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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 2003
Page
1
President Bush responds to questions on Muslim fears after meetings with Muslim representatives. The page 23 item frames his remarks as a reaction to surveys suggesting broad Muslim mistrust and highlights quoted provocative questions about perceived terrorism associations.
The entry highlights Jane Seymour’s death in 1537 twelve days after childbirth to Edward VI, the first transcontinental telegraph message in 1861 from Justice Field to Lincoln, Anna Edson Taylor’s Niagara Falls barrel escape in 1901, and the George Washington Bridge opening in 1931 linking New York and New Jersey.
The added paragraph explains exemptions under the new law: single and two family dwellings are exempt, as are buildings built with noncombustible materials like brick. Decks protected by sprinklers are excluded from the regulation, and grills connected to a natural gas line remain legal.
A confusing border between two similarly named towns in adjacent states runs through a single city park. Tourists trying to visit Bluefield West Virginia or Bluefield Virginia find themselves in a curious misdirection as the boundary splits the park, creating a joking maze for visitors and locals alike.
United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County announced a halftime progress report showing $351,715 raised toward a $1.13 million goal, about 31 percent. The update was shared with volunteers during a Thursday briefing.
The AP reports 190 rescued child workers in Nigeria's granite quarries, six smugglers including kingpin Gilbert Zinjo arrested. Despite poverty payments as low as 30 to parents, up to 200000 children are trafficked yearly across West and Central Africa. Wasiu Goyikon, 15, works for 20 cents a day, earning $50 daily for quotas.
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British Airways passengers on the last Concorde flight to land at Kennedy Airport praise the experience. The supersonic jet is due to return to London today, with the fare-paying service ending on schedule.
Fairfax Circuit Judge Jane Marui Roush denied prosecutors request to push the Lee Boyd Malvo sniper trial to December 10. The judge said the mental health evaluation could continue during trial with occasional breaks, as prosecutors argued for a month long postponement.
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