Early Allison Hits Florida Coast With Minor Damage
The earliest Florida hurricane on record brushed the Gulf Coast with 75 mph winds causing flooding along a 150 mile Big Bend stretch and knocking out power to 48,000. No injuries were reported as Allison weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical low, while spawning tornadoes in Georgia and South Carolina and prompting local emergency coordination.
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Allison
Florida
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Atlantic
Pat Pritchett
National Hurricane Center
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Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base
Beaufort County
Georgia
Legislature establishes new court in Trans-Pecos region
A last minute legislative push by state Rep. Pete Gallego creates the 394th District Court to serve Brewster Jeff Davis Presidio Hudspeth and Culberson counties, with operation set for September. The omnibus bill also adds 10 more district courts in Texas and faces federal review for minority voting impact. Pending budget action by Gov. Bush and a Justice Department assessment loom over its fate. The measure aims to ease jail backlogs and backlogs in Presidio and improve staffing as counties reassess inmate housing amid rising drug charges. The docket move is anticipated but contingent on approvals.
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Trans-Pecos
Pete Gallego
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio
el Paso
Hudspeth
Culberson
Gallego
George W. Bush
Justice Department
Presidio County
Val Beard
Brewster County
U.S
Brisbin
Signals from downed F-16 pilot prompt search over Bosnia
U S officials report signals that may come from the pilot of the F-16C shot down over northern Bosnia on Friday. A Pentagon official says the beeper signals, detected over 20 to 24 hours, are inconclusive but encouraging as search teams attempt to locate the pilot or wreckage.
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Washington
Air Force
Bosnia
Pentagon
NATO
John Shalikashvili
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Shalikashvili
Serbia
U.S
U.N
Slobodan Milosevic
Belgrade
Milosevic
Pale
Sarajevo
Undertaker charged with mishandling burials in Vermont
In St Johnsbury Vermont funeral director Larry H Titemore is charged with mishandling hundreds of burials over six years including failing to embalm bodies and using cheap coffins while pocketing up to 75000 dollars from prepaid funeral plans. The Metcalf family exhumed Joyce Metcalf after suspicions of foul play and found her improperly prepared for burial. The community reels as regulators detail the scope of the misconduct and residents express anger at the funeral director.
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ST. Johnsbury, Vt
Joyce Metcalf
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Ver
Mont
Larry H. Titemore
Titemore
Ruth Covell
Milford
N.H
Metcalf
Indictment ties lawyers to Cali drug smugglers
MIAMI AP The extradition expert who helped bring Cali cartel smugglers to justice was named among three U S lawyers charged in a drug smuggling conspiracy. Over 60 people were charged, including a former Justice Department official and a former federal prosecutor.
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Cali
Miami
United States
U.S
Justice Department
Michael Abbell
International Affairs
Abbell
Radon Tied to Up to Ten Percent of U S Lung Cancers
Washington AP reports that analysis of 11 studies linking miners exposed to radon with lung cancer suggests residential radon may cause about 14,400 U S deaths and up to 30 percent of cases among nonsmokers. Authors urge cautious interpretation due to study limitations.
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Washington
U.S
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
United States
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