Competency hearing set for store assault suspect Coates
Allen Dwayne Coates 37 sobbed in Jefferson County Court as a judge ordered a mental competency evaluation before any plea in Kentucky and West Virginia cases. He is accused of assaulting a 9 year old at a Wal Mart in Ashland and an 11 year old at a Target in South Charleston, posing as a security guard and, in WV, facing charges of sexual assault kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. The judge gave six weeks for evaluation before extradition to West Virginia.
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Fire at Gateway Arch grounds prompts mass evacuation
A Thursday blaze on the Gateway Arch grounds in St. Louis led to the evacuation of about 8,000 visitors from the Arch and Museum of Westward Expansion as thick black smoke hung over downtown. Officials cited an electrical transformer as the likely origin with no injuries reported. The FBI opened an investigation while the Arch and museum may be closed for up to three days for repairs.
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Record design contest draws 5200 proposals for World Trade Center memorial
Proposals from 62 countries and all states except Alaska flood the design competition to memorialize victims of the 1993 and 2001 attacks. Lower Manhattan Development Corp officials say 5200 submissions set a new record, surpassing the 1421 for the Vietnam memorial.
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Snowmobiles win in National Park vote sparking foe protest
In a 210 210 House roll call, Republicans blocked environmentalists by approving snowmobile access to two National Park crown jewels while backing a 19.6 billion Interior Department funding package. elsewhere a county worker opened fire at a Kanawha County School Board meeting injuring one woman and leading to the arrest of Richard Bright on malicious wounding and wanton endangerment charges. The scene followed prior Nixon era plans and newly declassified minutes detail Kissinger era discussions on expanding the Vietnam War to Cambodia and Laos.
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