Mystery squid spotted by submersibles in deep oceans
NOAA researcher Mike Vecchione reports a three mile deep mystery squid with 20 foot spidery legs seen in photographs from deep sea submersibles. Eight independent sightings across Oceans Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Indian Ocean and Pacific underpin study in Science.
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Christmas village figures displayed by Zella McClure in Vincennes
AP photo shows Zella McClure arranging her miniature Christmas village in Vincennes Indiana. The display includes more than 60 structures a railroad a mountain with a fake waterfall and other festive details.
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Coach Wins Lottery On Players Numbers In Florida
Carroll Academy coach Randy Hatch bought a Fantasy 5 ticket using his five starting players numbers. The ticket matched 15 22 23 31 and 35 securing $113,000. Hatch booked a December 12 flight to Tampa to verify the win and told the team the next day.
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Tampa
Weekend Weather Outlook With Sunny Skies
Today is mostly sunny with highs in the 50s. Tonight will bring increasing clouds and lows in the 30s. Saturday forecasts rain with a high near 50s. Details on 12A. subscription line and online service provided.
Victims' families to receive average 1.65 million in aid fund
Washington AP families of terrorism victims would average 1.65 million under a federal aid program. Justice Department begins accepting claims Friday with early checks possible before New Year. Kenneth Feinberg calls it an unprecedented display of taxpayers' generosity, though he doubts it fully eases families' horror.
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Christmas Tragedy at Orient No 2 Mine Fifty Years On
In West Frankfort Illinois AP recounts the 1951 methane explosion at the Chicago Wilmington and Franklin Coal mine that killed 119 miners. Rescuers descended 500 feet to recover bodies as the community mourned its worst mine disaster since 1909.
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Dayton McReaken
Orient No. 2
McReaken
Illinois
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Black Friday disaster spurred safety reforms decades later
Witnesses recall a devastating Underground explosion that nearly matched a future Black Christmas in a south central Illinois town. McReaken and Dorothy describe a holiday scene as Main Street glowed with decorations before families crowded by radios for word on missing fathers and brothers. ACCIDENT, 6A.
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Illinois
Lewis visits Orient 2 mine after explosion tragedy
West Frankfort UMWA President John L. Lewis toured the Orient 2 site amid ongoing rescue efforts. The union leader, famed for pressuring coal operators, urged immediate revisions to mining laws to prevent repeated disasters and called for mandatory mine compliance.
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UMWA
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Orient 2
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Compensation plan for attack victims' families announced
The families of victims would receive an average of 1.65 million dollars. The final payout depends on family size age and earnings of the deceased as factors in the compensation.
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James E. Potorti
World Trade Center
Mother Embezzles to Bail Son From Jail in Illinois
Emma Reynolds, 54, a longtime employee of the Tri-County Special Education District, admitted embezzling about 45 000 to 53 000 dollars from the Anna orphanage fund between September 1993 and January 1999 to raise bail for her son, who faced domestic violence charges. She was arrested September 10 after state police uncovered mismatches between checks and endorsements during an audit.
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Tri- County
Illinois
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Union County
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Rodney Clutts
Reynolds
Argentina Leader Resigns Amid Riots and Unrest
President Fernando De la Rua submitted his resignation as protests and looting raged across Argentina. Two days of clashes left at least 20 dead and many injured, with police confronting demonstrators in Buenos Aires and looters targeting homes and shops nationwide. Congress must approve the resignation, and Senate President Ramon Puerta was to be named interim president.
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