NASA inspectors cited flaws in shuttle safety program
Cape Canaveral NASA inspectors charged with inspecting space shuttles faced limits and were forced to buy their own tools. A Columbia accident investigator said NASA’s quality assurance program at Kennedy Space Center and other sites had been cut back, with spot checks restricted and inspectors trained by contractors. He warned the Columbia report due in late August could reflect a major hit to NASA safety oversight.
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Florida
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Kennedy
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Suspect arrested in assault at Target in South Charleston
A man posing as a security guard assaulted an 11 year old girl at a South Charleston Target. Allen Dwayne Coates, 37, of Irvington Kentucky, was later arrested and charged in a separate Wal Mart case in Kentucky. Police credited a grainy surveillance video and an anonymous tip for the capture.
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Allen Dwayne Coates
Coates
Irvington
West Virginia
David Dunlap
Dunlap
Ashland
North and South Korea exchange fire near DMZ border
North Korean and South Korean guards fired at each other near Yonchon in the DMZ at 6 10 a m and 7 11 a m during a national holiday. No South casualties were reported while North casualties were not confirmed. The incident violated armistice terms but involved weapons kept in observation posts.
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Koreas
Lee
Yonchon
Seoul
Panmunjom
Navy helicopter crash near Sicily base kills three
An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter crashed ten miles southwest of Sigonella base in Sicily after takeoff killing three crew members and leaving the fourth missing. Rescue efforts for the missing crewman paused due to darkness and the crash is under investigation. Names were not released pending relatives' notification.
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Navy
Sigonella
Sicily
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Dan Hetlage
Washington
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Rome
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Democrats to address NAACP after missing forum
Three Democratic White House candidates Joe Lieberman Dick Gephardt and Dennis Kucinich will travel to Miami Beach to address the NAACP convention three days after being labeled persona non grata. Lieberman cited campaigns and a TV interview Gephardt cited a family obligation and Kucinich cited voting in the House as reasons for missing the presidential forum.
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Missouri
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Ohio
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Miami Beach
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New York
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Kucinich
Ford visits White House for 90th birthday tribute
Former President Gerald Ford returns to the White House to celebrate turning 90, joining Adams Hoover and Reagan as nonagenarian presidents. The Gerald R. Ford Foundation hosts a reception and dinner, naming Alan Greenspan the first Gerald R. Ford Medal recipient. Ford earlier addressed the House, and plans to attend the Dole Institute dedication in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Foundation
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Gerald R. Ford
Dole Institute of Politics
Lawrence
Kan
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