Gruesome find may end 17 year mystery in Florida
Five remains found in a mud filled canal van near Boca Raton may belong to teenagers missing since July 1979. Investigators retrieved bones clothing jewelry beer bottles and a wallet from a 1976 Dodge matching one of the five names. No cause of death yet. no foul play suspected. Names are being withheld while authorities seek next of kin.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Paul Miller
Miller
Dodge
Florida
Bank robbers fatally outgunned in Los Angeles shootout
In North Hollywood a bank robbery ended after a five-block gun battle. Police reported the two robbers had AK-47 or SKS rifles with 100-round drums and 30-round clips. Sixteen officers and civilians were wounded. no fatalities reported among lawmen. Several vehicles and buildings were hit.
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Los Angeles
Willie Williams
Bank of America
North Hollywood
Nicholas Dingo
Eigh
First female general takes command in Vermont
Colchester Vermont Maj Gen Martha Rainville sworn in as head of the Vermont National Guard making her the nations first female adjutant general. Rainville 38 former Vermont Air Guard leader becomes the 21st adjutant general of Vermonts 4400 member Guard.
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Colchester
Martha Rainville
Vermont National Guard
Rainville
Vermont Air Guard
Cheers script auction nets $10000 bid in Boston
Autograph script from the final Cheers episode sold at auction for $10,000 in Boston. Buyer Tom Kershaw, owner of the Bull and Finch Pub, plans a theft-proof display there. Proceeds go to the Handel and Haydn Society.
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Boston
Tom Kershaw
Kershaw
Handel & Haydn Society
Ciated Press
Schools seek strict acceptable use policies for Internet access
Central New York districts push to form acceptable use policies guiding student Internet use. Schools regulate access, compare computer space to lockers, and warn of sanctions for abuse. Some require laminated driver licenses, firewalls, and teacher training to balance access with safety while projecting a national and global trend.
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New York
New York State Education Department
Aups
Chestnut Hill Middle School
Barbare Amedro
Central Square
Cortland
East Syracuse-Minoa
Liverpool
Chestnut Hill
West Genesee
Rudolph Rubeis
Fayetteville-Manchus
Mike Hisenberg
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
Amedro
Rules of the Road for Cortland Cry School Internet Test
Cortland Cry School District students face a four page exam to earn an Internet access card. Questions cover prohibited online behavior such as offensive content, harassment, copyright violations, password sharing, and using networks for commercial purposes.
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Cortland Cry
Teens overdose at Woburn dance as pills fool youths
Thirteen teens were hospitalized with nine in critical condition after ingesting large amounts of Baclofen at a Boys and Girls Club dance in Woburn Massachusetts. Police say a girl supplied the pills. investigators will not identify the suspect.
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Woburn
Mass
Boys and Girls Club
Boston
Robert Giannotti
Michael Shannon
Maureen
Roberta Clements
Edward Doherty
Record-setting sale of The Mummy poster at Sotheby's
A private New York collector paid 453000 for a 1922 Boris Karloff The Mummy poster, doubling the previous high. Sothebys noted two known copies exist and the sale set a poster auction record totaling 1.3 million, with bidders dropping out at 150000. The piece came from Todd Fetertags collection, begun in the 1960s.
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New York
Sotheby's Auction House
Sotheby
Kate Drury
Karloff
Drury
Sotheby’s
Todd Fetertag
Man Delays Polygraph In Case Of Missing Girl
In Wethersfield a man living with a missing 10 year old girl and her mother postponed a lie detector test while both were questioned by state police. The mother, Rachel Stra, 26, passed a polygraph, but Angel Colon, 24, delayed his test to Monday as the search for Samantha Zaldivar ends in doubt of her being alive.
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Wethersfield
Rachel Stra
Samantha Zaldivar
Angel Colon
Stra
Colon
Buffalo News
Samantha
Wethershield
Trees fall in Brooklyn to curb beetle blight
In Greenpoint Brooklyn city parks workers began felling Norway maple trees to halt an Asian long horned beetle infestation. Thirteen trees 30 to 35 feet tall were cut at McCarren Park as officials warn removal must occur by April to prevent larvae hatchings and further tree loss. Neighbors watched the shaded canopies disappear. ages of the removed trees ranged from nine to eighty years old.
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New York
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
McCarren Park
China
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Caller arrested for threatening Sharpton in Queens
A 65 year old man identified as Leonard Schneider was arrested in Flushing after a caller who identified as Sal from Queens threatened to kill Rev. Al Sharpton on a WABC AM show. Police said no weapons were found at his home and the man claimed an Uzi was in the house.
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New York
Queens
Rev
Sharpton
Saturay
Leonard Schneider
Flushing
Valerie St. Rose
Kall
The
Daily News
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Ronald Spadafora Jr
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J. Trout Lowen
Paul Riede
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Gary Waste
Emily Barnhart
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Steven Scalesse
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Bill Magee
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