Nine aboard sightseeing plane crash near Hilo Hawaii
A small touring plane with one engine alight ditched in the Pacific off Hawaii at Howaii i Point near four miles from Hilo International Airport. Eight people were rescued while rescuers searched for a ninth. The Big Island Air Piper Navajo Chieftain operated the flight, a second crash for the company in a year following a Mauna Loa crash that killed all ten aboard.
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Pacific Ocean
Hilo International Airport
Howaii’i Point
Hawaii County Fire Department
Big Island Air
Mauna Loa
National Transportation Safety Board
America West Faces Grounding Over Maintenance
Federal regulators threaten to ground America West unless it proves within a week that 35 of its 130 planes have completed required maintenance. The FAA audit cites deferred maintenance and weak oversight by outside vendors but finds no immediate flight safety issues. President Douglas Parker says the airline has completed the checks.
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America West
Federal Aviation Administration
David Gillom
FAA
Douglas Parker
GM aims to cut smog with cleaner buses and trains
General Motors will spend 2.5 million to reduce diesel school bus emissions and research natural gas trains in Southern California in a district backed plan with air-quality regulators. The program includes particulate traps on 35 buses and a 250000 dollar donation to the Adopt A Bus initiative.
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General Motors
California
Los Angeles
Air District
Krakatoa and Mountbatten Deaths Mark History Notes
A history brief notes Krakatoa in 1883 with 36,000 deaths in Java and Sumatra, Allied landings in Japan in 1945 after surrender, NASA Mariner 2 flyby of Venus in 1962, and the 1979 Mountbatten assassination by the IRA off Ireland.
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Krakatoa
Indonesia
Sunda Strait
Java
Sumatra
Japan
United States
Venus
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Birthday tributes list for Paul Reubens and peers
A birthday list celebrates Paul Reubens Pee Wee Herman turning 48 along with Daryl Dragon Captain and Tennille at 58 Tuesday Weld at 57 Barbra Bach 53 ex porn star Harry Reems 53 and Willy Mink DeVille at 47. The notes reference actor Paul Reubens and industry peers in a light daily feature.
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Paul Reubens
Pee-wee Herman
Daryl Dragon
the Captain and
Tennille
Tuesday Weld
Barbara Bach
Harry Reems
Willy “Mink
Devwels
Longtime friend bikes across Kansas to promote book
Fifteen years after Thomas Bird was convicted of murdering his wife, a longtime friend plans a Kansas bicycle trek to publicize a new book arguing his innocence. The journey aims to draw attention to the case before Monday’s Journal-World edition.
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Thomas Bird
Kansas
Journal-World
American Tragedy mini series probes Simpson defense
CBS will air American Tragedy a behind the scenes look at the O J Simpson defense team. LAW Lawrence Schiller Norman Mailer script Ving Rhames Christopher Plummer Ron Silver star in a dramatized account drawing from trial lore and a prior book.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Dream Team
Simpson
CBS
Dr. Simpson
Hollywood
Marcia Clark
Robert Shapiro
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Lawrence Schiller
James Willworth
Mole
Robert'Kardashian
Schiller
Norman Mailer
Ving Rhames
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Christopher Plummer
Ron Silver
You
Jon Benet Ramsey
Cochran
Shapiro
Plummer
Mike Wallace
F. Lee Bailey
Domestic divas and celebrity candid notes across sources
Martha Stewart touts perfectionism as profitable in media and life while reflecting on a marital split and choosing one child. Wesley Snipes discusses fear and monk-like phases amid acting roles. Latin Grammy hosts Gloria Estefan Andy Garcia Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Smits slated for Sept 13 at Staples Center broadcast on CBS. Wynonna Judd holds garage sale ahead of building dream home as items ranging from clothes to furniture sell quickly.
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Martha Stewart
O: the Oprah Magazine
Gloria Estefan
Andy Garcia
Jennifer Lopez
Jimmy Smits
Michael Greene
National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences
Lopez
Estefan
Staples Center
Los Angeles
Greene
CBS
Wynonna Judd
Judd
Nashville
Kerry Hansen
Wynonna
Burt Reynolds Reflects On Sex Appeal Decline In Miami
Burt Reynolds, 64, says his sex appeal isn’t what it used to be after shooting The Crew in Miami Beach. He notes the cold reception from beachgoers toward him and co stars Richard Dreyfuss Sey mour Cassel and Dan Hedaya. He praises the ensemble and says the group’s experience kept the project running smoothly.
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Cosmopolitan
Burt Reynolds
TV Guide Online
Lacation
Miami Beach
Richard Dreyfuss
Seymour Cassel
Dan Hedaya
South Beach
Reynolds
Mirror
Online fandom keeps Survivor fix alive before new season
Los Angeles Times reports fans renew obsession with Survivor after the finale. Richard Hatch’s win spurred sites like Survivor Junkie and SurvivorSucks offering profiles, fiction, galleries, chats, and humor as they await Survivor The Australian Outback premiere in January. Fans share rituals, clubs, and predicted outcomes while CBS maintains official coverage.
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Richard Hatch
CBS
Mike Halterman
Pensacola
Fla
Vivor
Yahoo
Survivor
Halterman
Richard
SurvivorSucks.com
Gretchen
Gervase
Paul Sims
Dallas
SurvivorSucks
NBC
Dana McClintock
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CBE
Wesley Snipes
New York Daily News
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Los Angeles Times
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