First female CAL FIRE firefighter dies on duty in California
GROVELAND Calif A member of an elite helicopter wildfire crew becomes the department s first female line of duty death Eva Schicke 24 of Arnold identified by officials. The seven member crew was apparently overrun by flames Sunday in Stanislaus National Forest.
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Arnold
Jim Wright
CDF
Four killed in small plane crash on river island
A Cessna crashed Sunday night on Howell Island in the Missouri River killing four adults aboard. Pilot Mark Kaplan 56 and wife Phyllis 56 of Chesterfield died, along with Ralph Supinski 57 and wife Carol 58 of Bradenton Florida. FAA said the plane circled the runway before the fall.
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Missouri River
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Sikeston
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Deficit at a record high with month left
Washington reports that with one month remaining in the 2004 federal budget year the deficit stands at 436.9 billion dollars. Spending totals 2.11 trillion versus 1.67 trillion in revenues, with Health and Human Services, Social Security, Military and debt interest among top deficits. The piece also notes a makeover for Thomas Jefferson on the nickel with two new designs to be unveiled by the U.S. Mint and issued in 2005.
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Treasury Department
Health and Human Services Department
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
Berkeley Awards $15,000 Scholarship to First Trans-Student
Alyn Libman, 19, becomes the first transgender recipient of The Point Foundation scholarship, accepted at UC Berkeley after a past of ridicule and threats. The award highlights growing availability of gay and trans oriented financial aid from charities and universities nationwide.
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Calif
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University of California At Berkeley
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Chicago
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Atlanta
North Korea says explosion was demolition for hydroelectric project
North Korea claimed the two mile wide mushroom cloud from last Thursday’s blast near the Chinese border was a planned demolition for a hydroelectric project. KCNA quoted construction site blastings and invited a British diplomat to visit the site to verify Pyongyang’s account.
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South Korea
North Korea
United States
Bush Administration
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White House
John Kerry
KCNA
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Korea
Paek Nam Sun
Foreign Office
Bill Rammell
British Broadcasting Corp
Rammell
Pack
Britain
David Slim
Press Association of Britain
Chung Dong-young
Yonhap
Andrew Kennedy
Royal United Services Institute
London
Afghan defense says prison torture case unfair in Kabul
An attorney for one of three Americans charged with torturing Afghans on a vigilante hunt said the trial in Kabul is unfair. He cited chaotic procedures and missing translations, urging charges be dropped as the trial heads to a likely final session.
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Afghanistan
Robert Fogelnest
Fogelnest
Jonathan Idema
Edward Caraballo
Brent Bennett
Idema
U.S
Defense Department
Caraballo
Abdul Baset Bakhtyari
Afghan Supreme Court
Maulawi Sidiq
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Gulf ministers press Syria to pull troops from Lebanon
GCC foreign ministers meeting in Jiddah urged Syria to respect Security Council resolutions and withdraw its forces from Lebanon. Jordan also backed the call, while Lebanon's Syrian-backed president Emile Lahoud opposed immediate withdrawal, insisting troops stay until Israel meets 1967 borders and Palestinian refugees return.
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Council of Ministers
Sheik Mohammed
Emile Lahoud
Israel
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