Negotiators Move Toward Coal Settlement Amid UMW Strike
Washington officials and negotiators for the United Mine Workers and coal industry resume talks amid cautious optimism for a contract to end the 99 day coal strike. The Taft Hartley back to work order faces limited compliance as federal authorities urge restraint and readiness to arrest actions that threaten return-to-work.
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Washington
Justice Department
Mark Sheehan
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Cart
Appalachian
Midwestern
Illuminous Coal Operators Association
Dutch marines storm city hall. 70 hostages freed
Dutch marines stormed the four story Trento provincial government building in Assen freeing 70 hostages held by three young Moluccan gunmen. A hostage was killed and others wounded as the 100 man unit moved in after a 2 pm deadline.
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Assen
Netherlands
Trento
Modesto Man Survives 31 Days Snowbound In Motorhome
Laurence Shannon 82 and his dog Andy endured a month long snowbound ordeal while touring in a motorhome with his wife Emma. Rescuers reached the vehicle after 31 days. Emma Shannon died after three days stranded. Laurence survives with his daughter and great granddaughter.
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Laurence Shannon
Modesto
Calif
Shannon
Emma
Andy
Man seizes school bus in Michigan suburb
A man commandeered a school bus in White Lake Township near Walled Lake, Michigan, and was shot by police after the incident inside a bus garage. Six high school students and the driver were not injured, according to police and the school principal.
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Lake, Mich
Detroit
Wilford Hook
Walled Lake
Detroi
White Lake Township
White Lake
Justin Watt
Gerald Wallace
Walled Lake Central High School
Earth to Meet Rocky Visitor In Close Asteroid Flyby
Astronomers report Earth will dodge a near pass by an asteroid Wednesday within eight million miles. The object, one half to one mile across, marks the second sizable space rock to skim by this month. Scientists caution such rocks rarely strike Earth, with Hermes in 1937 the closest recorded miss.
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Washington
Brian Marsden
Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics
Cambridge
Mass
Hans-Emil Schuster
European Southern Observatory
Chile
Marsden
Hermes
Earth
Crime Alert Public Safety Hotline Guidance
A brief crime alert urges residents to call the police at 425 7700 if they witness a crime or spot suspicious activity. The message emphasizes immediate reporting to help prevent crime and aid responders.
Court Rules Sanders Not Libel Targeting KFC Outlet
Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously held Col. Harland Sanders did not libel the Bowling Green KFC unit by calling gravy like wallpaper paste and a crispy recipe a false claim. The opinion says the remarks referred to Kentucky Fried Chicken generally, not to any single restaurant.
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Frankfort
Col. Sanders
Kentucky Supreme Court
Harland Sanders
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Bowling Green
Sanders
Dan Kauffman
Courier-Journal
Louisville
Weather outlook with showers and possible snow flurries
Showers are expected tonight with a potential switch to snow flurries on Wednesday. Temperatures: tonight low in the 30s, Wednesday high 40 to 45, morning low around 40 after a 48 high yesterday. Rain measured at slightly over half an inch. Fair conditions forecast for Thursday and Saturday. Friday may see snow flurries. highs in the 30s and lows in the teens to low 20s.
Riot crushes Argentina prison. 44 dead
Police say guards and police crushed a riot at Villa Devoto prison near Buenos Aires, killing 44 inmates and guards and injuring about 30, many burned. The facility houses many political prisoners and is the country’s largest.
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Buenos Atres Argentina
Villa Deryoto
Argentina
Buenos Aires
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