Frazier wins National Book Award for Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier, a first-time novelist, receives the National Book Award for fiction for Cold Mountain. Don DeLillo, finalist with Underworld, acknowledged the honor and other winners include Joseph Ellis for nonfiction and Han Nolan for young people’s literature. Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters awarded to Studs Terkel.
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Brillion case: girl found in dog cage amid abuse
In Brillion Wisconsin a 7 year old girl was found in a 2 by 2 foot dog cage in a cold basement after her 11 year old brother went to a police station for help. The children ages 9 6 and 16 months were placed with relatives. Parents 28 were detained on likely felony child abuse charges.
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FBI finds no criminal act in TWA 800 crash uitspraak
The FBI concluded 16 months after TWA Flight 800 crashed off Long Island that no bomb or missile caused the disaster. 230 aboard were killed. Investigators traced 3,000 leads, 7,000 interviews, and millions spent, with 96 percent of the wreckage examined. Relatives seek negligence theories but the FBI stands by its conclusion.
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Auburn boy found alone in burning building case grows in scope
In Auburn Washington prosecutors charged 21 year old LaDawn Jump with second degree child abandonment after her 14 month old son Damon was found alone for five days with no food or water during a building evacuation. Damon weighed 16 pounds 4 ounces and had an ulcerated thumb from starvation with a history of a severe heart defect.
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