Disney abandons plan for battlefield park near Bull Run
Disney drops its American history theme park plan near Haymarket Virginia about 35 miles from Washington and six miles from Manassas Battlefield Park after opposition from historians environmentalists and residents. The project had a 625 million price tag on a 3000 acre site.
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Richmond
Walt Disney Co
America
Peter S. Rummell
Disney Design and Development Co
Disney
Haymarket
Washington
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Bull Run
Blue Ridge Mountains
Martinsburg case shocks town over 8k misused funds
In Morgantown West Virginia Melissa Rogers 19 faced charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after $8000 raised for her 18 month old son needing a heart transplant was reportedly diverted to relatives and spent on vehicles furniture and stereo equipment. Prosecution notes sparked anger in Martinsburg residents about the misuse of donations.
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Morgantown
W.va
Melissa Rogers
Lewis Hite Jr
Rogers
Martinsburg
Washington, D.C
Des Moines Man Freed After DNA Proves Innocence in 1984 Case
Frederick Daye, aged 26, was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and robbing a San Diego woman in 1984. Ten years later DNA testing showed innocence and led to his release. Accomplice Charles Pringle had previously said Daye was innocent. Daye expressed faith on his release day.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Frederick Daye
Daye
Charles Pringle
Murder shocks Mexican politics and PRI mourns
Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, the PRI secretary general and brother-in-law to the president, was fatally shot outside party headquarters in Mexico City. His death follows the March assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, deepening national political turmoil as Ernesto Zedillo prepares to take office. The nation faces wider violence, including Chiapas unrest and high-profile abductions and slayings linked to drug trafficking.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Luis Donaldo Colosio
Tijuana
Ernesto Zedillo
Zedillo
Salinas
Chiapas
Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo
Guadalajara
Ruiz Massieu
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Adriana
Colosio
Search for Estonia wreckage as rescue continues
Salvage crews comb the Baltic near Turku Finland aided by helicopters and ships from Finland and Sweden seeking the sunken Estonia. Officials report 826 dead with 138 survivors as the ferry capsized in a storm while en route from Estonia to Sweden.
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Turku
Finland
Estonia
Baltic Sea
Sweden
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