Florida wildfires burn thousands of acres in 50 year record
In the Florida Panhandle and across 40 counties from Lake Okeechobee to the Panhandle, wildfires have scorched more than 80 000 acres since Memorial Day. Lightning started most fires and at least 17 people were injured with one heart attack death. Crews fight 10 fires near Daytona Beach as officials urge fireworks bans to curb flames.
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Florida Panhandle
Florida
Jacksonville
Daytona Beach
Bob Crawford
Lake Okeechobee
Panhandle
Crawford
Volusia County
Ormond Beach
Noa
British climbers rescued from Mount McKinley in brief alert
Two British climbers Martin Spooner and Carl Bougard, both 35, were plucked from Mount McKinley at 19 000 feet after three days stranded with no food or tent. A helicopter hoisted them in harnesses as daylight allowed a rescue, with Bougard treated for frostbitten feet and Spooner released by midmorning.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Martin Spooner
Carl Bougard
Spooner
Bougard
Miles Nelson
Nelson
Mili
Time CNN probe nerve gas reports investigates Vietnam era claims
Time and CNN announced an inquiry into their joint report alleging U S forces used nerve gas to hunt defectors in the Vietnam era. Defense officials ordered a probe while editors defend the reporting as based on substantial evidence and pledge further reporting.
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New York
Time
CNN
U.S
Time Warner
Perry Smith
Defense
William Cohen
Vietnam
Walter Isaacson
Pentagon
Isaacson
Steve Haworth
Atlanta
Issacson
Laos
Court overturns $750 000 verdict against tobacco
An appeals court in Tallahassee ruled the 1996 Jacksonville verdict against Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. was filed too late and threw out the $750,000 award to Grady Carter, who claimed lung cancer from 44 years of smoking. The court cited a four year limit and a 1969 federal law on warnings.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Jacksonville
Florida
Grady Carter
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
1St District Court of Appeal
Carter
Norwood
Woody’’ Wilner
Cosby Murder Trial Opens Over Ennis Cosby Letters
In Santa Monica a prosecutor details letters allegedly by Mikail Markhasev claiming the Bel-Air robbery homicide of Ennis Cosby. Defense questions authenticity, showing a witness photo beside a police sketch as the trial proceeds with testimonies about the fatal tire-change shooting on January 16, 1997.
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Santa Monica
Mikail Markhasev
Ennis Cosby
Bill Cosby
Calif
Camille
Anne Ingalls
Markhasev
Bel-Air
Los Angeles
Bel- Air
Peewee
Henry Hall
Hall
Eli Zakaria
Cosby
Ingalls
John Garcia
of Cosby
Michael Chang
UAW Leader Says GM Strikes Could Last Into August
UAW vice president Richard Shoemaker warned strikes against General Motors in Flint and Delphi plants could extend into August and expand to more GM parts facilities if progress remains stalled. Negotiations remained stalled Monday at the two idled Flint plants, impacting 24 assembly lines and nearly 100 parts facilities and halting much of GM's North American production.
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Las Vegas
General Motors Corp
Richard Shoemaker
United Autoworkers
Flint
Mich
Las Vegas Convention Center
Flint Metal Center
le Delphi Flint East
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Borland & Borland
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