Jet airliner tires blow as brakes lock on Newark landing
A Continental Express Embraer 50-seat jet from Savannah with about 20 passengers and crew skidded on landing at Newark International Airport when brakes locked, blowing four tires. No injuries were reported as officials said the pilot reported a normal approach but brakes rocked and the plane turned on the runway. Continental spokeswoman Karla Villalon provided the statement.
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N.J
Continental Airlines
Newark International Airport
Continental Express
Waslying
Savannah
Loree
Continental
Karla Villalon
Driver charged in swamp crash that injured elderly woman
In Fort Lauderdale Florida Scott Andrew Campbell 21 of Hollywood was arrested for leaving the scene and filing a false report after his car allegedly rear ended Tillie Tooter's car Aug 12 sending it off a 40 foot bridge into a snake infested swamp where she lay for three days. Her granddaughter demanded full prosecution. Campbell’s lawyer said he reported the crash and complied with the law.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Scott Andrew Campbell
Hollywood
Campbell
Tillie Tooter
Lori Simms
Tooler
Lee Cohn
Cohn
Man pleads no contest in girl’s kidnapping case
Tre nton Florida James Paul Johnson 39 pleaded no contest to kidnapping and molestation charges for abducting a 10 year old girl from a school bus stop and keeping her three days before returning her to a Wal Mart Prosecutors said the kidnapping charge carries life without parole and he faces at least 30 years in prison. No sentencing date was set.
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Trenton
Fla
James Paul Johnson
Wal-Mart
Johnson
Jury acquits Harrelson on marijuana charge in Kentucky
Beattyville jurors found Woody Harrelson not guilty of misdemeanor cannabis possession after a four year fight to distinguish hemp from marijuana. The actor planted four hemp seeds in 1996 to test the law, aiming to expose its lack of nuance. The case drew in county and state officials amid debates over hemp, marijuana and environmental activism.
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Beatty Ville
Woody Harrelson
Harrelson
Kentucky Supreme Court
Kemp
Lee County
Tom Jones
Firefighters Brace For Windy Montana Blaze Day
Firefighters battling blazes spanning nearly 600000 acres in Montana faced a worst day as gusty winds and temperatures in the 90s, with 40 mph winds. The National Weather Service warned hot, breezy conditions could persist into the weekend across Montana Idaho and Washington, fueling new fires. High winds fanned two major wildfires near Bitterroot Valley and an 81000 acre blaze between Helena and Bozeman, causing evacuations and building damage. In Washington a 35000 acre brush fire near Mabton threatened 50 rural homes, prompting about 150 Yakima County residents to evacuate.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
National Weather Service
Idaho
Washington
Bitterroo
Bozeman
Mabton
Yakima County
Safety head urges tougher pipeline standards after deadly blast
NP article reports National Transportation Safety Board chair Jim Trall pressing the oil and gas industry to back stricter rules after a Pecos River pipeline explosion near Carlsbad. Eleven killed, one critically injured as flames rose 350 feet. corrosion found at one El Paso Energy pipeline station, while officials cite aging infrastructure and call for action.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Jim Trall
National Transportation Safety Board
Pecos
el Paso Energy Co
Kelley Coyner
Department of Transportation
United States
Coyner
New Mexican leader foreshadows broader US partnership
Vicente Fox outlined a vision of closer US-Mexico ties with open borders as a long term goal, while Clinton Gore and Bush urged enforcement of borders. He argued sustained growth in Mexico could reduce illegal migration, boost wages, and deepen regional economic integration beyond NAFTA. Fox met with Clinton and Gore and planned talks with Bush in Texas.
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Washington
Vicente Fox
Mexico
Une
United States
Fox
Clinton
al Gore
George W. Bush
Texas
White House
State Department
Gore
Leon Fuerth
Bush
Canada
Japan
Bush vows to lead a freedom revolution in Latin America
Bush pledges a revolution of freedom in Latin American nations, aiming to topple dictatorships and expand trade, criticizing Clinton for slow progress on trade deals. He calls for sanctions on Cuba until democratic reforms, pushes for fast track trade legislation, and outlines plans to engage Mexico and Latin America with micro-credit, border reform, and a new American Fellows Program.
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United States
Clinton
Miami
George W. Bush
Helm
United States of America
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Bush
Texas
Congress
America
Clinton-Gere
Latin America
World Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
Immigration and Naturalization Service
U.S
Clinton Africa Trip Signals Democratic Support and Peace Efforts
President Clinton will visit Nigeria and Tanzania to back Nigeria's democracy under Obasanjo and observe Mandela’s mediation in Burundi. The trip also aims to highlight oil sector reform, debt relief discussions, and AIDS challenges while cautiously addressing human rights concerns with Obasanjo.
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Clinton
Africa
Nigeria
Burundi
sub-Saharan Africa
Olesegun Obasanjo
Niger
Pariah
White House
Sandy Berger
Tanzania
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Arusha
L'Anpatna
Rwanda
Alonr
Obasanjo
U.S
Berger
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