Lightning Kills Scout Leader in Sequoia Park Tragedy
National officials said the Boy Scouts faced a deadly lightning strike during a storm. A troop leader died while a 13 year old boy remained brain dead after the bolt struck a tarp shelter. Six others were injured as the storm moved through the meadow in Sequoia National Park. Ryan Collins, 13, was kept on a ventilator for organ donation at University Medical Center in Fresno.
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University Medical Center
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Wind Turbines Proposed in Green Mountain National Forest
Deerfield Wind LLC seeks permission to erect up to 30 turbines up to 370 feet tall in the Green Mountain National Forest readied to generate enough electricity for about 14 000 to 16 000 homes. The project would be the first wind power venture on U S Forest Service land and faces an up to 18 month decision period by the Forest Service.
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Deerfield Wind LLC
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Associated Press
States expand GPS tracking for sex offenders
Lawmakers push mandatory GPS monitoring for sex offenders in Florida Alabama North Dakota and Oklahoma with lifetime tracking for habitual offenders. Critics say electronic anklets stigmatize offenders and impose heavy oversight on a small high risk group. Senator Matt Bartle supports stricter pedophile laws citing cases like Jessica Lunsford.
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Missouri
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Oklahoma
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Scientists link robins to West Nile spread in mosquitoes
Hartford researchers report that in 300 Connecticut mosquitoes 40 percent fed on American robins while only 1 percent fed on crows. The finding, awaiting CDC publication, parallels studies in New York New Jersey and Tennessee, where robin blood was common and crow blood rare. Humans can suffer mild illness or serious brain infections.
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Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
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West Nile
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North Carolina State University
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New York
New Jersey
Tennessee
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Immigrant hatecrime fears rise as Klansman indicted
Officials say legal immigrants are increasingly targeted amid a surge of hate crimes against Hispanics. Daniel Schertz, a 27 year old from South Pittsburg Tennessee, was indicted in June on pipe bomb charges. Imperial Wizard Billy Jeffery says Schertz was banished from the White Knights and offers no data on hate crime rates.
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Tennessee
South Pittsburg
Billy Jeffery
North Georgia White Knights
Schertz
John Bernstein
National Immigration Law Center
Washington
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