Heat Wave Pushes East Coast Into Record Highs
A scorching heat wave drove East Coast temperatures into the 90s for a third day triggering power conservation and early school dismissals. Utilities cut voltage in New York City area and a transformer explosion near a school bus in Connecticut caused injuries. Authorities reported high demand and deploy extra emergency staff as relief began with thunderstorms and cooler air arriving later.
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Charlene Adair
Main Street
Springfield
Mass
Appalachians
Newark
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Greenville
A. S.C
Connecticut
New York
Queens
Con Ed
Richard Mulieri
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Ick Hofmann
Delmarva Power & Light Co
Madelene Sweeny
Garden State Air Conditioning
Freehold
N.J
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Secreta
Debbie Fogus
Capital Area Agency On Aging
Richmond
Judge OKs coverage of child abuse trial in Broward
Broward Circuit Judge Arthur Birken denied a bid to bar news media from hearings on Jennifer Bush 9 suspected abused by mother Kathy Bush 38. The decision allows ongoing press access while warning of possible future revisits if coverage harms the child.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Kathy Bush
Broward Circuit
Arthur Birken
Jennifer Bush
Birken
The
Fort Lauderdale Sun
Jennifer
Monument recalls fallen journalists
A government funded memorial in Arlington honors 934 journalists who died in pursuit of news across wars and disasters since 1812. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton attended with a journalist’s son as the monument, a 24 foot glass spiral, was unveiled. AP staff contributions include 22 fatalities. The wall bears names yet to be added for future incidents and past cases.
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Moa
Amazin Grace
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Omar Belhouchet
el Watan
Algeria
Potomac River
Washington
Freedom Forum
Iwo Jima
Associated Press
Louis D. Boccardi
James M. Lingan
Federal Republican
Baltimore
Emiele
Leri Howard
Pacific
Colombia
Peru
Tajikistan
Guatemala
Croatia
el Salvador
Turkey
Russia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
India
Mexico
Japan
Rwanda
Brazil
Thailand
United States
Afghanistan
Somalia
Lebanon
Endeavour crew recovers Spartan satellite in orbit
NASA astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour retrieved the Spartan satellite containing data from a test antenna experiment. The crew captured the satellite with the robot arm 176 miles up, as plans called for later to release a lighter, magnetically oriented satellite for altitude control research. The mission runs to May 29 with a minor soda dispenser leak noted onboard.
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Fla
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
NASA
Spartan
United States
Houston
Mission Control
Marc Garneau
Earth
Shuttle
John Casper
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