Carjackers Release Hostage After Nine Hour Standoff
In Los Angeles, two gunmen who hijacked a pickup and held a security guard hostage at the Hall of Records surrendered after a nine hour standoff. The hostage, shaken but unharmed, was escorted to safety as officers reported minor injuries from a downtown crash. The pursuit began north of the city after the vehicle was stolen in Sacramento and included a 100 mph chase through Chinatown before the surrender.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Hall of Records
Chinatown
Sacramento
Michael McKeen
Interstate 5
California Highway Patrol
Brinks
Four arrested for drugs by Frederick City Police
Four arrests for drugs were made by Frederick City Police tactical unit during the weekend. At Taney Apartments David Cardell Wilkins 25 Frederick was charged with possession of cocaine drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. At John Hanson Apartments a 17 year old Washington DC male was arrested for drug possession after being seen selling crack cocaine. Dennis Eugene Stockton 36 Knoxville was arrested for possession of crack plus resisting arrest after he struggled with officers. Jeffrey Alan Rehfeld 28 Frederick was arrested on West Second Street after a drug deal at John Hanson Apartments with possession of crack and drug paraphernalia.
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Frederick City
Taney Apartments
North Bentz Street
David Cardell Wilkins
Frederick
John Hanson
Washington, D.C
Dennis Eugene Stockton
Knoxville
Jeffrey Alan Rehfeld
West Second Street
Clinton sees path to peace as Assad signals end to hostilities
Clinton described his eight day, six nation tour as successful and said Assad explicitly urged ending hostilities with Israel and pursuing peace. He noted the Geneva meeting as a major step forward and reported positive calls to Rabin and Mubarak, while considering possible peacekeeping in the Golan Heights. He highlighted Prague and Moscow moments as personal high points.
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Israel
Mr. Clinton
Clinton
Mr. Assad
White House
Tine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Rabin
Assad
Middle East
Damascus
Rabin
Hosni Mubarak
Air Force One
Fahd
U.S
Congress
NATO
Brussels
Prague
Moscow
Russia
Yeltsin
Ukraine
Charles Bridge
Czech Republic
Vaclav Havel
Stalin
Group says low-emission car is not needed in Northeast
A Northeast petroleum advisory group argues that ground level ozone has fallen since 1988 due to Clean Air Act measures and that requiring California style low-emission cars would be unnecessary. EPA and Maryland figures show ozone days dropped from 107 in 1988 to 20 last year, with monitors in Anne Arundel Baltimore Harford and Carroll counties.
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California
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Washington
D.C
Delaware
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Maryland Department of the Environment
Donald Turk
Eastern States Petroleum Advisory Group
Ozone Transport Commission
Clean Air Act
EPA
Turk
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Harford
Carroll
Baltimore City
Frederick County
Carroll County
South Carroll High School
Winfield
Rural courthouse adopts metal detector trend in Calvert County
Calvert County installs metal detectors at the courthouse amid fears of rising drug related violence. In four days deputies confiscated 93 knives two cans of mace two bullets and two handguns including a firearm from a DC corrections guard and another from a federal agent. Officials say detectors signal the times and reflect a move toward enhanced security in a growing community with a rural profile and a Wal Mart nearby.
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Prince Frederick
Calvert County
D.C. Department of Corrections
Thomas A. Rymer
Warren J. Krug
Washington-Baltimore
Maryland
Prince George’s
Charles County
Baltimore
John Anderson
Anderson
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Joan. Collins
Pierre Cardin
Dana
Joe Kaye
Nintendo
SEARS
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Oklahoma
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Duke Street
Manassas
Manassas Mall
Bethesda, MD
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Cumberland
Country Club Mall
Landover
Landover Mall
Bowie
Freestate Mall
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Fairfax
Fair Oaks
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania Mall
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