Niagara Mohawk to pay 200000 fine for nuclear plant lapses
The NRC proposed a 200000 penalty against Niagara Mohawk Power Corp for five deficiencies at Nine Mile Point 1 and 2 reactors. Major issues included overfilling Nine Mile Point 1, debris in the Nine Mile Point 2 suppression pool, and inadequate design and operating procedures. The company will not appeal the fine.
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Scriba
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nine Mile Point 1
NRC
Niagara Mohawk
Miller
Ned Sheehan
Nine Mile Point 2
Nine Mile
Nine Mile 2
Sheehan
Lent sentencing leaves Wood family in limbo
Sara Anne Wood’s parents faced no closure as Lewis Lent Jr was sentenced to 25 years to life in New York for the kidnapping and murder but again refused to reveal Sara’s burial site. Authorities say he claims she is buried in the Adirondacks with another possible victim, and he remains uncooperative about the grave location.
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Herkimer County
Michael Daley
Sara Anne Wood
Lewis Lent Jr
Lent
Robert and
Frances Wood
Adirondack Mountains
Daley
Sara
John Wood
Massachusetts
Rhe Assure
Mystery of missing A-10 warplane and pilot
Radar reports and eyewitness sightings point to Capt. Craig Button in an A-10 Thunderbolt that vanished in the Colorado Rockies after a flight exercise from Arizona. A nine day search by air and ground, including satellites and mountain ski areas, yields no trace. Authorities are unable to explain the pilot’s actions or location as avalanches impede ground access.
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Washington
Colorado Rockies
Air Force
Craig Button
Colorado
Donald Peterson
Pentagon
Peterson
Arizona
Rockies
Air and Space
Hanae
Firefighters save Shroud of Turin from cathedral blaze
In Turin Italy a fire badly damaged the cathedral housing the Shroud of Turin but firefighters freed the 14 foot linen shroud from its silver glass urn. An archbishop called the linen intact and a miracle as 200 firefighters fought the blaze for hours.
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Turin
Italy
Giovanni Saldarini
Vatican
Mario Trematore
San Giovanni
ANSA
A&a
Royal Palace
Explosive devices found along pope route in Bosnia
Police found at least four old anti tank mine like devices under a western Sarajevo bridge along the pope route into the city. Authorities say the devices may be remnants from the 1990s siege with details scarce and questions lingering about activity and timing.
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Joan Paul II
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Suspect in Buffalo arraignment for officer’s death
Jonathan Parker, 19, surrendered with attorney Paul Hurley after a shootout killed Buffalo veteran officer Charles McDougald. Parker faces first and second degree murder charges plus two counts of attempted murder, assault and weapons charges in Buffalo City Court. Officer Martinez was also wounded.
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Buffalo
Jonathan Parker
Buffalo Police
Paul Hurley
Buffalo Police Department
Charles
Skip” McDougald
Parker
Marder
McDougald
Michael Martinez
Martinez
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