Voyager round-the-world flight progresses amid weather risk
The Voyager crew led by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager continued toward a global nonrefueled flight from Mojave California. A takeoff scrape damaged wing tips, but the team said the craft remains in good condition as satellite weather shows potentially favorable routing north of a tropical storm near Guam.
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Major New Jersey blaze displaces 340 residents
Fire gutted nearly half a four story West New York building, evacuating about 340 people and rendering more than 70 homeless. A police officer and a pregnant woman injured mildly. blaze controlled within an hour as investigators probe cause with reports of a basement explosion. About 100 firefighters responded to the 12:30 p.m. incident, evacuating residents from multiple buildings on the block.
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