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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2002
Page
5
Five men found dead when a railroad coal car unload occurred at Arizona Electric Power Cooperative in Willcox. Officials cite possible asphyxia. Mexican consul confirms deaths of unverified illegal immigrants.
Four inmates escaped from a North Texas jail after overpowering a guard with a homemade knife. Two killers serving life terms and two murder suspects remain at large as authorities warn witnesses and relatives. Texas county jails reported 141 escapes last year, incl 85 walkaways and 56 overpowers or tunnelings.
In 1983 the Sperm Bank of California began asking donors if offspring could contact them once adults. The first meeting looms as an 18 year old San Francisco Bay Area woman plans to thank her biological father and learn about their shared history.
San Francisco International Airport evacuated thousands for over two hours after security guards detected explosives residue on a man's shoe at a checkpoint. A white male in his 40s disappeared into the crowd as crews searched United Airlines terminals. 27 outbound flights and at least 20 inbound flights were held while 3,000 people were evacuated amid cold 30s temperatures.
Karen Marie Hubbard a 19 year old freshman pre pharmacy major from Withee Wisconsin died after giving birth in a dormitory bathroom at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire paramedics found the newborn girl and Hubbard unresponsive the cause of death under investigation and medical examiner says childbirth complications are believed to be the cause Hubbard was unaware of her pregnancy and thought she had flu symptoms as friends and staff cared for her during the incident
The Surface Transportation Board approved a 1.4 billion 900 mile rail line by Dakota Minnesota and Eastern Railroad linking Powder River Basin coal beds in northeast Wyoming to the Mississippi River. The project will add thousands of jobs and expand coal movement but faces 147 environmental mitigation conditions.
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