Hurricane warnings issued for N C coast
Tropical Storm Alex nears the Outer Banks prompting a hurricane warning for the North Carolina coast from Cape Lookout to Oregon Inlet. The storm, centered about 150 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, had 60 mph winds and is expected to become a hurricane within 24 hours as it moves north-northeast at 6 mph. Fire across locals and beachgoers as surfers ride sea swells while warnings urge caution.
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Charleston
S.C
North Carolina
Alex
Cape Lookout
Oregon Inlet
Wilmington
N.C
Larry Shaffer
State College
Ocean Isle Beach
Shaffer
Matt Stuhr
South Carolina
Carolinas
Former Alabama Chief Justice Moore Appeals to Supreme Court
Roy Moore, ousted chief justice for defying a federal order to remove a Ten Commandments monument, argues the ethics panel imposed an unconstitutional religious test and ignored the illegality of the court order. He expects a ruling on whether the Supreme Court will hear his appeal by early November.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
US Supreme Court
Roy Moore
Judicial Ethics
Moore
High Court
Supreme Court
Chief Justice
Boy credits show for life saving up
An 11 year old boy bitten by a shark off the Gulf of Mexico learned how to fight it by punching the creature in the gills after watching tele vision. A surgeon at Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital in Houston spent more than four hours reattaching his arm following the weekend attack. The boy, Aaron Perez, was wading in a school of trout near Freeport when the incident occurred and his father Blas Perez recalls Aaron turning to tell him about the fish.
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Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Discovery Channel
Aaron Perez
NBC
Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital
Aaron
Blas Perez
Freeport
Man denies murder of cousin family in Mississippi
Earnest Hargon a 43 year old former truck driver pleaded innocent to capital murder charges for killing his cousin Michael Hargon, his wife Rebecca, and their 4 year old son James Patrick at their Yazoo County home on February 14. Authorities later found the bodies in a wooded area about 100 miles away. Evidence included blood and bullet casings at the home.
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Yazoo City
Miss
Earnest Hargon
Hargon
Yazoo County
Michael
Rebecca Hargon
James Patrick
Mississippi
Lockheed Wins Army Navy Spy Plane Contract
Washington AP reports Lockheed Martin won a $879 million contract to develop the Aerial Common Sensor for the Army and Navy. The project replaces two Army spy planes and one Navy plane, with Embraer building the airframe at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Bethesda based Lockheed will develop and test the aircraft with radar and interception capabilities.
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Washington
Lockheed Martin
Army
Navy
Communications-Electronics Command
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Embraer
Bethesda, Md
Debt pressures cited as Peterson motive in Laci case
A Modesto auditor testified Scott Peterson paid near 70 percent of take home pay on debt in 2002, up from 58.7 percent in 2001, suggesting financial strain before Laci Peterson's disappearance. Prosecutors allege motives include debt, an affair, and a $250,000 life insurance on Laci, while defense notes company losses and offsetting parent firm strength.
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Redwood City
Calif
Scott Peterson
Peterson
Gary Nienhuis
Modesto
Nienhuis
Geragos
Tradecorp
Gasoline Prices Fall to $1.888 a Gallon Nationwide
The Energy Department reports the national average price for regular gasoline dropped 1.7 cents to $1.888 per gallon. Prices are 35.2 cents higher than a year ago with West Coast highest at $2.062 and Gulf Coast lowest at $1.790. crude oil rose to $43.82 a barrel amid demand and supply concerns.
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Energy Department
West Coast
Gulf Coast
Midwest
New York Mercantile Exchange
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San Mateo County Superior
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Susan Caudillo
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Lee Peterson
Santa FE Square
Odessa
Dillard’s
Visa
Mastercard
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Discover
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Music City Mall
Dillard's
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