Bronze statue boom reshapes Joseph Oregon economy
In Joseph Oregon a town of about 1000 has become a center of bronze statue casting with three foundries and multiple studios galleries and shops. Dozens work in the craft transforming former timber workers into sculptors while economic shifts and a 17 percent county jobless rate test the town. A 2.4 million federal order for World War II memorial wreaths and poles underscores the industry’s prominence.
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New York
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Wallowa County
Gary Parmenter
Parmenter Studios
Eagle Cap Wilderness
Wallowa Lake
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Main Street
Jesus
Valley Bronze
Capitol Mall
Washington, D.C
California Supreme Court Fixes Fetal Murder Law
The California Supreme Court ruled that killing a pregnant woman counts as murder even if the killer did not know the victim was pregnant. The 6-1 decision overturns a 2002 ruling and aligns with federal action, shaping prosecutions including the Scott Peterson case and past convictions like Harold Taylor.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
California
Stockton
Harold Taylor
Retired carrier to be sunk off Florida coast as artificial reef
The USS Oriskany will be sunk off Pensacola later this summer to become an artificial reef and underwater memorial. The 888 foot carrier joins a Navy program to dispose of obsolete ships by sinking them to save costs, with 44 crew killed in 1966 referenced. The vessel was flown by pilots from the ship and included former crew such as Senator John McCain. The Navy plans to evaluate 24 more ships for sinking, including three carriers.
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Neches River
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Fla
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Florida
Lee Puglia
Oriskany Reunion Association
Vietnam
John McCain
R-Ariz
North Vietnam
United States
Patricia Dolan
Archdiocese says former priest accused of abusing boy
National roundup reports Steven Girard, who admitted filing a false carjacking report, is accused by the Archdiocese of Baltimore of abusing a boy at a Landsdowne church grounds in the early 1990s. No charges yet. investigation ongoing as Girard denies the claim.
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Lansdowne, Md
Archdiocese of
Boyhood Clinton home burns in Hot Springs
A fire gutted about 75 percent of Bill Clinton’s boyhood home at 213 Scully Street Hot Springs Arkansas starting from a car engine in the garage and spreading to the house. Firefighters arrived around 9 p.m. Sunday and extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes. Clinton was born in Hope and moved to Hot Springs in 1953 where he finished high school.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Hope
Scully St
Gunman opens fire as deputy served papers in Asheville
In Asheville North Carolina a gunman opened fire on officers serving papers at his home. Sheriff deputy Sgt Jeff Hewitt a 33 year old former Marine who served in the Persian Gulf war was killed at the scene.
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Asheville
N.C
Jeff Hewitt
Federal plan says nuke waste to ride rails to Nevada dump
The federal government announced a 319 mile rail line across Nevada to transport radioactive waste from 127 sites to a railhead near Caliente, north east of Las Vegas. Nevada officials and activists oppose the Caliente to Yucca Mountain route as costly and risky due to proximity to Nellis Air Force Base and the Nevada Test Site.
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Nevada
Caliente
Utah
Caliente-to-Yucca
Nevada Test
Nellis Air Force Base
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