife to school
A kindergartner at Public School 41 in Jersey City was suspended five days after allegedly bringing a butcher knife to school to stab a classmate. The teacher alerted security after spotting the knife. The intended victim, who denied harassment, was absent that day. The mother, Yvonne Brewer, said she learned of the incident when bringing her child to school the next day.
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Jersey City
N.J
Public School 41
Yvonne Brewer
End may be near for Navy bombing site Vieques
The Bush administration plans to end Navy bombing on Vieques island off Puerto Rico. A panel will search for an alternate training site within two years, with May 2003 as a target for withdrawal. Protesters gathered as exercises resumed and arrests were reported in past demonstrations.
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Washington
Bush Administration
Ter
Puerto Rico
Administration
Bush
Vieques Island
Pentagon
Atlantic
Gordon England
Defense Department
Condi
Camp Garcia
Vieques
England
Smithsonian to display fragments of Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner flag, shortened by time after 1814, has fragments scattered to private homes and officials. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opens Snippings from the Star Spangled Banner on Flag Day, with pieces shown through September 23.
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Smithsonian
National Museum of American History
Washington
Baltimore
Fort McHenry
George Armistead
Armistead
Mary Pickersgill
Senate races to finish education bill amid amendments
The Senate aims to wrap up debate on the education bill by Thursday with final amendments on school discipline and contraceptives. Negotiators must blend House and Senate versions to decide programs and funding, as Sen. Hutchinson expresses strong confidence in a Thursday completion.
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Senate
Bush
Rod Paige
House
Tim Hutchinson
R-Ark
Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Boy Scouts
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