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U.S. Sen. Lautenberg says he’s cancer-free MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey says he’s cancer-free. Lautenberg made the announcement Saturday at the Garden State Equality Legends Dinner in Maplewood. The 86-year-old Democrat told the gay rights group that his doctor told him Friday: “It’s gone, Frank.” Lautenberg was hospitalized Feb. 15 after falling at his New Jersey home. He was treated for a bleeding ulcer, and it was announced Feb. 19 that B-cell lymphoma was found in his stomach. Lautenberg began chemotherapy treatment and returned to the Senate on March 2. He became the Senate’s oldest member after the death of 92-year old Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia on Monday morning. Man crushed by truck after fire on I-79 in Pa. WHITELY (AP) — State police in western Pennsylvania say an Ohio man was killed while inspecting his pickup truck, which had broken down on an interstate. State police say 69-year-old Floyd Strader of Mount Vernon, Ohio, was heading north on I-79 at about 7 p.m. Saturday when his truck began to smoke in Whitely, Greene County. He pulled over and the vehicle caught fire, and Strader put it out. Police said he then crawled under the 1990 Fort F-150 to inspect the damage and the vehicle started drifting backward, pinning him under the left front tire. Police say he was taken to Southwest aan Medical Center in Waynesburg, where he was pronounced ead. Falling branch kills baby in NYC’s Central Park NEW YORK (AP) — A 6-month-old baby was killed Saturday and her mother injured by a falling tree branch at New York’s Central Park Zoo. Police said the 33-year-old New Jersey woman was posing with her baby in front of the sea lion exhibit and her husband was taking their picture when the branch fell. The woman and infant were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where the baby was pronounced dead. The mother was listed in stable condition. Police identified the baby as Gianna Ricciutti of Union City, N.J. Max Pulsinelli, a spokesman for the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the zoo, said he could not comment on the acci dent beyond what the police had said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family,” he said. It’s the second fatality caused by a tree branch this year at Central Park. A 46-year-old man died in February when a branch heavy from snow fell and hit him. In July 2009, a Google engineer was knocked unconscious after being hit on the head by a rotted tree branch at the park. Librarians show off their moves at competition WASHINGTON (AP) — Who says librarians are boring? The sixth annual Library Book Cart Drill Team Championship was held Sunday afternoon in Washington. It’s one of the less seri ous events at the American Library Association’s annual confer ence, which began Thursday and runs until Tuesday at the Washington Convention Center. Drill teams made up of library workers performed themed dance routines with costumes and decorated book carts. The team from the University of Pittsburgh was judged the winner and took home the trophy, a “golden book cart.” Other competitors were from Delaware; Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania; Midlothian, Texas; and Roselle, N.J. The library association says the drill teams are a great way to show communities that libraries are fun. The teams can be found at parades and festivals and travel to schools to promote literacy. More than 100 hospitalized during LA festival LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say more than 100 people were taken to local hospitals during a two-day electronic music fes bid and rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition ark. The LA Fire Department says some of the injuries occurred as people rushed barriers Saturday to try and overwhelm security and get inside the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival, which featured rides and five stages with performances by Moby and Will.I.Am. Paramedics were at the event, which drew 185,000 people Friday and Saturday. On Friday, 94 incidents were reported, 52 of which were injured people who were taken to hospitals. On Saturday, 132 ao were reported, 62 of which required transportation to hos pitals. The extent of the injuries was not known. Mass. Lawmaker’s death accidental drowning PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A medical examiner has determined that Massachusetts Rep. Robert Nyman died in an accidental drown ing. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz announced the cause of death Sunday. The 49-year-old Nyman was found unresponsive Friday night in the swimming pool at his Hanover home. His neighbors pulled him out of the pool as his family called 911. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. A Democrat, Nyman was first elected to the Massachusetts House in 1999. He represented Hanover, Norwell and Rockland. He was married with two children. FBI helping hunt for American missing in Nepal GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The FBI says it’s helping the U.S. State Department in the investigation of a Colorado woman who disap peared while trekking alone in Nepal. Denver FBI spokesman Dave Joly said Sunday the agency is also working with Nepalese authorities on the disappearance of 23-year old Aubrey Sacco of Greeley. Sacco hasn’t been heard from since April 20, when she e-mailed her parents from Nepal. She planned to finish her trip around April 30. Her father, Paul Sacco, told the Greeley Tribune that FBI agents have made two or three visits to his home. Paul Sacco went to Nepal in May to look for his alter. He says he recovered her laptop computer and journal from a hotel. Aubrey Sacco graduated from the University of Colorado last year. Flotilla of barges used as oil barricade GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — Locals in a Louisiana barrier island town are ae ahead with a novel plan to block crude from a mas sive oil spill with a flotilla of barges. Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle calls it “the Cajun navy.” They’re using the barges to partially block five passes where water from the Gulf of Mexico flows between barrier islands into Barataria Bay, an ecological treasure trove of shrimp nurseries, oys ter beds, pelican rookeries and fertile fishing grounds. Barges were moved into the first of the passes last week. Oil has already seeped into Barataria Bay, but the goal is to keep the damage from getting worse. In Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist announced plans to use barges to create a similar blockade of Destin Pass on the Panhandle.
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