Bus crash kills five elderly on Milwaukee trip in Wisconsin
A chartered bus carrying 22 seniors to the Milwaukee botanical gardens collided headfirst with a delivery van in Ixonia Wisconsin late Tuesday. Five died Myrtle Ness 82 Ruth Breitzmann 84 and the driver Carol A Benisch 61. Twenty were injured as the bus veered into a ditch uprooting windows and tossing seats.
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Ixonia
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Milwaukee Botanical Gardens
Myrtle Ness
Ruth Breitzmann
Carol A. Benisch
Quadruplet birth in Sacramento draws rare odds
In Sacramento four identical quadruplet girls were born at Sutter Memorial Hospital after about 30 weeks gestation. The largest weighs 2 pounds 8 ounces and the smallest 2 pounds 5 ounces. The babies are named Preana Andreana Natalie and Melody. The parents Ornsee Khamsa and Verek May conceived without fertility drugs, a rarity in multiple births.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ornsee Khamsa
Verek
Sutter Memorial Hospital
Khamsa
May
Preana
Andreana
Natalie
Melody
Retired deputy kills four children and himself in Merced
In Merced California a former sheriff's deputy named John Hogan killed his 5 year old daughter and three teenage stepchildren then shot himself as their mother jogged. Students at Our Lady of Mercy School prayed for the victims during a Mass on Holy Week Tuesday. The tragedy occurred at the family home prompting a community outpouring of grief.
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Merced
Calif
Our Lady of Mercy
John Hogan
Saudi leader offers normal relations in land-for-peace plan
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah urged the Arab summit to back a plan trading normal relations and security for Israel in exchange for a full withdrawal from occupied Arab lands, a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital, and a refugee right of return. He noted the stance aims for a collective U.N. Security Council proposal despite moderates' absence.
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Lebanon
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Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Jordan
Ture
United States
European Union
New York Times
Syria
U.N. Security Council
Sabra
Bush Leads Aggressive Fund Raising Swing for Senate
President Bush plans a heavy two day fundraising tour across South Carolina Georgia and Texas aiming to raise millions for Republican Senate candidates. He promotes a $3.5 billion campaign finance overhaul while pressing for GOP control. He will attend a South Carolina firehouse event and a $1000 plate luncheon before Georgia and Texas stops. Targeted donations include Lindsey Graham Saxby Chambliss and John Cornyn.
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Washington
Bush
Senate
South Carolina
Georgia
Texas
Lindsey Graham
Strom Thurmond
Saxby Chambliss
Max Cleland
John Cornyn
Phil Gramm
Pentagon hunts al Qaeda regrouping in eastern Afghanistan
U S military eyes possible Taliban and al Qaida regrouping near Khost amid ongoing operations. Officials say number and plans of fighters are unclear, with 150 coalition missions flown over Afghanistan as Operation Anaconda wind downs.
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U.S
Taliban
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Pentagon
Khost
Pakistan
al- Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al- Zawahri
John W. Rosa Jr
Rosa
Victoria Clarke
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