Shark attack near Point Reyes closes California beaches
A surfer was bitten by a six to eight foot great white shark off Limantour Beach near Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California. He hit the shark on the head, it released him, and he paddled to shore then flew to a Santa Rosa hospital for leg injuries. Beach closures followed the incident.
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Point Reyes Station
Calif
California
Limantour Beach
San Francisco
Point Reyes National Seashore
Santa Rosa
Girl, 12, charged with murder in fatal groundings case
In Dallas a 12 year old killed her mother Elvira Marion Walton 48 while she slept after being grounded. Police say motive was daughter upset by discipline and the girl is charged with murder. A gun was found in the house but its relation to the shooting is unclear.
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Dallas
Elvira Marion Walton
Gary Kirkpatrick
Dallas Morning News
Rip currents claim life of another man
A physician, Dr. Ramesh Shah, 56, died off Ormond Beach after rescuing his son as rip currents overwhelmed him while swimming with his son and nephew. Lifeguards were unable to save him, and he died at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach.
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Ormond Beach
Fila
Ramesh Shah
Atlantic Ocean
Beach Patrol
Joe Wooden
Shah
Halifax Medical Center
Daytona Beach
Investigators seek cause of bus crash near Memphis
Investigators search for the accident cause after a charter bus carrying gamblers overturned on Interstate 55 near West Memphis Arkansas fatally injuring 14. Sixteen were injured as relatives prayed and communities mourned. Driver Herbert Walters and others perished as investigators studied fatigue and possible mechanical failure.
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West Memphis
Ark
Chicago
Memphis
Tunica
Miss
Brenda Clay
Clay
Herbert Walters
Walters
National Transportation Safety Board
Gary van Etten
van Etten
Pressure grows to settle WWII Hungarian Jew claims
Bipartisan pressure mounts for the Bush administration to resolve a class action by Hungarian Jews alleging U.S. plunder of assets seized by the Nazis. A Miami hearing before Judge Patricia Seitz weighs legal issues before trial, with lawmakers and survivors urging restitution for up to 30,000 victims from the 24 gold, treasure laden boxcars.
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U.S
Miami
United States
Washington
Fred Fielding
Justice Department
Fielding
Presidential Advisory Commission On
Germany
U.S. Army
China
Patricia Seitz
John Kerry
Licana Ros-Lehtinen
White House
Karl Rove
Bush
Teen found alive in her wrecked car after eight days
Laura Hatch, 17, who vanished after a party on October 2, was discovered alive eight days later in a 1996 Toyota Camry, 150 feet below a road in Redmond. She remained in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center with dehydration, a brain clot, and facial fractures. authorities saw no foul play and noted she likely ran away. Volunteers had searched the area repeatedly before Sha Nohr found the vehicle in a wooded embankment.
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Redmond
Wash
Laura Hatch
Seattle
King County Sheriff's Deputies
Hatch
Harborview Medical Center
Susan Gregg-Hanson
Amy
King Television
John Urquhart
Sha Nohr
Nohr
Florida panhandle children back in school after Ivan
Florida Panhandle families resume schooling as 92,000 students return on the first day after Hurricane Ivan. Parents describe seeking normalcy for evacuee children at Pensacola Beach Elementary and nearby Santa Rosa Island campuses amid damaged homes and outages.
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Pensacola Beach
Ada Baughn
Gulf Breeze
Fla
Florida Panhandle
Ivan
Monette Hodges
Mobile
Ala
Hodges
Florida
Lacie
Cate
Patrick
Methodist
Santa Rosa Island
Karen Crockford
William
Maylee
Pensacola
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Roxanne DeLoach
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