Feds plan ID system to guide disaster volunteers
The article recalls improvised volunteer IDs after 9 11 and Katrina, notes a Washington area prototype for first responder IDs, and cites concerns from volunteers about exclusion. Rhonda Shearer warns agencies are ill prepared for major disasters yet resist outsiders exposing failings.
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New York
Gene O'Brien
World Trade Center
O'Brien
Scarsdale
Washington, D.C
Ground Zero
Rhonda Shearer
New York City
Police and Emergency Management Agency
Shearer
Pants missing, found, then returned after dog aided theft tale
A man woke in a neighbor's yard without his pants and with a cashier's check for 41,093 dollars. a dog's owner Tim Curran delivered the pants and money to police after the dog Joe retrieved them. The case puzzled police who doubted the alcohol story. Two Orlando theaters offered venues for Trinity Preparatory School's La Cage aux Folles after an Episcopal bishop complained, with the school board to decide whether performances resume.
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Mark Stahnke
Stahnke
William Graham
Tim Curran
Joe
Curran
School bans tag after student complaints on playground
At Discovery Canyon Campus an elementary school bans tag on the playground after children reported harassment or unwanted chasing. Assistant principal Cindy Feigen states running games may continue if no one chases others. Two parents filed complaints, but most families did not object.
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Cindy Feigen
Discovery Canyon
Feigen
Utah mine collapse shifts from rescue to closure and investigation
Signs of prayer and support spread through Carbon and Emery counties as hopes fade for six trapped miners after the Crandall Canyon collapse. Rescue efforts ended as MSHA planned an investigation with a team arriving to Huntington, while the community plans a memorial and fundraiser.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Colin King
Crandall Canyon
Kerry Allred
Don Erickson
Luis Hernandez
Carlos Payan
Brandon Phillips
Manuel Sanchez
MSHA
Richard Stickler
Carbon
Emery Counties
Bush
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Huntington
Rich Kulczewski
U.S. Department of Labor
Scott Sommerdorf
Wendy Black
Dale Black
Sanpete County
Tah
State reports record year in marijuana enforcement
In South Carolina authorities report a bumper illicit crop with more than 38 000 marijuana plants seized this year. Two July busts near the North Carolina line pushed totals higher, reflecting bolder growers and improved policing. Federal agents note increased homegrown cultivation as cross-border costs rise.
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CoLumbia
S.C
North Carolina Line
South Carolina
Charlotte
N.C
John Czaluk
Federal
Drug Enforcement Agency
Mexico
U.s.-Mexico
Ozaluk
Virginia
Jon Gettman
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