Lava destroys 700-year-old Hawaiian temple during Kilauea eruption
Lava from Kilauea River flows to the ocean and engulfs the Wihaula Heiau on Hawaii island. The ancient temple, linked to human sacrifice and early Hawaiian hierarchy, collapsed after lava covered its outer wall. park officials express grief over the loss of an archaeological site.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Jim Martin
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Wahaula
Hawaii
Martin
Madame Pele
Pa‘ao
Tahiti
Samoa
UPS strike devastates small firms and jobs in the US
The 10 day UPS Teamsters strike sparks layoffs and closures at many small businesses. Susan Laing closes Postal Center USA in Milford Connecticut while Research Mannikins in Lebanon Oregon cuts 30 workers. Electro Mechanical Technologies in Cleveland slashes half its staff as UPS operates at 10 percent capacity. UPS says permanently lost business may force 15 000 job cuts even if the strike ends soon.
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New York
United Parcel Service
UPS
Susan Laing
Postal Center
USA
Milford
Conn
Lebanon
Ore
Research Mannikins
Tom Loomis
Cleveland
Electro Mechanical Technologies
Michael Estlick
Estlick
FedEx
James Kelly
U.S
Kelly
CNBC
Needle exchange founders convicted in New Brunswick case
The founders of a needle exchange program were convicted of distributing syringes in violation of a strict state law. Judge Terrill Brenner fined Diana McCague and Thomas Scozzare 3000, suspended their licenses for six months, and ordered court costs, with a maximum penalty of 1000 dollars and six months in jail possible.
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New Brunswick
N.J
Terrill Brenner
Brenner
Diana McCague
Thomas Scozzare
Sarah Foster
New Brunswick Needle Exchange Program
Mothers order children to shoot husband with BB guns
Leesburg Florida AP reports a 6 and 8 year old allegedly fired BB shots at their father during a marital dispute on orders from their mother. The 29 year old man received seven BB wounds. No arrests were made.
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Leesburg, Fla
Sheriff's Deputies
Chris Daniels
Violence looms if Ross mission fails in West Bank
Tens of thousands of Palestinian workers cannot reach Israeli jobs as protests surge in Nablus Balata camp. Arafat borrows to pay workers while Fatah and Hamas mobilize, demanding stronger action and bomb attacks. Netanyahu warns of raids if Arafat does not act. Closure fuels anger as commerce stalls.
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Nablus
West Bank
Israel
Yasser Arafat
U.S
Dennis Ross
Balata
Ammar Abu Zeid
Abu Zeid
Arafat
Fatah
Ross
Benjamin Netanyahu
Hamas
Jerusalem
Palestinian Authority
Amin Maqboul
Netanyahu
Tobacco firms flood politics with soft money in first half
Tobacco companies donated about 2 million in the first half of the year to political parties, led by Phillip Morris and RJR Nabisco. The Republican committees received the majority, while Common Cause notes the surge follows intense scrutiny of the industry's health and legal exposure.
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Washington
GOP
Ann McBride
Common Cause
Federal Election Commission
Sever Tobacco Companies
Phillip Morris
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
RJR Nabisco
NASA watches Mir water supply amid dwindling life support
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The crew of Russia s battered Mir space station has only 12 to two months of drinking water left and could run dry if a NASA shuttle does not arrive by late September A Russian cargo ship may bring water in early October but that could be too late Humidity recycling is unusable due to antifreeze fumes from earlier leaks Officials expect water safety results after cosmonauts return a sample later this week Mir s Elektron oxygen generator also failing and power shortages hinder spares The station was reduced to half power after a cargo ship collided with it on June 25 rupturing a lab module
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Russia
Mir Space Station
Mir
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Jeremy McAnulty
Dennis Ponder
Goodwill Industries
East Church
Frederick
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Jesse Conde
GacoLoe Byron
NASA
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FSU
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Westview
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Waeber
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