Whales stranded in Everglades as rescue efforts continue
In Everglades National Park Florida workers tried to save 41 short fin pilot whales stranded in about three feet of water near Highland Beach. Ten had died and four were euthanized as rescuers faced deep shallow-water patches, with social bonds hindering separation.
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Everglades National Park
Fla
Florida
Kim Amendola
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Blair Mase
NOAA
Highland Beach
Mase
Park
Linda Friar
Lynne Sladky
911 tapes reveal terror in Sandy Hook tragedy
Newtown records release six 911 calls from Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14. Barbara Halstead pleads for help as gunfire erupts while teachers and staff face imminent danger. Custodian Rick Thorne and others describe fear, inaction, and responders arriving minutes after the gunman’s death.
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Newtown
Conn
Barbara Halstead
Sandy Hook
Adam Lanza
Dawn Hochsprung
Mary Sherlach
Halstead
Rick Thorne
Lanza
Thorne
Essica Hill
Biden and Xi hold 5 1/2 hour talks amid air defense zone tension
Vice President Biden meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing for a long closed session and working dinner to ease regional anxieties over China’s air defense identification zone and broader disputes. Despite extensive discussions on Iran, North Korea, and economic reforms, no resolution emerges on the Senkaku area flight restriction and China’s maritime assertiveness.
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Biden
Beising
U.S
Asia
Joseph Biden
China
Xi Jinping
Japan
White House
Iran
North Korea
East China Sea
Senkaku
Lintao Zhang
Joe Biden
Li Yuanchao
Great Hall of the People
Beijing
Wingate shooting prompts campus lockdown near Wingate Univ
Police report two men shot and killed and a third wounded near a Wingate University entrance. Chief Donnie Gay says no students or staff were involved. A suspect is sought as campus lockdown begins around 6 15 pm and ends at 8 30 pm.
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Wincate
N.C
North Carolina University
Wingate
Donnie Gay
Wingate University
Charlotte
Gay
Rockwell painting nets record $46M at Sotheby's
Norman Rockwell's Saying Grace sold in New York for 46 million, a record for a Saturday Evening Post illustrator and for any American art auction. Bidders competed by phone for nine minutes before the hammer, with the buyer unnamed. The work carried a 15 to 20 million pre sale estimate.
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New York
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
Sotheby's
Rockwell
George Bellows
Illini pension plan moves through legislature amid court threat
Illinois lawmakers approved a pension rescue plan claiming 160 billion dollars in savings over 30 years and full funding by 2044. Labor groups vow to challenge the measure, as critics question constitutionally protected benefits and the likelihood of legal success.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
LAX gunman Ciancia appears in court for first appearance
In Rancho Cucamonga California Paul Ciancia 23 who killed a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounded two other agents and a civilian at Los Angeles International Airport made his first court appearance on Wednesday. He was still visible showing gunshot wounds from his arrest and had not been seen in public since the November 1 attack that disrupted air travel nationwide.
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Rancho Cucamonga
Calif
Transportation Security Administration
Los Angeles International Airport
Paul Ciancia
Missing radioactive cobalt-60 found near abandoned truck
A missing shipment of cobalt-60 was discovered near an abandoned truck in central Mexico. Officials say the container was opened and the risk lies only to anyone who handles the exposed pellets, with no immediate evacuation required for Hueypoxtla residents. The material, used in medical radiation therapy, had been bound for a waste site.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Hueypoxtla
Juan Eibenschutz
National Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards
Commission
Mardonio Jimenez
Kerry to present West Bank security plan
Secretary of State John Kerry will present outlines of a West Bank security plan in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week. The move signals renewed U.S. engagement to revive faltering peace efforts after months of stalled talks and limited progress on core issues like security and borders.
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Jerusalem
John Kerry
West Bank
Mideast
U.S
Kerry
Israel
Palestine
Klitschko Eyes Ukrainian Presidency as Pro-Western Leader
Vitali Klitschko, 6 foot 7 inch world heavyweight champion, leads protests and polls as Ukraine’s top opposition figure. The boxer turned politician, nicknamed Dr Konfist, ranks ahead of jailed Yuri Tymoshenko, promotes Western democracy, and plans one final bout before retirement after 45 wins 47 fights with 11 title defenses.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Vitali Klitschko
Klitschko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Dr. Konfist
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