Levee Breach Forces Mass Evacuation in Fernley Nevada
In Fernley Nevada a canal levee ruptured during heavy rainfall sending more than three feet of frigid water into hundreds of homes and stranding about 3,500 residents across a square mile. Officials reported 300 to 400 damaged homes as rescue teams used buses and helicopters to move people to shelters while crews shore up the levee.
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Nev
Truckee
Reno
Todd Cutler
Cutler
Truckee River
Ernie Schank
Truckee- Carson Irrigation District
Chuck Allen
Nevada Department of Public Safety
Escapee Kelvin Poke Dies After Hospital Shootout in Maryland
Kelvin Poke, a life term inmate who overpowered guards at Laurel Regional Hospital to escape, led a seven hour chase before police cornered him in a nearby cemetery and shot him dead. He previously faced a 2005 carjacking plus other felonies including armed robbery.
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Kelvin Poke
Laurel Regional
Maryland
Poke
Rhonda Jackson
Duncon Poke
Jackson
Associated Press
Jessup Correctional Institution
Laurel
Polie
Said
Safeway
Police question person of interest in hiker disappearance
Authorities widened the search for Meredith Emerson, a 24 year old hiker missing since New Year's Day, focusing on a 5 square mile area in Chattahoochee National Forest about 90 miles north of Atlanta. Gary Michael Hilton, seen with Emerson, remains in U.S. Marshals custody on a separate federal warrant.
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Hiker
Atlanta
Meredith Emerson
Chattahoochee National Forest
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
John Bankhead
Vogel State Park
Blood Mountain
National Forest
Emerson
Forsyth County
Ella
Bankhead
Union County
Kimberly Verdone
Gary Michael Hilton
Hilton
U.S. Marshals Service
Verdone
Julia Karrenbauer
Meredith
Attendance rises at San Francisco Zoo after fatal tiger attack
The San Francisco Zoo saw higher attendance after a Christmas Day tiger attack killed a man. About 782 visitors came on reopening day, roughly twice last year’s turnout, with most arriving before Thursday afternoon’s heavy rains. Severe storms forced a second closure Friday, knocking out power and bringing down tree branches, though no animals were harmed.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Zoo
Paul Garcia
Garcia
California
U S Says North Korea Failed To Provide Nuclear List
Washington disputes Pyongyang claim of delivering a full nuclear declaration before the December deadline. State Department says North Korea has yet to provide a complete declaration while urging completion ahead of the disarmament talks.
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North Korea
Washington
United States
State Department
Sean McCormack
Korean Peninsula
Foreign Ministry
Pyongyang
Christopher Hill
Asia
John Negroponte
China
Russia
Japan
South Korea
Jack Pritchard
Pritchard
North
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