Remains Found in Oregon City Pair Disappearances
FBI says disappearance of Miranda Gadis and Ashley Pond, both 13, is near resolution after remains are found. Police identify one girl’s body in a neighbor’s shed and another in a barrel under a cement slab poured by Ward Weaver. Weaver, 39, is a suspect but not charged. authorities seek closure for families.
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Record Correctional Population Reaches 6.6 Million in 2001
AP reports the U S correctional system totaled 6.6 million adults in 2001, 3 in every 100, with 4 million on probation, 1.3 million in prison, and 631,240 in jails. California and Texas led states with the most under supervision, while race shares shifted among probationers and inmates.
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Sandburg letters and papers auctioned in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania dealer auctioning Carl Sandburg documents and mementos from a box spill found last year. The lot includes private letters, drawings, manuscript revisions, and a dictated 1940s presidential run note. The items span Sandburg’s life as poet, journalist, and two time Pulitzer winner, with 190 lots up for bid.
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Schnecksville
Pennsylvania
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg
Walt Brygier
Brygier
Chicago
University of Illinois Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln
Catherine McCarthy
Army chief calls victory needed to deter Palestinian threat
Israel's army chief Lt Gen Moshe Yaalon urged a decisive victory to prevent rewarding terrorism, calling the Palestinians a cancer-like threat. His remarks drew leftist criticism. In Jenin, Israeli tanks and helicopters searched for militants, exchanges of fire occurred with no injuries reported. A resident said troops entered his home early and used the roof as a lookout.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Moshe Yaalon
West Bank
Jenin
Mohammed Damag
Cosmonauts complete spacewalk to collect experiments
Two Russian cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Sergei Treschev left the international space station to gather experiments and install ham radio antennas. Peggy Whitson stayed aboard. The outing followed an earlier August 16 spacewalk cut short by suit issues. the crew then completed the remaining tasks including retrieving a jet-residue measurement tray.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
International Space Station
Valery Korzun
Sergei Treschev
Peggy Whitson
Japan and North Korea hold first talks in two years
In Pyongyang Japan and North Korea finished their first high level discussions in two years. no progress was reached but both sides agreed to pursue further negotiations over the next month. Tanaka and Ma Chol Su led the talks as Pyongyang hosted the two day session.
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North Korea
Pyongyang
Tanaka
Ma Chol Su
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