Tour bus crash in Mexico leaves 25 dead
Raymone Kral of Duluth Minn survived a Cancun tour bus wreck that killed at least 25 passengers, including five members of a Wisconsin family. She helped survivors as the vehicle careened into a power pole and burned on a rain slick road near the Mayan ruins. Local and consular officials worked to identify victims amid burned, scattered debris.
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Cancun
Mexico
Raymone Kral
Ms. Kral
Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
Chuchen Itza
Post-Crescent
Mari Schramm
Mario Onofre Sanchez
United States
Canada
Sanchez
Congress begins with record turnover and new leaders
The 103rd Congress opens with 110 new House members and 13 new senators amid large turnover affecting Guam Virgin Islands American Samoa and Puerto Rico. Democrats hold all five delegates. Clinton era ethics probes loom and hearings on cabinet picks start soon. Rep Steve Gunderson resigns as deputy to Newt Gingrich over hard right leadership.
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Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Puerto Rico
Capitol
James Talent
R-Mo
Talent
Congress
House
Len Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Clinton
Treasury
Senate
Carol Moseley Braun
Ilinois
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
D-Cole
Mr. Clinton
Senate Ethics Committee
Bob Packwood
Rove
California
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Phil Gramm
Steve Gunderson
R-Wis
Newt Gingrich
Georgia
Gunderson
Warm January Weather Grips Frederick Area and Baltimore
Unseasonably warm spell continues through the week with highs reaching 65 in Frederick and 66 in Baltimore, breaking decades old records. Forecaster Bill Miller credits Gulf of Mexico air, noting a cold Canadian front may arrive by weekend. Lower 48 states see a 21 degree low at Alamosa, Colorado.
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Bill Miller
National Weather Service
Frederick
Keysers Ridge
Maryland
Miller
Gulf of Mexico
Farm Fresh not contacted by officials amid store closing
Rosenfeld Realty’s Robert Rosenfeld said Farm Fresh has been in good standing and no signs of financial trouble, though the market is down. He wants a replacement and collaboration to avoid an empty store as the Frederick Shopping Center, anchored by Farm Fresh, faces impact on 25 other businesses. The center, occupying about an acre with room for 30, plans a meeting to discuss next steps with the Merchants Association.
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Farm Fresh
Robert Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld Realty
Washington, D.C
Rosenfeld
Rick Randall
Frederick
Graceham approves discussion on small raffle permit waivers
County commissioners rejected a hard rule allowing small raffles without a sponsoring organization paying a 30 dollar permit fee. They will consider waiving the fee if all proceeds benefit a county agency such as a park. Several committee appointments followed, including aging, parks and recreation, plumbing, social services, substance abuse advisory council, regulatory response, and coordinating authority for people services.
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Commission On Aging
Parks and Recreation Commission
Plumbing Board
Social Services Board
Substance Abuse Advisory Council
Commission On Regulatory Response
Coordinating Authority For People Services Committee
Leavitt Begins Work Release Clerical Job in Baltimore
Jeffrey A. Levitt, 50, former president of Old Court Savings and Loan, begins a $5.50 hourly work release clerical job at a Baltimore area restaurant supply firm. He will work 35.5 hours weekly and faces parole in November while safety concerns keep the employer and location undisclosed. Levitt was sentenced to 30 years for stealing $14.6 million from the thrift, a key event in Maryland S&L collapse beginning in 1985.
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Baltimore
Old Court Savings and Loan
Jeffrey A. Levitt
Cpl. J. Scott McCauley
Division of Correction
Levitt
McCauley
Maryland
Savings and Loan
County to Hear Public Hearing on Barking Dog Ordinance
County commissioners advanced changes to the barking dog ordinance and asked witnesses to sign up for possible service on a new task force. A public hearing on January 19 at 7 p.m. will address illegal repeated barking and noise that disturbs the community with stiffer fines for barking aggressive dogs and animal poisoning.
Memorial for Dr. Werner Kirsten Highlighted by Colleagues
Dr. Werner Kirsten, long time University of Chicago pathology chair and cancer research pioneer, died leaving a legacy of cancer virus studies and dozens of scientific papers. Colleagues including Dr. Larry Arthur and Dr. Raymond Gilden recalled his mentorship, balance, and leadership shaping cancer research programs. Survivors include wife and children, with donations requested to the National Cancer Institute for a summer fellowship in Kirsten’s honor.
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University of Chicago
Kirsten
Larry Arthur
Arthur
Modern Pathology
Dr. Arthur
Raymond Gilden
Program Resources Inc
National Cancer Institute
Dr. Kirsten
Hildebrand
Germany
University of Frankfurt-Main Medical School
Leipzig
Illinois Division
American Cancer Society
Association of Pathology
Leukemia Society of America Inc
Cancer Research
Thomas
Gabrielle
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Olaf
Santa Fe
N.M
Christian
Chicago
Hanna
Gabrielle Kirsten
Rage Brothers Funeral Home
NCI
NIH
Rockville Pike
Bethesda
The
Cancer Institute
County split on landfill rubble fill amid groundwater fears
Eyler rubble fill faces concerns over leachate and groundwater contamination in Frederick County. Commissioners debated private versus public land management with opposing engineering reports and calls for independent analysis. Residents praised the studied approach while opponents lingered post meeting.
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Frederick County
Reeder
Sue Ann Yingling
Fort Detrick
Yingling
Bowerman
Eyler
Winchester Hall
Peggy Kelley
Citizens For Responsible Land Use
Record heat hits 66 at BWI and Baltimore sites
The Baltimore area saw a new warm spell as BWI reached 66 degrees on Monday, breaking a 42 year old high. The Custom House in downtown Baltimore also reached 66, though its record stands at 70 degrees since 1950, per the National Weather Service.
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Linthicum, Md
Baltimore- Washington International Airport
National Weather Service
Mercury
Custom House
Baltimore
Weather Service
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