Judge orders Snyder to drop Detroit bankruptcy petition
Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina rules Michigan must withdraw Detroit bankruptcy filing, saying pensioners’ rights are being illegally trampled. The ruling likely has little effect on the case, as bankruptcy generally supersedes state court litigation. Aquilina called plaintiffs blindsided. AG plans to appeal.
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Michigan
Rick Snyder
Ingham County
Rosemarie Aquilina
Attorney General’s Office
Aquilina
Teen survivor of crash killed by fire truck at scene
In San Mateo Calif the aftermath of Asiana Flight 214 included 16 year old Ye Meng Yuan who survived the crash only to be struck by a fire truck as foam and flames engulfed the wreckage. Officials described the incident as tragic and expressed remorse.
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Barack Obama
Nation
Trayvon Martin
Obama
Florida
George Zimmerman
Martin
Zimmerman
San Mateo
Calif
Asiana
Ye Meng Yuan
Yuan
San Francisco
Joanne Hayes- White
DNA test ties Boston Strangler to last victim murder
DNA tests confirm Albert DeSalvo killed Mary Sullivan and likely all Boston Strangler victims from 1962 to 1964. Using semen from Sullivan’s scene and a living relative, investigators matched DeSalvo, excluding 99.9 percent of suspects, Massachusetts officials said. Eleven women aged 19 to 85 were killed in the era, terrorizing the region.
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Boston
Albert DeSalvo
Mary Sullivan
Massachusetts
Martha Coakley
Sullivan
DeSalvo
Four men rescued from Houston garage amid detainer claim
Four men told police they were held captive in a Houston garage after being lured with food and cigarettes so their public assistance checks could be cashed. Three men were malnourished and hospitalized. investigators described the living area as a dungeon and said they did not know how long they were confined, possibly weeks.
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Houston
Jodi Silva
Steven Murdock
Oil by rail fuels North American crude rush
The Lac Megantic derailment highlights rising oil by rail as U S and Canadian producers shift to trains to move crude to coastal refineries. With nearly 1,400 carloads daily, experts say pipelines lag behind production prompting continued rail dependence despite safety concerns.
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Quebec
Maine
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U.S
John D. Rockefeller
Lac-Megantic
North Dakota
Rocky Mountain
Michael Levi
Council On Foreign Relations
Jason Bordoff
Columbia University
Center On Global Energy Policy
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway
Donald Ross
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Association of American Railroads
Energy Department
Midwest
Ryan Remierz
Canada
DOE study finds fracking fluids not tainting water in Pa site
A federal DOE study in western Pennsylvania monitored fracturing fluids and found markers stayed 8,000 feet below the surface while fractures reached 6,000 feet, suggesting drinking water at less than 500 feet remained unaffected. Duke scientist Rob Jackson called the results useful but not conclusive.
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DOE
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Department of Energy
Associated Press
Richard Hammack
Duke University
Rob Jackson
Vatican offers indulgences for social media users at World Youth Day
Vatican states indulgences may apply to Catholics following World Youth Day Rio virtually via television, radio or social media. To earn the partial indulgence, participants must confess, be contrite, receive Communion, and pray, with sincere devotion and spiritual participation counted even without travel.
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Rio de Janeiro
Holy See
Claudio Maria Celli
Rio
Celli
Francis
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