Trains collide near Amtrak wreck site in Illinois
Two eastbound Conrail freight cars collided with a southbound Union Pacific train near Bourbonnais Illinois, derailing four cars and causing minor injuries to three people including two engineers. Fire crews contained a diesel spill as investigators eyed signal functioning and train right of way.
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Amtrak
Conrail
Union Pacific
Chicago
Bourbonnais
Riverside Medical Center
Kankakee
Mike Silgen
Ron Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Jim Hildreth
Omaha
Jim Lemotte
Momence Fire Department
Court OKs curfew and bans drug tests in schools
The Supreme Court allowed a Charlottesville curfew for minors under 17 to stand and blocked two high schools from blanket student drug testing for disciplinary reasons. The actions are not rulings and do not set precedents, but may prompt other communities to consider similar ordinances.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Charlottesville
Indiana
Prosecution tests in Kevorkian case in Michigan
Jurors watched a videotape of Dr. Jack Kevorkian administering a lethal injection to Thomas Youk, a Lou Gehrig's disease patient. The trial moved toward a close as the prosecution rested after three witnesses. Kevorkian, acting as his own attorney, argued the intent to help, not kill, while medical examiner Dragovic testified Youk showed muscular wasting and that potassium chloride would stop the heart. The case centers on first degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance from the 1998 death, with Kevorkian facing life without parole if convicted.
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Jack Kevorkian
Thomas Youk
Lou Gehrig
Kevorkian
Youk
Melody
CBS
60 Minutes
Mike Wallace
Oakland County
L.J. Dragovic
Dragovic
Mr. Youk
Detroit News
John Skrzynski
Jessica Cowper
Tom Youk
Skrzynski
Speed trap registry helps drivers dodge tickets online
The Speed trap Registry, built by 22 year old Andrew Warner, posts trap locations and fines for 40 countries and all SC states. It invites user submissions, boasts 100000 weekly visitors, and features reader warnings about police radar. Dover Massachusetts is cited as an especially aggressive speed trap. Police view the site as a tool to reduce crashes, while some drivers rely on it to slow down others claim it aids evading enforcement.
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Andrew Warner
Massachusetts
Dover
Joseph Griffin
Speedtrap
Griffin
Robert Bird
Warner
South
Rothrock Road
Copley
Ohio
Connecticut
Woodbridge
Conn
Admiral relieved of command over extramarital affair
Rear Adm. Paul Scott Semko, based in Naples, Italy, was relieved of command of U.S. land based naval air forces in the Mediterranean after an alleged extramarital affair and lying about it. The action, taken by Adm. James Ellis Jr. at a nonjudicial proceeding, found conduct unbecoming an officer under Article 133. Semko remains on Ellis staff pending reassignment. the career outlook is likely ended.
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Naples
Italy
Paul ‘Scott’ Semko
U.S
Mediterranean
James Q. Ellis Jr
Europe
Ellis
U.S. Naval Forces Europe
Stephen Honda
Semko
Navy Personnel Command
Navy
Honda
Feds to probe auto defects in Ford Taurus and Mazda Miata
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received 25 complaints about Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable models from 1993 with wipers failing, plus reports of unintended air bag deployments in 1995 Mazda Miatas. About 555,000 Taurus and Sable vehicles remain on the road. Investigations follow prior Mazda recalls and GM air bag recalls for similar issues.
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Ford Motor Co
National Highway Trafic Safety Administration
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Karen Shaughnessy
Mazda
General Motors
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