10 year old girl survives fall into NJ well
A 10-year-old girl in Colts Neck New Jersey fell through a rotting plywood well cover and dropped over 20 feet into cold water. She clung to pipes until Patrolman Shaun Golden lowered into the three foot wide opening to pull her to safety. She was treated for hypothermia and released from hospital. Her sister witnessed the incident while they played outside.
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Colts Neck
Eleni Diakoumopoulos
Shaun Golden
Eleni
M M M Mars asks fans to pick new candy color
Candy lovers vote for Color No 7 among blue purple and pink with options to keep the standard brown yellow orange red green tan. M M Ms began in 1940 and feature seasonal mixes. red was removed in 1960s then restored in 1987.
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M&m-Mars
M&m's
Susan Smith faces death fight at hearing in Union
Susan Smith sobbed and hid her face as she declined to plead to charges of drowning her two sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex. Prosecutors vow death penalty to honor the victims, while defense debates her sanity and prepares for an April 24 trial.
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Ssapus
Michael
Alex
Alex Smith
Tommy Pope
Susan Smith
Pope
John Hayes III
Bald eagle deaths rise to 24 at Arkansas lake
BISMARCK Ark The count of dying bald eagles at a lake reached 24 after a bird found weekend died at a veterinarian office Biologists collected blood samples and examined the bird as clues from initial tests on other birds rule out poisons hunters and a stomach illness bacteria Clark County wildlife officer Bobby Barger said findings aim to identify the cause through continued testing and specimen analysis
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Bismarck
Ark
Arkansas
Bobby Barger
Clark County
Teen held on murder charge tries to cut wrists
Gino A. a 16 year old accused in the bow and arrow shooting death of his mother slashed his wrists in jail. He used a metal piece to cut himself but was not seriously injured and not hospitalized. Suzanne Nemeth, 40, died from injuries suffered in the January 7 attack. The boy faces attempted murder charges with prosecutors seeking to raise to murder.
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Steubenville
Gino
Brian Nemeth
Jonerson County
Fred Abdalla
Meth
Suzanne Nemeth
Stephen Stern
Texas executes retorted rapist and murderer in Texas
Mario Marquez, a 36 year old with an IQ of 65, was executed by injection for the 1984 rape and strangling of his 14 year old niece in Huntsville. He apologized, claimed innocence on all counts, and died at 12:21 a.m. after the lethal drugs began flowing. He had been accused of raping and strangling his estranged wife but not tried for that crime.
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Huntsville
Texas
Mario Marquez
Marquez
United States
Supreme Court
Sixteen charged in Northridge disaster loan fraud case
Sixteen people face charges for allegedly fabricating disaster loan requests totaling over 7 million dollars. The schemes targeted the Small Business Administration with claims tied to the 1994 Northridge quake and other LA disasters. Indictments filed as the anniversary of the Northridge quake approached.
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Los Angeles
Ana
Federal
Small Business Administration
Northridge
Malibu
U.S. District Court
Inventine Iaenkind
Japan Quake Fells Major Buildings In Kobe Osaka
A powerful quake centered near Awaji Island collapsed sections of expressways and damaged Osaka and Kobe, with fires lighting the night sky and aftershocks shaking the region. Officials reported 8,000 Americans in the area, rescue teams converging, and Kyoto officials noting priceless temple losses.
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Tims Aed i le
Awaji
Central Meteorological Agency
Yoshiaki Kawata
Kyoto University
Major Japanese quake challenges western bias on fault risks
Scientists note faults scatter across Japan and major roads and rails sit atop them. The Kobe region, long seen as safer, endured a 7.2 quake near the city bay. Fires, not just shaking, caused most damage, with over 70 fires in Kobe.
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Japan
Osaka Stock Exchange
Kobe
Kobe Night of Fire Devastation Amid Quake Ruins
Osaka Kobe faces blackout and fires after a major earthquake. Rescue teams search rubble for survivors as fires rage, lighting the dark city. A teen cries for his grandmother amid the destruction, while his father wanders among ash and ruined homes.
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Osaka
Japan
Kobe
U.S. pledges aid to Japan on quake anniversary
In Santa Monica California on the Northridge quake anniversary President Clinton said the United States will stand ready to help Japan recover after the disaster that killed scores and trapped hundreds. He spoke during a commemoration and called Ambassador Mondale in Tokyo.
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Calif
United States
Japan
White House
California
Northridge
Clinton
Walter Mondale
Tokyo
Kobe quake hits but no U.S. casualties reported
The western port city of Kobe and nearby Osaka hold a sizable foreign community with about 8,000 Americans believed in the area. The U.S. Embassy said it had contact with consular officials but could not reach several American businesses. No major damage to U.S. properties was reported by evening.
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United States
Osaka
Kobe
Kyoto
Tomiichi Murayama
U.S
Walter Mondale
Yohei Kono
Clinton
Tokyo
Japan Red Cross
Kasahara
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Russia
Ruined city Kobe links Japan to world trade
An early Tuesday morning earthquake damaged Kobe, Japan’s sixth busiest port and a key economic hub. With 1.47 million residents, 208 square miles, Kobe anchors Hyogo Prefecture and serves a region exceeding 18 million people, raising concerns about short term economic impact.
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Kobe
Hyogo
China
Hyogo Prefecture
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