Immigrant Girl Wins Essay Contest Car Prize
An 11 year old Vietnamese immigrant Hue Cao won a $9 000 car in a statewide Statue of Liberty essay contest. The prize will be placed in an educational trust after the car is auctioned. a donor offered to buy a cheaper car the family can keep without affecting welfare benefits. Hue lives with her widowed mother and two brothers. she also earned a trip to New York for rededication ceremonies. The case drew attention to federal rules on benefit resource limits and a request to waive them. Hue said America is a land of liberty and justice.
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America
Ambassador denies shoplifting raincoat at New York store
Iran's UN ambassador Rajaie-Khorassani, 53, claims an FBI blackmail plot after police say he tried on a $99.99 raincoat at Alexander's in Manhattan and left with no charges due to immunity. He alleges FBI pressured him to discuss bilateral relations and collect information. The FBI declined comment.
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Ed Dreher
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Thousands mourn Mount Hood climbers' deaths in service
In Portland Oregon hundreds gathered at Trinity Episcopal Church and the Northwest Service Center to mourn seven teens and two adults killed by a Mount Hood blizzard last week. Survivors Brinton Clark 16 of Portland and Giles Thompson 16 of Longview Wash were identified with Thompson in serious condition. both families and rescuers attended along with school staff and students.
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Emanuel Hospital
Giles Thompson
Longview
Wash
Providence Medical Center
Donna Holtman
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