Plymouth protesters arraigned over Thanksgiving march clash
Thirteen United American Indians of New England members and supporters faced arraignment in Plymouth District Court on innocent pleas after a Thanksgiving Day march ended in police action. About 24 protesters were arrested as they attempted to march along the Pilgrims Progress route amid claims of excessive force and calls for apologies and tourist boycotts.
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Plymouth
Mass
United American Indians of
New England
Plymouth District Court
Pilgrims’ Progress
Philadelphia priest faces cocaine charges
In North Philadelphia's Fairhill drug zone, Rev. Nicholas J. Martino 41, a former priest awaiting arraignment, was charged with possession of cocaine after a 2:08 a.m. arrest in a Ford Crown Victoria. Driver Jeffery Nader 29 was also charged. Martino remains a priest but requires substance abuse treatment to resume duties.
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Philadelphia
Police Administration
Fairhill
Nicholas J. Martino
Hancock and Cambria
Father Martino
Shamrock Lane
Millville
N.J
Baby abandoned in school bathroom improves in Florida
Surveillance shows a 15-year-old Northeast High School student entered a restroom at 2 p.m. and gave birth, leaving the infant in a trash can. A janitor found the 6 pound 11 ounce full term baby 90 minutes later. the boy's condition improved from very critical to serious by Tuesday. The teen admitted motherhood after police interview. the baby is in state custody and may be released by Christmas.
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Nicholas
Darulo Escoto
Northeast High School
Pierce
Woman charged after greasing stairs in lover dispute
Christina Mack, 35, allegedly greased a stairway to cause her one eyed boyfriend to slip. She slipped and was knocked unconscious, later charged with aggravated battery, attempted aggravated battery, and domestic battery at $10,000 bond. Police had cited an attempted murder filing earlier, not among Tuesday charges.
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Peoria
Ill
Christina Mack
Mack
Sarge
Tuesay
Chester Parkman Sr
City police seek video cameras in patrol cars doors
Los Angeles police chief Bernard Parks asked the Police Commission to approve outfitting all ten patrol cars with video cameras and bullet resistant doors next year. He said the measures will save lives, reduce police liability, and aid investigations across the nation’s second-largest department.
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Los Angeles
Bernard Parks
Police Commission
Case of the missing carbon sink puzzles scientists
Deborah Shapley reports that vast Northern Hemisphere forests, especially Russia's larches, may absorb billions of tons of CO2 each year, acting as a missing sink. The uncertainty remains whether these forests will slow or accelerate warming, as research highlights feedback mechanisms and the risk of sinks turning into sources.
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Pieter P. Tans
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Science
Tans
Taro Takahashi
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
Inez Y. Fung
Goddard Institute For Space Studies
Hemisphere
Lee
Tropics
Canada
United States
Russia
Spotlight series on climate and forests
The text frames ongoing climate debates including Africa Poland India and New York, with notes on carbon sinks and the limits of forest regrowth. It cites Russian forest budget strains and predicts slowed forest sink growth, while describing dieback in southern Siberia with hundreds of square miles of dead trees observed by Herman H. Shugart of the University of Virginia.
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Krankina
Siberia
Herman H. Shugart
University of Virginia
U S Emissions Rise Sharply in 1996 Climate Report
The Energy Department report shows U S emissions of heat trapping gases rose 3.4 percent in 1996, driven by strong economic growth severe weather and coal use by utilities. Residential and commercial energy use climbed 6.3 and 5.5 percent respectively while vehicle fuel consumption hints at cars overtaking industry as top gas source.
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Washington
United States
U.S
A Global Warming Glossary Terms Overview
A compact glossary covering aerosols, anthropogenic climate change, Berlin mandate, bottom-up analysis, cap and trade, carbon budget, and the framework convention on climate. Includes definitions of how aerosols reflect sunlight, human impacts, tradable permits, and carbon sinks.
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Berlin
United Nations
Rio de Janeiro
Spotlight on climate shift hurting Africa's poor
Kenyan meteorologist Peter Usher of the UN Environment Program warns that Africa’s 600 million people, already in poverty, will bear the brunt of global warming. Predictions include higher temperatures, frequent droughts, expanding deserts, and rising seas threatening Lagos and coastal oil output.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Pacific Ocean
East
South Africa
Peter Usher
U.N. Environmental Program
Nairo
Sahel
Sahara
Masta Monte Af Ulen
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New York Times News Service
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Olga N. Krankina
St. Petersburg Forest Academy
Oregon State University
James E. Hansen
New York
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Earth
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India
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James C. McKinner
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