USA and Canada hockey clash ends with silver glory
West Valley City Utah and Canada split a tight Olympic men's hockey medal race. The U S earned its first hockey medal since 1980 as Mercury astronauts marked 40 years since orbital flight at Cape Canaveral.
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Gordon Cooper
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Carbondale Fire Labeled Suspicious in Origin
In Carbondale Brentwood Commons Apartments fire left 13 homeless and destroyed an 18 unit building. Fire Capt. John Michalesko said the origin is suspicious and police have taken over the investigation. A former tenant, Vince Garrett, is jailed on resisting arrest charges and not yet charged in the fire. Police Chief Finney notes he was detained for questioning.
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Jackson County
R.T. Finney
America wins gold as Salt Lake hosts Winter Games
The XIX Winter Games closed with a patriotic amid American success. The U S won 34 medals, the second best all time, while NBC ratings soared and Salt Lake City earned high praise. USOC president Sandy Baldwin called the victory a proud moment. the Steinbrenner Commission spurred enhanced support financing Olympic athletes.
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Harry Connick Jr
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Sandy Baldwin
United States Olympic Committee
Dwight Bell
USA
Germany
USOC
New York Yankees
George Steinbrenner
Steinbrenner
Holy Ground rises from ashes at Second Baptist Church
West Frankfort Second Baptist Church welcomed 506 attendees to a triumphant service in a new 11,500 square foot sanctuary replacing the one destroyed by fire on August 26, 2000. Pastor Brett Beasley. soloist Martha Speers performed Holy Ground on the ashes’ site. cause undetermined, foul play ruled out.
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Second Baptist Church
Brett Beasley
Martha Speers
Holy Ground
Beasley
Deputy shoots two soldiers during training mixup in North Carolina
In Moore County near Raleigh, deputy Randall Butler shot two Fort Bragg soldiers during a civilian attire role playing exercise for the Army Special Forces Qualification Course. One soldier died as the incident was described as a mistaken act by the deputy who felt threatened.
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Moore County
Army
Special Operations
Gary Kolb
Secret U S indictment ties Pearl case to 1994 kidnapping
Newsweek reports a federal grand jury secretly indicted Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh last year for a 1994 kidnapping tied to the Daniel Pearl case. The investigation centers on four Western hostages in India, one American, with Pearl’s murder described as a first step in a broader extremist effort.
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