Ford’s funeral honors a leader who sought healing and civility
Gerald R. Ford was honored in Washington and Grand Rapids for a presidency defined by humility and compromise. Carter attended both services and carried Ford’s casket home, while Bush praised Ford as a unifying figure who faced Watergate with calm. In Grand Rapids Ford’s museum opened briefly as the public viewed his casket overnight before burial.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
Washington
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Carter
Nixon
America
Bush
Norman Rockwell
Yale
Danziger Bridge officers turn themselves in amid support
Seven New Orleans police officers charged in the Danziger Bridge shootings after Katrina surrendered at the city jail as more than 200 supporters gathered outside. Charges include first degree murder for four officers and attempted murder for three others. bail set at 100000 per count for those charged with murder. Arraignment set for Friday with assurances of separation from general jail population.
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New Orleans
Danziger
Danziger 7
Henry Kuhn
Harahan
Kenneth Bowen
Robert Gisevius
Anthony Villavaso
Robert Faulton
Robert Barries
Mike Hunter
Ignatius Hills
Hunter
Fraternal Order of Police
Gerald Ford
Robert J. Barrios
Fred Fath
Happy Ending For Runaway Airport Dog Bailey
After 20 days in mud and under runways at Memphis Airport, Bailey the 75 pound Great Dane mix is found alive in a steel cage trap baited with fried chicken. Pam Bell located the starving dog on New Year’s Day, reuniting Bailey with owners Chris and Laura Pierce who flew in as Bailey’s photo surfaced by email. Bell will foster Bailey briefly while Richard Ripley recovers from knee surgery.
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Memphis
Memphis International Airport
Pam Bell
Bailey
Seattle
Chris
Laura Pierce
Mix
Richard
Lelia Ripley
Lelia
Northwest
Bell
Ing
Bartlett Animal Shelter
Laura
Pierces
Richard Ripley
Lawsuit questions Seminoles purchase of Hard Rock Cafe
A Cordish affiliate sues in Broward County alleging collusion and bid rigging to favor the Seminole Tribe in the 965 million Hard Rock takeover from Rank Group. The suit claims secret talks began seven months before sale plans were announced and seeks unspecified damages.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Hard Rock Chain of Cafes and Casinos
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Cordish Co
Power Plant Entertainment LLC
Hard Rock Cafe International Inc
Power Plant
Cordish
Coastal Development LLC
Hollywood
Tampa
Hard Rock
Rank Group PLC
Goldman Sachs & Co
Broward County Circuit Court
Marty Steinberg
Hard Rock Cafe International
Florida
Rank
Ford laid in Grand Rapids as Eagle Scouts pay tribute
Three by three Boy Scouts filed by the flag draped casket of Gerald Ford while saluting the only Eagle Scout to become president. Visitors including Patricia Brown and her son Caleb recalled Ford’s lifelong ties to scouting as UM band members returned from the Rose Bowl to play The Victors for the late president. The body’s flight path over Michigan Stadium added a ceremonial salute to Ford, Michigan’s only president.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
University of Michigan
Wolverines
Mich
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Patricia Brown
Lansing
Caleb
Brown
Lord's
California
William Zasadny
Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor
University
Gerald R. Ford
Catherine Griebe
Detroit
Greg Griebe
Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
Julie Gadzinski
Andrew
Katelyn
Austin
Copters drop hay to save stranded livestock
National Guard helicopters dropped emergency food bundles and alfalfa hay to people and cattle trapped by snowdrifts as high as ten feet after back to back blizzards. At least a dozen deaths were blamed on the weekend storm across Colorado Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma. Guardsmen used Humvees and snowmobiles to reach homes and move residents to shelters while hay lifts aimed to save thousands of cattle immobilized by the blizzard.
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Denver
National Guard
Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Tony Hall
Lamar
Cole
Don Ament
Middle East
Black Hawk
Steve Segin
Commuter saves teen who fell on Subway tracks
An 18-year-old man with a medical episode fell onto the tracks in New York City. Wesley Autrey, a Manhattan resident, jumped onto the tracks, rolled with the teen into the trough between rails as a southbound train passed over them with about two inches to spare. The driver applied emergency brakes. neither was hit. The rescued man, not named, was in stable condition at a hospital. Service on the line was halted about 45 minutes.
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New York
Wesley Autrey
Manhattan
Autrey
New York City
Bronx
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