Bus Driver With Rifle Seized Students On 6Hour D C Trip
Otto Nuss a 63 year old school bus driver abducted 13 students ages 7 to 15 on a six hour odyssey from Oley Pennsylvania toward Birdsboro and ended near Washington D C He told an officer he had a loaded rifle and forced the children off the vehicle to the outskirts of the capital with some students fearing for their lives No one was injured and Nuss faces federal kidnapping charges after turning himself in to an off duty officer near a Family Dollar store in Landover Hills Maryland The 911 reversed message written by a student was noted in FBI affidavits The bus disappeared during the morning run and was located after hours of search efforts by police and a helicopter investigation continues.
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Seven Die In Missouri Mobile Home Fire
A mobile home fire in Bet Hap Bethpage Missouri killed seven people including a mother and her three young children. Six others escaped as investigators say an electric stove left on to heat the trailer sparked the blaze near two abandoned cars at a remote southwest Missouri site. Victims identified as James Garner 60 Mary Garner 61 Shirley Lucy 58 Ruby Garner 31 and her children James 9 Krisinda 5 April 3.
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Red Cross Blood Safety Probes Highlight Recall Surge
The American Red Cross recalled thousands of pints of blood products shipped in 2000 amid 641 recalls, with some possibly unsafe units transfused before doctors were alerted. FDA cites repeated violations as lawmakers demand action while most recalls were Class 2, not the top danger.
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American Red Cross
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Ashcroft approves visas for human trafficking victims
U S Attorney General John Ashcroft announced new T visa rules to aid victims smuggled into the United States and forced into prostitution domestic service or farm labor. The program grants temporary status with potential permanent residency after three years and allows family inclusion where feasible. An estimated 50 000 victims enter yearly with a cap of 5 000 visas annually and a waiting list to be set by INS.
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John Ashcroft
United States
America
Ashcroft
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