San Francisco Area Quake Felt Over 100 Miles
A "good-sized" earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area Monday, felt across a 100 mile radius, with UC seismologists reporting no major damage. The temblor centered south of San Francisco and reached Lodi to the east. in San Joaquin County a resident noted his fish tanks swaying.
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Defender Calls Clark County Jail A 17th Century Dungeon
In federal court Monday Judge Roger Foley gave probation to William Howard Fisher on one count of willful income tax evasion after hearing a federal defender describe Clark County Jail as a dungeon with overcrowding filth and no proper facilities. Defender Brent Adams cited 123 days of confinement and several inmate abuses while urging release or transfer to avoid condoning such conditions.
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Six detained in Bogota over mercy flight for burn victim
Six men including four Las Vegans are detained in Bogota after attempting to move a burn victim to Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio. Jet Avia pilots Tony Gekakis and Steve Bolling, Mercy Ambulance paramedics Miguel Parada and Jeffrey Ellis, El Paso businessman James Charga, and Harry Lee Wilson were held for a technical air space violation. An alleged marijuana load and irregular flight plans are cited in reports. authorities warned of possible deportation while the plane is held as evidence. The victim, identified as Bruce Allen, died days later. Jet Avia claimed proper medical releases and denied a staged extraction.
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Hanley Ordered To Stand Trial In Bramlet Kidnap Murder
Tom Hanley was formally ordered to stand trial for the kidnap murder of Culinary Union secretary treasurer Al Bramlet. A two minute hearing cited sufficient evidence, with witnesses detailing the abduction at McCarran Airport and the mountain killing, motive, and subsequent cover plans.
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Peoples
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Vaughn
Wendy
Pahrump
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Arizona wildfire rages out of control near Sierra Vista
Firefighters battled a massive Coronado National Forest blaze for a third day as at least 6,000 acres burned across pine, brush and grasslands. About 36 families fled near Sierra Vista and a hummingbird sanctuary was threatened. Also, Mt Elden near Flagstaff was contained after 4,600 acres burned.
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Baboon Heart Transplant Patient Dies in Cape Town
Dr. Christiaan Barnard completed a 10 hour operation grafting a baboon heart to a patient at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The woman, identified only as a white female, died two hours after surgery from unspecified complications. Barnard pioneered heart transplants and declined to comment.
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South Africa
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Christiaan Barnard
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