SoCal fires ease as weather turns cooler
Firefighters completed containment of the Cerrito and Eagle fires in Riverside County and Camp Pendleton’s India Fire, ending a volatile start to California’s fire season. The three major blazes burned about 27,?9,000 acres, destroyed 28 homes and 37 other structures, with cooler weather boosting morale and relief for crews.
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Corona
Calif
California
Jim Boone
California Department of Forestry
Riverside County
Lake Elsinore
Temecula
India
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
San Diego County
High Energy Laser Downs Largest Rocket at White Sands
A ground based Tactical High Energy Laser shot down an 11 foot rocket in flight over White Sands Missile Range New Mexico in a test. The weapon tracks targets with radar and fires a chemical powered laser to destroy them.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Israel
New Mexico
Pam Rogers
US Army
HIV positive man held in sex case in Missouri
Aaron Sindelar, 28, was arrested on a felony charge of recklessly risking another with HIV infection for having unprotected sex with his girlfriend after his January release from prison for a second degree burglary conviction. The unidentified woman awaits test results to determine her HIV status.
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ST. Peters
Aaron Sindelar
Sheriff’s Department
Gerry Pollard
Restraints cited in coaster death at Six Flags New England
State investigators fault a 20 year old attendant for not securing Stanley Mordarsky on the Superman Ride of Steel after he fell to his death May 1. Mordarsky, 55, with cerebral palsy weighed 230 pounds and stood 5 feet 2 inches, and should have been denied admission due to girth preventing the T bar restraint from fitting properly.
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Springfield
Mass
Six Flags
New England
Department of Public Safety
Stanley J. Mordarsky
Mordarsky
Oklahoma board urges clemency for Mexican death row inmate
Osbaldo Torres, 29, seeks relief after the International Court of Justice ruled Mexican nationals on U S death row had Vienna Convention rights violated. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended clemency in a case tied to a 1993 burglary killing of a Oklahoma City couple. The governor will decide whether to grant mercy.
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Mcalester
Okla
World Court
Oklahoma
Mexico
Osbaldo Torres
Oklahoma City
Brad Henry
Torres
International Court of Justice
Hague
Netherlands
Francisco Morales
Maria Yanez
United States
Lilia Torres
Jackie Brannon
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NEW! XM Satellite Radio
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Delphi SA
Drexel Heritage Home
Spirat
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