Miller shootout ends standoff with three GBI agents wounded
In Lincoln ton Georgia a man identified as Wayne Miller opened fire on Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents during a Friday night search for marijuana. A shootout wounded three agents. Miller died after a Saturday standoff ended with his body found inside his home. Authorities say Miller had refused to surrender and fired several shots before a robot observed the scene. The agents received hospital treatment and were released.
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Lincolnton
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Wayne
Alier
Miller
Pamela Swanson
GBI
Atlanta
Elizabeth Taylor Leaves Hospital After Seizure
Elizabeth Taylor, 65, was hospitalized for a mild seizure and remained for a week as test results were negative. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spokesman Ron Wise said the condition stayed good and noted no recurrence of the episode. Doctors had removed a golf ball sized benign brain tumor on February 20.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor
Ron Wise
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Police back at Ramsey summer home in Michigan
Boulder police revisited John and Patsy Ramsey’s Charlevoix summer residence seeking unrehearsed handwriting samples from Patsy Ramsey to compare with the ransom note tied to JonBenet Ramsey’s death. Investigators had previously collected samples from the family as part of the probe into the December 26 murder.
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Boulder
Colo
JonBenet Ramsey
Michigan
Redvet. Post
John
Patsy Ramsey
Charlevoix
Mich
Post
Ramseys
Littleirl
Ramsey
Boston lawyer leads D C defense for Simpson case
Boston lawyer Dan Leonard, 42, who previously won a $7.7 million judgment for the family of a deceased man in a Jack Henry Abbott case, takes over as the defense in O J Simpson's bid for reversal and new trial. Leonard lodged a memo seeking a single judgment for all plaintiffs, while Fred Goldman pushes for separate allotments.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Dan Leonard
Jack Henry Aboott
Simpson
Leonard
Kate
Fred Goldman
Coast Guard Ultimatum Sparks Evacuations As River Town Floods
In Kentucky towns along the Ohio River, residents faced a deadly flood crisis. Coast Guard Lt Michael Hart urged evacuation of West Point and K and J Cafe patrons while delays and stubbornness left several to stay. Search and rescue crews found multiple drownings as water rose, forcing door to door checks and tragic losses.
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West Point
Coast Guard
Michael Hart
K&j
Tim Shively
Falmouth
George Florence Jr
Ohio
Licking
Sandra Adams
Hazel McGovney
McGovney
Yelvington
Shively
Larry Frost
MER Coast Guard
Flooding and Tornado Toll by State Beginning March First
Nationwide flood and tornado tally across Kentucky Ohio Mississippi and Arkansas with disaster declarations. Kentucky reports 18 dead and 44 counties federally declared. Ohio River at 38.3 feet in Louisville and $250 million damages. Three dead in West Virginia and 16 counties declared. Mississippi tally includes one tornado death and crest forecast at Vicksburg. Arkansas reports 25 killed with 1,200 homes damaged as flooding recedes.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Louisville
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio River
Tennessee
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Arkansas
Gas explosion kills two in Rochester house
A suspected gas blast leveled a Rochester home killing Giannavola 26 and his roommate Briggs 38. An older man who had just moved in as a roommate was also killed. Giannavola's mother Marylou 51 remains in critical condition with burns.
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Rochester
Andrew Giannavola
Robert Briggs
Giannavola
Marylou
Teen Drowns While Skiing on Lake George
A 15 year old boy Jesse Jordan of Granville fell through ice while cross country skiing on Lake George about 10 30 am 300 yards from shore. His father Keith Jordan ice fishing nearby dove in James Smith sought help divers recovered the body from 65 feet of water and he died at Glens Falls hospital. Keith Jordan treated for exposure and released.
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Glens Falls Hospital
Keith Jordan
Buffalo man pleads guilty in boating death case
Paul LaPatra, 36, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and assault by operation of a vehicle for the June 14 1992 death of Geéatano Kyler, a passenger in a drifting boat on the Niagara River. Witnesses testified LaPatra’s 19 foot craft was speeding and struck the other boat, sending it into the air.
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Buffalo
Paul LaPatra
Supreme Court
Bulo
LaPastra
Geéatano Kyler
Kyler
Niagara River
LaPatra
Pipe bomb found in Dundee Central School locker
A 15 year old student at Dundee Central School was arrested after a seven inch steel pipe bomb was found in his locker causing evacuation. Police say the device could cause serious injury or death and property damage. Bomb experts detonated it in a gravel pit outside the village. The student was charged with third degree criminal possession of a weapon and is in custody.
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Dundee
Dundee Central School
John
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Ovio
Portsmouth
Rockport
Ind
Barry Ammerman
Licking River
Lake George
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