Two Die After Santa Monica Plane Crash Takeoff
A twin engine Cessna 340 crashed and burned as it attempted to take off from Santa Monica airport. Both occupants, a man and a woman, were killed. The plane slid into a guardrail after the aborted takeoff, seen from Typhoon restaurant where patrons watched flames. Identifications were not released.
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U N Begins Sending Aid By Barge To Afghanistan
The United Nations launched its first barge shipment from Termez Uzbekistan to Hairaton Afghanistan carrying 55 tons of wheat flour coats blankets boots and water containers The aim is to establish a monthly 17 600 ton aid corridor into northern Afghanistan pending delivery success.
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Uzbekistan
United Nations
Afghanistan
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Hairaton
Richard Conroy
Elian Gonzalez family attorney elected mayor
Manny Diaz, longtime attorney who represented Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives, won the Miami mayoral runoff with 55.3 percent over Maurice Ferre. He faces a shaky finances, a police corruption probe, and a city split along ethnic lines as he takes office. Diaz, a Cuban American, spoke to about 500 supporters after the victory.
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Manny Diaz
Diaz
Elian Gonzalez
Maurice Ferre
Ferre
Joe Carollo
America
Thurmond moves to hospital while staying productive
Sen Strom Thurmond, 98, has moved from his Virginia town house to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington for health monitoring. His spokesman says he is not ill and may receive visitors. he remains able to work and is free to come and go from the hospital.
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Strom Thurmond
Washington
Thurmond
Virginia
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Rebecca Fleming
Bush approves military tribunals for terrorism cases
Washington officials say the Sept 11 attacks and ongoing threats justify a special military court to try terrorists. The emergency order, not needing Congress, allows secrecy and faster verdicts with potential death sentences. Rights to counsel and jury remain. noncitizens likely tried before such a commission.
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Bush
United States
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White House
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David B. Rivkin
Department of Justice
Mindy Tucker
Justice Department
Eugene Fidell
National Institute of Military Justice
Fidell
Tail fin snapped off in Flight 587 crash investigations
Investigators focus on how the 25 foot tail fin detached from the Airbus A300 as the plane broke apart over Rockaway Beach killing 265 people. NTSB notes damaged data recorder but hopes data remains. cockpit voice recorder shows pilots struggled for control amid wake turbulence. Authorities say signs point to an accident rather than foul play.
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American Airlines
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George Black Jr
CBS
Black
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Belle Harbor
Kennedy International
Jamaica Bay
Rockaway Beach
Greg Feith
Feith
Officials to search piles of mail for possible new anthrax letter
Washington officials plan to sift through three weeks of unopened mail after anthrax was found in eight spots at the Sterling Virginia State Department facility. Health officials and the FBI differ on whether another letter exists while the search targets undelivered mail in Washington and overseas that passed through the Sterling center.
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State Department
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Jeffrey Kaplan
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Senate
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Leroy Richmond
Boucher
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