Oil containment booms set to guard Brazos Santiago pass
Coast Guard and partners place multiple booms across the Brazos Santiago pass and nearby channels to trap and skim an oil slick. A 500-foot northern boom and longer defenses brace for rising slicks while helicopters, planes, and ships monitor the area to protect the oyster breeding grounds and delicate ecology.
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Tery Gray
Brownsville Channel
Brazos
Santiago Pass
Ing Lom
Ana
Coast Guard
Navy
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
University of Texas
Hijackers End Lisbon Standoff Turn Themselves In
In Lisbon the hijackers released most hostages in two sets while 150 riot police ringed the DC-9 for 14 1 2 hours. The plane then flew to Geneva where Swiss officials said extradition to Spain could follow a trial on air piracy charges. The pilot warned not to upset the calm atmosphere and promised to open only one door.
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France
Lisbon
Portela
Geneva
Swiss Justice Department
Iberia Airlines
Switzerland
Spain
Capt
Arias
State picks facilities for heat leak study
Heat loss probes target SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Binghamton campuses and several centers plus Staten Island Suffolk and Letchworth Village Developmental Centers. Sunshine notes facilities not necessarily energy guzzlers but likely heat loss due to age growth or sprawl. State cuts fuel use 16 percent saving $14 million yearly by computerizing energy data to rate use per square foot and guide budgets and conservation goals.
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Facilites
State University College
Oneonta
Suny-Binghamton
Pilgrim
Hudson River
Buffalo
Staten Island, Suffolk
Letchworth Village
Sunshine
NYC audit blames shoddy accounting for hospital finances
New York City Comptroller Harrison Goldin released a study faulting mismanaged accounting and incomplete records for the Health and Hospitals Corp. financial trouble. The audit cites $7.7 million in Medicare and Medicaid losses and a potential $17.5 million more, with 19 percent of a 202 claim sample denied due to inadequate documentation.
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New York
UPI
Harrison Goldin
City Health and Hospitals Corp
Goldin
HHC
Weather Outlook: Showers in Florida and Central Plateau
Forecasters warn showers will affect parts of Florida and the Central Plateau region, while the rest of the nation enjoys generally fair skies. Expect variable cloudiness and mild conditions elsewhere with no major storms anticipated.
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Florida
Central Plateau
Weather forecast and climatology note
Clear at times tonight with lows near 50. Sunny and warm tomorrow at around 80 with near zero rain chances. Sunset today at 8 20 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 01 a m. Yesterday high 85 and low 65. Wind will be northerly 5 to 10 mph tonight and tomorrow. Relative humidity last night 69 percent and this morning 93 percent. Data include record highs and normals for the date.
Showers and Storms Across Nation Reported by AP
Showers and scattered thunder showers covered parts of New York Ohio Florida Illinois Indiana Texas Montana and from northern Arizona to southern Utah with sunny skies elsewhere. Heat is forecast for the central Rockies Oklahoma South Dakota the Mississippi Valley and central Minnesota while the rest of the nation should see seasonably warm readings. Ten tornadoes were sighted yesterday in Illinois and Iowa but no damage or injuries were reported.
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New York
Ohio
Florida
Ilinois
Indiana
Texas
Montana
Arizona
Utah
Rockies
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Iinois
Iowa
Forest Fires Rage Across Northwest With International Aid
Fires across Idaho Montana and Wyoming burn thousands of acres as National Guardsmen Indian volunteers and firefighters from Florida and seven southern states join efforts. The Mortar Creek and Gallagher Peak fires threaten resorts and industrial towns as smoke thickens and embers spark new blazes. A hot shot crew ferried in by helicopter arrives to protect the evacuated Middle Fork Lodge and nearby resort.
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Associated Press
Florida
Northwest
Idaho
Montana
Anacona
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Wind River
Mortar Creek
Boise
Middle Fork
Salmon River
Forest Service
Joe Nadolski
Nadolski
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Harrah’s of
Reno, Nev
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Port Isabel
Nyc
Armstrong
Ity
Americon Express
Corfe Bianche
North Spring
Syracuse
Sal
Syracuse Herald-Journal
National Weather Service
Denver
UPI Weather Forecast
Dallas
Las Vegas
Pittsburgh
Albuquerque
San Antonio
Anchorage
Los Angeles
Asheville
Des Moines
The
National Forest Service
Gallagher Peak
Targee National Forest
Ronderosa
NPE
IAM
Stowerton Reed
Rente
Field City
Seldwinsvile-De Genepes
Merchants Bank
Hverpest
Feed
DeWittt
Erie
Shoppingtown
Syracere-On Geendegs Seeleverdin
Western Lights
Levis Womenswear
LEVIS
Vee
Valens
Better Sportswear
Dept
DEY Brothers
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