Tornado Strikes Graham Texas Causes Cattle Truck Wrecks
A tornado touched down near Graham in North Texas damaging several houses and overturning two empty cattle trucks. Three people sustained minor injuries, including a woman in a home. Debris and power lines challenged responders as authorities shut off gas and electricity.
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Graham
Doug Farber
Department of Public Safety
Young County
Jim Helvey
Dallas
Virginia court rejects appeal in right to die case
The Virginia Supreme Court refused to reinstate a feeding tube for 44 year old Hugh Finn, ruling that withholding nutrition is not mercy killing. Finn’s wife Michele won removal of the tube, a decision followed by officials warning the patient could die within weeks. Also recalling 25,500 Philips Magnavox home audio theater systems for potential fire risk after four reported incidents.
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Jim Gilmore
Hugh Finn
Virginia
Finn
Robin Merlino
Annaburg Manor Nursing Home
Manassas
Michele
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Philips Consumer Electronics Co
Atlanta
Philips
Kenyans collect compensation for losses in embassy bombing
Beatrice Akoth Yongo, widow of four, and 31 other relatives received payments totaling 1,670 dollars as part of a 3.8 million dollar drive to aid families of the Nairobi embassy bombing victims. Charles Njonjo said 213 Kenyan families will be paid, with initial burial aid of 833 dollars and further payments possible as funds allow.
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Kenya
U.S
Amos Wake
Uhuru Park
Beatrice Akoth Yongo
Yongo
Charles Njonjo
National Disaster Emergency Fund
Njonjo
Nairobi
Tanzania
AV Pinter
Charles Njanjo
Serbs signal cooperation to avert NATO strikes
Serb authorities moved to show compliance with UN demands to pull back forces in Kosovo as NATO airstrikes loomed. Ibrahim Rugova condemned the moves as a false show while U.S. and British leaders warned strikes could occur within two weeks unless Milosevic meets UN demands.
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Yugoslavia
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Belgrade
Ibrahim Rugova
U.N
Kofi Annan
Annan
Milosevic
Cohen
Yevgeny Primakov
Russia
United States
Drenica
Mother in Florida faces murder charge after daughter's disappearance
Kathryn Hartman, overwhelmed by guilt, recounts the night her 7-year-old daughter Amanda Brown vanished from their Tampa home. Investigators say Willie Crain Jr, a convicted child molester, dumped Amanda after gifting Hartman Valium and joining them in bed. Crain, jailed without bail, is charged with kidnapping and murder as police seek Amanda's body in Old Tampa Bay vicinity.
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Fla
Kathryn Hartman
Tampa Bay
Ms. Hartman
Amanda Brown
Willie Crain Jr
Amanda
Crain
St. Petersburg Times
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Tampa
Neeson and Richardson win libel suit over tabloid article
Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson won 85,000 in libel damages from The Mirror for false claims of divorce and a sham marriage. The couple, married four years with two sons, said they would donate the proceeds to Omagh bombing victims.
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Neeson
and Richardson
Mirror
Martin Craddace
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Coaple
Norther Ireland
Omagh
Northern Ireland
Miami man gets 25 year term in attack case
Corey Wade pleaded guilty to trying to kill Abel Romero and stealing a $25,000 sword from Stallone during a home invasion. Wade, who wore his work uniform, slipped through a fence, shot Romero five times, slit his throat, and beat him with a baton. Prosecutor Guy Singer called the case remarkable since the victim survived.
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Miami
Corey Wade
Abel Romero
Stallone
Wade
Romero
Gabriel Machalia
Guy Singer
McQueen defends model amid fashion show controversy
British designer Alexander McQueen tears up as criticism swirls over using American amputee model Aimee Mullins in London Fashion Week. Mullins, 22, hopes to be seen for her beauty beyond disability while Pierre Berge labels McQueen a voyeur provocateur and Le Figaro quotes his protest.
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Alexander McQueen
McQueen
Aimee Mullins
Pierre Berge
Yves Saint Laurent
le Figaro
Mullins
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