Retired Priest Allegedly Stole 1.5 Million from Churches
Allegheny County investigators allege Rev Walter J Benz and parish secretary Mary Anne Albaugh skimmed at least 1.5 million from church offerings over 26 years. They plan to charge them with theft and conspiracy within two weeks. Police say Benz lived with Albaugh in a house filled with antique guns gold coins and a Buddha statue. A third church may be linked to the scheme.
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Pittsburgh
Walter J. Benz
Mary Anne Albaugh
Allegheny County
Daniel Colaizzi
Benz
Albaugh
Colaizzi
Moravian Church elects first woman bishop Kay Ward
The Moravian Church of America elected The Rev. Dr. Kay Ward of Bethlehem as a bishop in the Northern Province at its synod held at Moravian College. Ward, 56, is among nine provincial bishops serving 14 states plus D C and two Canadian provinces. Ward calls it a real celebration and joy. The Moravian Church, with over 700,000 members worldwide, is recognized as the oldest Protestant denomination.
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Kay Ward
Bethlehem
Moravian Church of America
Moravian College
Ward
District of Columbia
Moravian Church
Immigrant smuggling boat crash near Jupiter Inlet
Near Jupiter Inlet Florida a boat struck a sandbar 100 yards from shore leaving multiple immigrants missing and two dead. Bahamian captain Addison Hepburn, 44, appeared in federal court after rescuers pulled 33 survivors. He faces up to life in prison if convicted on a death penalty charge.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Jupiter Inlet
Addison Hepburn
United States
Hepburn
Judge blocks hitching post shackling as unconstitutional
U S District Judge Myron Thompson ruled Alabama prison practice of shackling malingering inmates to a hitching post is cruel and suspended use pending review. A Sept 22 hearing was set. Lawyers for inmates and the corrections department weighed the decision as officials assess constitutional alternatives.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Myron Thompson
Corrections Department
Andy Redd
Joe Hopper
Rhonda Brownstein
Southern Poverty Law Center
Balloonist Fossett crosses southern Atlantic on world quest
Adventurer Steve Fossett became the first to cross the southern Atlantic in a balloon on his fourth around the world attempt. Mission control at Washington University in St. Louis reported favorable winds and drift over the Indian Ocean as they weighed the next altitude and wind strategy toward Australia. With about a quarter of the journey complete, Fossett faced no immediate problems after taking off from western Argentina.
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ST. Louis
Steve Fossett
Atlantic Ocean
Gond Shana
Fossett
Washington University
Indian Ocean
Australia
Chicago
Argentina
Doctor questions Gulf War syndrome studies in Dallas
The Defense Department ordered a review of government Gulf War syndrome research after an epidemiologist warned that three studies from 1996 and 1997 were seriously flawed. Dr Robert Haley of UT Southwestern argues the analyses were biased and that certain veterans show distinct symptom clusters from chemical exposure not PTSD.
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Dallas
Defense Department
Robert Haley
American Journal of Pichaiology
Cosbys push for maximum sentence in Ennis Cosby murder
Bill and Camille Cosby urged the judge to impose the maximum on Mikail Markhasev, who was sentenced to life without parole for killing Ennis Cosby on a Los Angeles road on January 16, 1997. A defense lawyer filed an appeal.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Bill Cosby
America
Cosby
Luesday
Mikail Markhasev
Por Cosby
Camille
Ennis Cosby
Los Angeles
Markhasev
Nairobi Embassies Bombings Toll Rises Amid Rescue Efforts
Rescuers, amid collapsing debris at the Nairobi embassy site, pulled a dead woman from wreckage as the death toll rose to at least 250 in twin attacks in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. In Dar es Salaam, Elizabeth Slater, a new foreign service officer, survived after being trapped. Tanzania and Kenya police, with the FBI, arrested several suspects, while Israeli officials questioned warnings of the attacks.
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Nairobi
Kenya
U.S
Rose Wanjiku
Udi Benuri
Wanjiku
Eand
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
FSI
McUutlg Ih
Red Cross
Benuri
FBI
Washington
Mustafa Salim Nyang'anyi
George Agoi
Rhys Jones
Jones
Traland
Slater
Foreign Service
Orlando
Fla
Africa
Pho Assole
Elizabeth Mary Slater
Security boosts after embassy bombings reach Cairo and Kuwait
U S diplomats relocate to the fortified Cairo embassy compound while new checkpoints appear around Kuwait’s American Embassy. Uganda and Sudan missions briefly close as heightened security follows Fridays twin embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania and a State Department warning. Diplomats in the Middle East and Africa report staff meetings to review safety at embassies and residences.
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Cairo
Egypt
U.S
Kuwait
Uganda
Sudan
Kenya
Tanzania
State Department
Middle East
Africa
Engine found in U S Embassy bombing vehicle in Nairobi
Nairch Kenya psi investigators may have found the engine of the vehicle used in the bombing of the U S Embassy in Nairobi, offering a potential first major clue. An official said it is very early but the engine could reveal the truck model, age and type, while noting weeks of work lie ahead. The truck was not completely destroyed.
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Nairchl
Kenya
Psi
U.S
Blake fights excessive force claims over 1996 Clark case
Blake accuses deputies led by Base and Domachowski of rough handling after the Clark shooting, claiming an eyelid injury from being forced face down. He presented a photo of him handcuffed with a smiling, uninjured face, while deputies dispute the allegations and a prosecutor notes Blake’s persistence in pursuing the suit through trial.
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Clark
Bernard Meleski
Blake
Terry Base
Base
DeWitt Town Court
Perandual
Sheriff's Headquarters
Jeff Domachowski
Domachowski
Murer
McCain
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