U2 Pilot Dies in Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles
Francis Gary Powers, 47, famed U2 pilot, and cameraman George Spears, 43, die when their Bell Jet Ranger helicopter crashes into a San Fernando Valley baseball field. Powers, once prisoner after a 1960 Soviet raid, had a long postflight career including TV reporting. Services pending.
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Weather Outlook Through Wednesday With High Humidity
The region faces cloudy skies and a 40 percent chance of showers today and tonight, rising to 70 percent by Wednesday. Thunderstorms are possible late today and Wednesday, with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s. Winds remain light and variable, with a weekend push to the upper 80s and low 90s.
North Carolina and South Carolina 3-Day Weather Outlook
The forecast shows scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly near the coast and inland in North Carolina through Wednesday with highs in the 70s to 80s and cooler mountain areas. South Carolina remains mostly cloudy with daily thundershowers, highs near 90, and overnight lows around 70 through Saturday.
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Anti Porn Law May Be Tested in Wake or Cumberland Counties
Wake County officials meet to prepare for the first test of the new anti porn law. District Attorney Burley Mitchell conferences with Justice Dept. officials as ACLU leaders plan to test the measure in Wake or Cumberland where Hay Street in Fayetteville draws attention. The act allows civil suits to declare adults only venues a public nuisance and the ACLU objects to censorship without prior judge review.
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Sheriff Pleasants faces new campaign finance charges
Wake County Sheriff Robert J. Pleasants, recently acquitted of neglect, will be prosecuted after August 26 on a misdemeanor for filing a late campaign spending report. The case centers on about 680 dollars in contributions from a deputy-funded fund used for campaigns and other party support, allegedly not reported promptly.
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Wilmington 10 sentences deemed too severe by official
Dr. John Larkins, North Carolina minority affairs director, told the Greensboro Daily News that he believes the Wilmington 10 prison terms exceed justice. He prepared a report for Gov. Jim Hunt, who has not decided on pardons and plans further talks with defense attorneys and church officials financing the six-year defense. Larkins stressed his remarks were his personal view and did not include a recommendation.
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South Korea Tests North Korea by Sail to Contested Island
A South Korean passenger ship Ongjin-ho with 465 aboard sails from Inchon toward Paenhyong-do, near North Korea, to probe the North’s new military sea boundary. UNC says no unilateral North Korean claims can alter rights under the 1953 armistice. North Korea defines an economic zone extending into the Yellow Sea.
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Woman Dies After Killer Attack in Brooklyn
Stacy Moskowitz, 20, dies at Kings County Hospital after a .44 caliber shooting by the so called Son of Sam. Her date Robert Violante, also wounded, may never regain sight. Police say 300 officers are assigned to capture the killer amid eight attacks over 369 days.
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