Iraq kidnappings and killings cited in conflict roundup
A roundup cites Western and regional captives in Iraq including U S Army Spc Keith M Maupin missing since April 9, Marine Cpl Wassef Hassoun threatened with beheading, and Italian Fabrizio Quattrocchi fatally harmed. It notes other hostages from Turkey Jordan and Lebanon and a Danish and UAE national among those held.
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Iraq
Al-Jazeera Television
Spc
Keith M. Maupin
Batavia
Ohio
United States
Maupin
U.S
Wassef Ali Hassoun
Al-Jazeera
U.S. Army
Amjad Hafeez
Pakistan
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Aban Elias
Islamic Rage Brigade
United Arab Emirates
Kim Sun-il
South Korea
al-Qaida
Hussein Ali Alyan
Lebanon
Fabrizio Quattrocchi
Green Battalion
Nicholas Berg
Fatal rollover near Marfa claims family driver
A car carrying eight people rolled over twice on Highway 90 near Marfa after a right rear tire blowout killed driver Guadalupe Castillo Mendez, 54. Seven others were hospitalized in Alpine with various injuries. troopers Rito Paul Morales and Joel Callaway led the investigation.
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Guadalupe Castillo Mendez
Sions
Maida
Allawi strengthens image after return to Baghdad
Iyad Allawi, exiled for 30 years, returns to Baghdad and projects a firm leadership stance. He promises stronger security laws, recalls disbanded army units, and urges Baathists to aid authorities while facing local skepticism and anti foreign sentiment in Fallujah.
Gas prices ease as inventories run down nationwide
Commodities trader Kirk Edwards says prices fall slower than rise due to retailer buying cycles. The Energy Information Agency notes regular unleaded at 1.93 a gallon, 44 cents above last year, with further softening expected but no return to spring run-up levels. AAA Texas anticipates continued declines ahead of the holiday weekend, though direction remains uncertain as Fourth of July nears.
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MacLendon Royalty Co
Odessa
Energy Information Agency
EIA
Department of Energy
AAA ‘Texas
Rose Rougeau
Associated Press
Burgos shale gas eyed as Mexico energy source
Reeves discusses Burgos formation across the Rio Grande as a key target for Mexican natural gas. South Texas counties Webb and Zapata lead gas production, with Geospectrum and DOE developing fracture-finding tech for deep reservoirs to boost output. Mexico aims for steady 6 percent annual gas demand growth.
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Texas
South Texas
Webb
Zapata
Rio Grande
DOE
Mexico
Reeves
Minnesota woman marks 90th with skydiving jump in Baldwin
A Maplewood resident, Aileen Fritsch, 90, leaped from a plane in Baldwin attached to a skydiving instructor to celebrate her birthday, inspired by President Bush's skydive on his 80th birthday. She quipped she is a dyed in the wool Democrat and wanted to not let the Republican get ahead.
Depardieu suffers scooter crash in Paris
French actor Gerard Depardieu hurt in a scooter accident in western Paris. Agency says injuries minor but LCI cites hospitalization for a double leg fracture. No further details released.
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Depardieu
Paris
Gerard Depardieu
Artmedia
LCI
Ex-President Carter memorializes young poet Mattie Stepanek
In Wheaton Maryland former President Jimmy Carter led a funeral for Mattie Stepanek the 13 year old poet and muscular dystrophy advocate who died last week. More than a thousand mourners attended as Carter praised the boy calling him the most extraordinary person he has known. Stepanek whose poetry sold over a million copies and whose activism drew national attention was buried beside his three siblings who died from the same disease. Carter had previously visited Stepanek in 2001 offering a final wish of comfort. Four firefighters carried the small UN flag draped coffin from a fire truck outside St Catherine Laboure Church and a bumper sticker reading Be a peacemaker rested on the casket.
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Baath Party
Saddam
CIA
United States
Fallujah
Baghdad
U.S
Iyad Allawi
Waiel Sarhan
Carter
Stepanek
Mattie Stepanek
United Nations
St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church
Shaq demands trade and sells Bel-Air home for seven million
Shaquille ONeal seeks a Los Angeles trade and has listed his Bel Air estate for seven million dollars. He reports recurring dreams that the deal closes but Kobe Bryant refuses to sign the final paper.
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Hollywood
Shaquille O’neal
Bel-Air
Kobe
Odessa American Contact and Subscription Details
Publisher Patrick Canty and editor John Kerr oversee the Odessa American at 222 K. 4th Street Odessa TX. The notice lists contact numbers for news sports and ads, hours, postal info, subscription rates and terms for different delivery options.
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Odessa American
K. 4Th Street
Odessa
P.O
Texas Lottery Draws Reported for Monday June 28
Winning numbers listed include Cash 5 8 14 21 30 37 and Pick 3 5 2 6 with Mixture night draw. Texas Two Step shows entries T 11 14 15 31 with a $225000 jackpot and bonus ball.
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Txlottery. Org
New Mexico Lottery Drawn Numbers Report
The New Mexico Lottery draw for ROAD RUNNER CASH 4 listed six numbers: 13 15 26 303. The results appeared in the Saturday June 26 edition with the draw held on a weekend.
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Arthur Murray Dance Studio
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New Frontier
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European Union
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Bill Clinton
Los Angeles
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Hitler
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Adolf Hitler
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Time Magazine
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