Father and wife get prison for starved adopted daughter
In Salt Lake City a couple pleaded guilty to felony child abuse after their adopted seven year old daughter Brittany was found emaciated and living in a filthy basement. Judge Leslie Lewis condemned the case as the most tortuous starvation she has seen and ordered the maximum terms.
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Salt Lake City
Christopher Allen Tucker
Rebecca
Brittany
Leslie Lewis
Auschwitz
Tucker
Lewis
Man opens fire in police station in Detroit
A man in Detroit entered the Ninth Precinct dribbling a basketball, shouted obscenities, and opened fire with a sawed off rifle. Officers returned fire and the attacker was wounded five or six times, while 20 to 25 officers and 2 to 3 civilians were unharmed. The incident occurred about 12:50 a.m. with the man lying on the floor after the shooting.
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Detroit
Walter Martin
Martin
Ninth Precinct
Rioters Burn City as Jakarta Riots Claim 230 Lives
Indonesia’s capital erupts in four days of looting and arson. President Suharto deploys 10,000 troops while expats flee aboard charter flights. Four shopping malls are set ablaze, with hundreds killed and many bodies found among the ruins. Families search for missing relatives amid charred debris.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
U.S
Egypt
McDonald's
VW recalls new Beetle after wiring bug could spark fires
VW recalls the New Beetle two months after its U S debut due to a wiring bug in the engine area that could cause fires. About 10 100 cars sold in the United States and Canada since mid March will be repaired at no charge and the job should take about an hour. VW will offer up to 100 to owners for car washes gas, a flower in the bud vase or other perks to mollify customers. No accidents or injuries have been reported.
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Detroit
Volkswagen
United States
Canada
Ray Kinder
New Century Volkswagen
Glendale
Calif
Express
U.S
Paroled killer to be heavily monitored in Texas
Wesley Wayne Miller, a paroled killer, will live in a single cell at Tarrant County Jail for six months with three electronic monitors. Satellites log his location every four seconds, alarms trigger if he nears protected homes or workplaces, and voice recognition verifies calls from his parole officer. The program, part of Texas Super-Intensive Supervision, could continue until his parole ends in 2007.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Wesley Wayne Miller
Tarrant County
Miller
David Smith
Boulder
Colo
Evacuation Ordered as Italian Mudslide Fears Rise
In Quindici, where 11 people died last week, residents fled Friday after heavy rains sparked fears of a new mudslide. Across southern towns near Mount Sarno, about 1,000 people in Sarno waited to evacuate if ordered, as rescuers continued digging through hardened mud for victims of last week’s catastrophe that killed at least 148 people and left 130 more missing.
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Sarno
Italy
Quindici
Mount Sarno
Singapore police vow on the spot mobile ban after fatal crash
Singapore police pledge to confiscate phones from any driver seen using one while driving after a used car salesman allegedly caused a deadly crash killing three women at a bus stop. Talking on a mobile while driving is illegal with a 103 dollar fine. 221 motorists are fined monthly. Public reaction to confiscation warns mixed.
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Singapore
Rabbis Call Followers to Help Track Stabbing Suspects
In Jerusalem the ultra orthodox Eda Haharedit leaders urged adherents to assist police in locating suspects behind six stabbings of Palestinians. The latest attack killed a 51 year old man, marking the first deadly case. The community, which does not recognize Israel as a state, had previously avoided authorities. Posters on district walls denounced cooperation as provocation.
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Jerusalem
Eda Haharedit
Israel
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