Insurance commissioner race loses candidate
Republican Robert Tomlinson of Roeland Park quits insurance commissioner bid for personal reasons. Johnson County Treasurer Dennis Wilson weighs a bid for state treasurer after serving in the treasurer’s office. Praeger and Riley remain as declared GOP contenders for insurance commissioner. Tomlinson plans to seek re election to the House.
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Topeka
Robert Tomlinson
Roeland Park
Tomlinson
House
Johnson County
Dennis Wilson
Wilson
GOP
Sandy Praeger
Lawrence
Bryan Riley
Wichita
Nuclear plant drills emergency readiness in Coffey County
State, county and federal officials oversaw a two day drill at Wolf Creek nuclear plant to test accident response. More than 400 participants bunkered in a Kansas National Guard Armory basement and around the plant as FEMA and NRC supervised. Access to Coffey County State Lake was closed to recreation until further notice due to heightened security after the 9 11 attacks.
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Topeka
Wolf Creek
Kansas National Guard
Coffey County
Three Mile Island
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Susan Maycock
Maycock
New York
Washington
Coffey County State Lake
Turbulence suspected in Flight 587 crash tail failure
Investigators examine the Airbus A300 tail assembly for failure causes after Flight 587 broke apart minutes after takeoff from Kennedy. They consider composite tail components and wake turbulence from another jet as principal factors, with 265 killed.
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New York
American Airlines
National Transportation Safety Board
George Black Jr
Queens
Kennedy International Airport
Jamaica Bay
Blakey
Jim McKenna
NTSB
Japan Air Lines
Tail failure dynamics in high-stress turns described
The fragment explains that a tail snapping off during a turn causes maximum force to impact the aircraft, risking critical imbalance. At low altitude the pilot would have almost no time to compensate for the sudden loss of stability and control.
Cookie Monster costume assailant sentenced to probation
Lee P. McPhatter Jr. of Maryland was convicted of simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment after assaulting a Sesame Place employee dressed as Cookie Monster who refused to pose with his 3-year-old daughter Mina. He received one year probation and must attend anger management.
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Doylestown
Cookie Monster
Lee P. McPhatter Jr
Waldorf, Md
McPhatter
Sesame Place
Citadel Military College
South Carolina
E. Jennie McNells
First artificial heart recipient back on ventilator after stroke
Robert Tools, 59, the first recipient of the AbioCor artificial heart, is back on a ventilator after suffering a stroke at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. Surgeons say recovery will take weeks, with hopes of eventual improvement despite his limited movement and ongoing medical risks.
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Louisville
Robert Tools
Tools
Jewish Hospital
Laman Gray
Robert Dowling
Gray
Pace
Dowling
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Bucks County
Robert Mancini
Shopmate
Southwest
Kansas
Hi Energy
Tues & Thor
Garden City
STU ST
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