Train Derailment Sparks Fire In Charlotte Suburb
A CSX freight train derailed on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, a Rochester suburb, spilling thousands of gallons of chemicals that ignited into a fireball. Seven of 42 cars derailed. two tankers leaked methylene chloride and acetone, with homes damaged but no injuries reported. Officials opened a school for residents unable to reach home as evacuations were not ordered.
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CSX Corp
Charlotte
Rochester
Dan McBride
McBride
Rescuers search Possum Kingdom park for missing 6-year-old
Rescue teams spent a second day looking for Ira Clutter, 6, who vanished while hiking with his parents at Possum Kingdom State Park in Caddo. The rugged 1500 acre area lies about 60 miles west of Fort Worth as temperatures dropped after a cold Saturday.
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Possum Kingdom
Caddo
Ira Clutter
Silsbee
Randy Clutter
Fort Worth
Miami Highway Patrol arrests 172 for drag racing sting
Florida troopers stopped about 350 cars on a mile long stretch west of Miami and arrested 172 people during a weekend drag racing sting. Most arrests were for reckless driving, including ten juveniles, while about 100 drivers fled.
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Broward County
Miami-Dade County
Orlando
Miami
Ernesto Duarte
Study finds decline in conflicts around world
Washington reports nine fewer countries in conflict in 2001 than 2000, with 59 nations affected by diverse struggles from separatism to terrorism. The National Defense Council Foundation notes most conflicts are low to medium intensity between states and sub-state actors, while estimates vary by organization.
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Washington
Sept. IL
National Defense Council Foundation
Papua New Guinea
United States
Eral
Mark Mansfield
Center For Defense Information
Army
Daniel Smith
Indonesia
India
Philippines
Smith
Somalia
Iraq
Burma
Congo- Kinshasa
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Burundi
Sudan
Comoros
Sierra Leone
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F. Lee Bailey
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O.J. Simpson
Florida Court
Massachusetts
Sheppard
Ohio
Miami Highway Patrol
Osama bin Laden
U.S
Andy Messing Jr
Alexandria, Va
Foundation
CIA
Brian C. Wilkerson
Michelle Anderson
Justin R. Anderson
Cae
Lawrence
Meesemai
Motorola
Startac
NOKIA
Tal Earl
Verizon Wireless
Verizonwireless.com
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Rive
Cara
Lucent Technologies
Inente
Lowo
Verizon Wireless Communications
Topeka Prestige Plaza
West Ridge Mall
Wanamaker
Nokia Corporation
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