Firefighters abandon magnesium plant blaze in Indiana
In Anderson Indiana a magnesium fire at the Advanced Magnesium Alloys Corp plant forced evacuations of 3000 to 5000 people as explosions drove firefighters away after about three hours The blaze may burn for days while authorities determine a start point and monitor 4000 to 6000 pounds of magnesium burning at the site No injuries reported and 12 to 18 workers were inside at the time
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Anderson
Ind
Advanced Magnesium Alloys Corp
Terry Sellars
Sollars
Plane crashes into Florida home in Coconut Creek
A two seat plane crashed into a Coconut Creek home Saturday afternoon, killing the pilot who was alone in the aircraft. The home owned by Steve and Traci Sandford, Sun-Sentinel staff, sustained heavy damage while witnesses fought the flames with garden hoses. The Sandfords and a neighbor shared the yard where the crash occurred and a computer with baby pictures and a fireproof safe were recovered. The family will stay with relatives.
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Coconut Creek
Fla
Tony Avello
Steve
Traci Sandford
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sandfords
Michele Kesian
Pilot whales beaching shocks North Carolina coast
MANTE0, N C At least 22 pilot whales beached along a five mile stretch near Oregon Inlet in the northern Outer Banks and at least 17 died officials said NOAA spokeswoman Laura Engleby noted there may be more than 30 stranded whales due to fluctuating sea conditions Scientists say pilot whales commonly beach themselves but the reasons remain unknown The pilot whale is protected but not endangered.
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Manteo
N.C
Oregon Inlet
Laura Engleby
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Textbooks define marriage as union of man and woman
LITTLE ROCK Ark Some legislators push a bill to require public school textbooks to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman mirroring the state constitutional amendment passed by voters on November 2 The measure has 22 House sponsors and 11 Senate co sponsors with Rep Roy Ragland and Sen Ruth Whittaker leading the effort
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Roy Ragland
House
Ragland
Ruth Whitaker
Senate
Strike Looms as St Louis Teachers Reject District Offer
A union board representing St. Louis teachers voted 10 to 1 to reject the district's final contract proposal. If the union members approve on Tuesday, a walkout would begin Wednesday morning despite a state no walkout law.
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ST. Louis
Bush faces second term trials and global tests ahead
President Bush faces a demanding second term with Iraqi elections, a broad war on terror, and a risky Social Security overhaul. He aims to win the war on terror, protect the homeland, and push private accounts for younger workers, while facing opposition from Democrats and the AARP. His schedule includes a State of the Union, a national intelligence director, and a 2006 budget, with a February trip abroad to meet Putin and mend strained European ties.
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Bush
Congress
Supreme Court
Ross Baker
Rutgers University
Iraq
Baker
National Intelligence
Europe
Vladimir Putin
AARP
2004 Election Turnout Highest Since 1968
Washington report states that 122 million Americans voted in the 2004 presidential election, a turnout of 60.7 percent, the highest since 1968. Bush won 62,028,719 votes (50.8 percent), Kerry 59,028,550 (48.3 percent), and Ralph Nader 440,513 votes. Turnout rose 6.4 percent from 2000, the largest increase since 1952.
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Committee For the Study of the
Bush
John Kerry
D-Mass
al Gore
Ralph Nader
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