Medical chopper crash in Iowa kills three aboard
A Sioux Valley Hospital medical helicopter crashed in a soybean field near Spencer Iowa killing three crew members, including pilot Merton Tiffany paramedic Shannon Nolte and nurse Melissa Wittry. A second helicopter transported the patient to Sioux Falls. The crash remains under investigation.
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Merton Tiffany
Shannon Nolte
Melissa Wittry
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Sioux Falls
Ireland plans minute silence for Omagh attack
In Belfast and across Ireland, leaders from Catholic and Protestant churches urge 5.2 million people to observe a 3 10 p m minute of silence and prayers for Omagh victims, as Dundalk sees protests against dissidents tied to the Real IRA. A newborn girl born to a Protestant mother and Catholic partner symbolizes hope amid violence.
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Omagh
Robert Herron
IRA
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Bobby Sands
Sinn Fein
Nicola Emery
Michael Mulholland
Mulholland
Marijuana use up among teens as soft drug belief grows
A U S government survey shows 11.4 percent of 12 to 17 year olds used any illicit drug in the past month, up from 9.0 percent in 1996, led by 9.4 percent using marijuana last year. Heroin use remained 0.2 percent, while first-time heroin users rose to 3.9 million in 1996 from 2.2 million in 1995.
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
Shalala
Clinton gave Lewinsky gifts amid grand jury probe
Report says in late December 1995 President Clinton privately met Lewinsky at the White House and gave her items including an Alaskan stone carving a rug and a box of chocolates as gifts amid subpoenas in the Paula Jones case. Prosecutors question if gifts were meant to silence her while Jordan sought her job.
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Muslim leader killed in Dagestan car bombing
A Muslim leader Mufti Said-Mohammad Abubakarov and his brother died when their car was destroyed by a radio controlled bomb after prayers at Makhachkala's main mosque. Their driver also perished. No group claimed responsibility. Police did not comment. Interfax cited possible Wahhabi involvement. Dagestan faces ongoing violence.
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Russia
Dagestan
Mufti
Mohammad Abubakarov
Dan
Itar-Tass
Interfax
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