Icy I 80 pileups injure eleven in Utah crashes
In Salt Lake City a morning string of icy fogbound crashes on Interstate 80 involved 59 vehicles and 14 crashes. At least 11 people were injured, four seriously, including two firefighters. A medical helicopter could not land due to dense fog.
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Holes in U S defenses against germ weapons exposed
Army bi defense chief Col Erik Hendal says U S lacks vaccines and treatments for botulinum toxin plague and brain infections due to funding gaps and limited pharma interest before 9 11 2001. He cites 20 products ready to go but no production funds and notes wartime concerns over Iraq possessing mobile labs and smallpox.
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Commuter airline crash kills 21 at Charlotte hangar
A US Airways Express Beech 1900 with 19 passengers and two crew crashed moments after takeoff from Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The plane veered back toward the airport and hit a hangar, bursting into flames. No ground injuries were reported. The flight originated in Lynchburg Virginia and was bound for Greer South Carolina. Investigation seeks flight data and cockpit voice recorders. The weather was clear with light winds.
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Caroline Abrams
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Greer, S.C
Jerry Orr
Rodney Hinson
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New Jersey welfare workers under fire
New Jersey officials face scrutiny over the abuse and death of Faheem Williams and his brothers under state child welfare protection. Governor McGreevey ordered investigations, suspensions were issued, and reforms promised as supervisors and workers face accountability amid a caseload debate and calls for tighter procedures.
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Newark
N.J
Faheem Williams
Tyrone
Raheem
Faheem
Sharpe James
Florida
Rilya Wilson
Missouri
James E. McGreevey
Williams
Micah Rasmussen
Gwendolyn Harris
Division of Youth and Family Services
Star booted from Taurus group wanders alone in space
In a Taurus star group, the young star T Tauri Sb was ejected by two larger siblings, gaining speed from a gravitational slingshot. Observers at a National Autonomous University of Mexico study report the lone star, about 450 light years away, may either loop back or drift indefinitely, as researchers describe the first observed ejection of a star from a system.
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Taurus
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Laurent Leinard
American Astronomical Society
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Loinard
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Lennard
Charles Lada
Smithsonian Astronomical Observatory
Lada
Young
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