F-16 aborted takeoff at Burlington Airport due to faulty cockpit instrument
A Fighting Falcon aborted takeoff at Burlington International Airport earlier this month when a faulty cockpit instrument caused the pilot to cut engines midway. The pilot grabbed a ground cable with a talhook and halted the jet about halfway down the runway as fire enveloped the rear of the aircraft.
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South
Burlington
Vermoni Air Natonal Guard
Burlington International Airport
Ealier
James Earl Ray Hospitalized Near Death, Reports Say
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was hospitalized over the weekend. Officials declined comment, and Nashville television cited an unnamed source. Ray, 68, was moved from Riverbend State Prison to Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital. He had pleaded guilty to the 1968 slaying and received a 1099 year sentence.
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Nashville
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
State Corrections Department
Pam Gehman
Ray
WSMV
Riverbend State Prison
Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital
Gehman
King
Lorraine
Memphis
Judge Denies Bail for FBI Agent In Spy Case
In Alexandria Virginia federal court U S District Judge Thomas Rawles Jones held Har Edwin Pitts 43 without bond after Pitts was charged with spying for Moscow for more than 224000 dollars During a Wednesday arrest following an undercover operation Pitts a 13 year FBI veteran is the second agent ever charged with spying on the bureau for Russia
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Alexandria
FBI
Russia
U.S
Thomas Rawles Jones
Edwin Pitts
Pitts
Moscow
Christmas Miracle Restores Sight After 50 Years
Vern Harryman, once blinded in his left eye by a childhood accident, regains partial vision after a mall post injury dislodged the lens and doctors fitted a contact lens and trifocal glasses. At age 62, he now sees 20/40, with both eyes previously injured decades ago.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Vern Harryman
Harryman
Houston factory blast kills eight workers on Christmas Eve
Families mourn as eight workers die and two are injured in a Wyman Gordon Forging Co. explosion in Houston during maintenance. CEO Dave Gruber vows safety, while investigators probe the cause. Erik Petocz notes body parts were hurled up to 100 yards from the plant.
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Houston
Karin Norred
Wyman Gordon Forging Co
Dave Gruber
Erik Petocz
Skier Survives Sierra Nevada Storm Father Dies
A cross country skier Harley Augusto 18 survived three nights in the Sierra Nevada storm after his father James Augusto 48 was found dead in the Castle Peak area five miles north of Donner Summit. The teen was treated at Tahoe Forest Hospital Truckee for mild hypothermia. Nevada County sheriff official called the survival remarkable. The pair from San Francisco disappeared Friday as more than eight feet of snow fell over the weekend.
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Cali
Harley Augustino
James Augusto
Castle Peak
Donner Summit
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Nevada County
Bill Evans
San Francisco
Sierra
Inmate Captured After Escape by Scrub Disguise
Steven Russell, 39, captured by Biloxi police after escaping Huntsville prison on December 13 by disguising in green hospital scrubs and posing as staff. Russell had a 43 year sentence for theft, aggravated assault and escape, and earlier secured release by deceiving the Harris County clerk as a pretend judge.
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Huntsville
Texas
Biloxi
Miss
Steven Russell
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Larry Todd
Russell
Todd
Harris County
Torid
Selenium study links mineral to lower cancer risk
A study led by Larry Clark finds selenium reduced prostate cancer by 63 percent, colon or rectal cancers by 58 percent, and lung cancers by 45 percent compared with placebo. Deaths fell 40 percent. researchers caution results need broader validation and note most subjects were men.
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Chicago
Journal
American Medical Association
Gearam A. Colditz
Boston
Brigham and Wommy State
Colditz
JAMA
Universiy
Larry Clark
Clark
Food and Drug Administration
Clinton Visits Marines at Camp Lejeune in Holiday Tour
President Clinton, on his first official Marine base visit, mingled with nearly 3,000 Marines and families at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. He praised troops on general alert, thanked those returning from the Mediterranean, and urged Americans to show gratitude during Christmas.
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Air Contingency Force
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Clinton
Mediterranean
Marine Corps
America
Sgt
Courtney Ellis
Newark
Nui
Christmas Gift History Shows Shift From New Year’s Day
A century before modern toys, Christmas was not a major gift day in many regions. Puritans rejected it, New England seldom celebrated, and gift giving often aligned with New Year’s as commerce slowly made Christmas the dominant holiday for presents. Santa evolved from Napoleon imagery to Nast’s popularized figure, with Kris Kringel and Christkindl roots.
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Washington
Princeton
Leigh Eric Schmidt
Old
New England
Schmidt
Church of England
The
Netherlands
New Amsterdam
New York
Sinter Klas
Santa Claus
Jenny Lind
Santa
Napoleon
Washington Irving
Thomas Nast
Kris Kringel
Toy spree brightens holiday for 525 kids at Bey Shore store
Long Island businessman Vince Grieco owner of Investors Associates donated over 50,000 to fund a 100 shopping spree for 525 youngsters from group homes shelters and AIDS programs. Toys R Us Bey Shore opened at 5 30 am letting children choose their gifts in a rare early morning spree. Grieco called it a great feeling and hinted at making the event an annual affair. Social service offices in Suffolk and Nassau picked the participating children.
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Bay Shore
Long Island
Vince Grieco
Investors Associates
Melville
Grieco
Bey Shore
Suffolk
Nassau
Todd Shapiro
Gricen
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Air Force Inc
David Johnson
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Clintons
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Dickson
Clay Howell
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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