Challenger Explosion and Loss of Seven Crew Members
On January 28 1986 the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Florida killing all seven crew including commander Francis R Dick Scobee pilot Michael Smith and teachers Christa McAuliffe. Also notes historic events on dates: Henry VIII death 1547 Edward VI ascends. Yale News began publication 1878. US Coast Guard created 1915. Vietnam cease fire 1973. Coates House fire 1978 with 20 dead.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Francis R
Dick" Scobee
Michael Smith
Ronald McNair
Ellison Onizuka
Judith Resnik
Gregory Jarvis
Christa McAuliffe
England
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Yale News
Yale Daily News
New Haven
Cana
United States Coast Guard
Woodrow Wilson
Life-Saving Service
Revenue Cutter Service
Coates House
Kansas City
Ice Storm Knocks Out Power as 19 Die Across Nation
Severe winter weather blasted from the southern Plains to the East Coast, snapping tree limbs and freezing lines. The storm left thousands without electricity, closed schools and offices, and prompted warnings from the National Weather Service as 19 deaths were blamed on the conditions.
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Plains
Arkansas
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Texas
Mississippi
Ohio
New England
Pennsylvania
Truce shaken by Hamas bombing and Israeli airstrike
A Palestinian roadside bomb killed an Israeli soldier near the Gaza border Tuesday, triggering an Israeli airstrike that wounded a Hamas militant in Khan Younis. Tanks and bulldozers briefly entered Gaza as violence spiked, undermining the cease-fire before a new U.S. envoy visit.
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Gaza
Israel
Hamas
U.S. Mideast
Khan Younis
Impeachment tapes link Blagojevich to quid pro quo
Impeachment prosecutors played FBI wiretaps showing Gov. Rod Blagojevich alleging that a horse racing track owner must supply campaign contributions in exchange for legislation. The conversations indicate an implied promise to deliver a financial payoff, with references to “what accounts to get it out of” and a stated “commitment” to be kept.
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Blagojevich
Robert Blagojevich
Lon Monk
Rod Blagojevich
Illinois Senate
FBI
Bomb near Kurdish office kills three Iraqi soldiers in Mosul
A car bomb exploded near the Kurdish Democratic Party offices in Mosul killing at least three Iraqi soldiers. The attack heightened tensions in northern Iraq with elections four days away as Kurds Sunnis and Shiites clash over reform and governance. Massoud Barzani leads the KBP and security forces had approached the vehicle before it detonated.
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Mosul
Baghdad
Iraq
Kurdish Democratic Party
KBP
Massoud Barzani
L A man kills wife and five children then himself
In Wilmington California a man Ervin Lupoe fatally shot his wife Ana Lupoe and their eight and ten year old twins before killing himself. A fax to KABC claimed they were fired from Kaiser Permanente jobs and planned the killings as an escape. Police confirmed the family’s deaths and noted the case followed a spate of similar incidents in the region.
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Los Angeles
Ervin Luppe
Kabc-Tiv
Wilmington
Long Beach
Ed Winter
Ana Luppe
John Romero
Ervin Lupoe
Ana Lupoe
California
Kenneth Garner
Kansas
Kcal-Tv
Crescent Heights
Cherise Pounders-Caver
Luppe
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Lupoe
Kaiser Permanente
Billy Hayes
Brittney
Jaszmin
Jassely
Benjamin
Christian
Winter
Workers to boss It’s on the house at Mr. B’s Pancake House
At Mr B s Pancake House in Muskegon Michigan lead server Mary VanDam mobilized 31 staff to work a day shift on January 18 without pay to help the owner Dave Barham who funded payroll from his own funds. The workers earned tips totaling 51 per person from the shift. The move aimed to safeguard the ailing restaurant amid slower business.
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Muskegon, Mich
Michigan
Mr. B
Mary VanDam
Dave Barham
Barham
VanDam
Editor contacts and news partners list
A compiled list of newsroom editors and their contact numbers including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck and Jonathan Kealing. Also lists 6News director Cady Howard and Mediaphormedia president Dan Cox with phone lines and emails.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Ann Gardner
Gwardner
Ijworld
Tom Keegan
World.com
Jon Niccum
Iniccum
Ljworld
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Jworld.com
News Partners
Cady Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Deox
Iljworld
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Mike Uthan
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Space Needle
L.A
Journal-World
N.H
Lawrence
Chris Bell
Tony Berg
Berg
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Liworld.com
U.a.m
Noor
Ljworld.com
Trinity
Nancy Yacher
Nancy
Chris Lindley
Trinity-in-Home Care
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Independence, Inc
Haskell Avenue
KOT Public Transit
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