McVeigh and Fortier testify in Oklahoma City bombing trial
Key witness Michael Fortier describes the 1995 Murrah Building bombing plan led by Tim McVeigh. Fortier testifies that McVeigh weighed driving the truck into the front doors and favored a death by own action mission. McVeigh faces the death penalty. co defendant Terry Nichols to be tried later. Fortier may receive up to 23 years in prison in exchange for testimony. Fortier details visits to Oklahoma City and storage sites, and he says McVeigh planned how to park the bomb truck and a getaway car. He recalls McVeigh’s later decision to place the getaway car where a building would shield the blast. Fortier acknowledges he might have prevented the attack if he had acted differently.
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McVeigh
Terry Nichols
Michael Fortier
Oklahoma City
Fortier
Murrah
Trial update on McVeigh case details Fortier testimony
Michael Fortier testified McVeigh planned a passing by own action mission by staying in the truck during the explosion. He said McVeigh chose the Alfred P Murrah Building believing orders were issued for the Waco siege. Fortier described a plea to tell truth before a May 1995 grand jury and facing up to 23 years.
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Timothy McVeigh
Michael Fortier
McVeigh
Fortier
Alfred P Murrah Federal
Waco
Texas
Branch Davidian
Houston
Dallas
Washington
Stephen Jones
Jones
Hubble reveals exploding star region and black hole evidence
NASA officials note ongoing calibration as the refurbished telescope edges toward full operation. The Orion Nebula appears chaotic with massive young stars ejecting material, while a ring of glowing gas surrounds the exploded star and a supermassive black hole is indicated. A nitrogen ice cooling block expands, threatening infrared camera focus and instrument performance.
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Washington
Orion Nebula
Hubble
Australian swimmer conquers Florida Straits voyage
Susie Maroney, aided by weather gear and a shark cage, officially swam across the Florida Straits, bypassed her planned Sand Key finish to cover an extra seven miles, finishing at Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West after about 12 and a quarter hours. She endured rough seas and two sharks were seen as the crew urged retreat but she pressed on, hoping to set a record.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Susie Maroney
Florida Straits
Sand Key
Fort Zachary Taylor
Key West
Havana
Malecon
Maroney
Bob Duenkel
International Swimming Hall of Fame Museum
Awesome tornado rips through Miami area shocking residents
A violent tornado tore through Shenandoah East Little Havana and Miami Beach after lunch, damaging dozens of vehicles, uprooting trees and blowing out windows. It spared most injuries, but left 30 people homeless when a 24 unit building lost its roof and was condemned. Local bus driver Hugo Louissaint credited faith and calm leadership as the storm passed over a bridge, while witnesses described surreal rotation and debris flying through Biscayne Bay.
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Miami
Biscayne Bay
Miami Beach
Havana
Robert A. Smith
Little Havana
Shenandoah
Miami River
Interstate 95
Biscayne Island
Arthur Godfrey Road
Todd W. Bernstein
Philadelphia
Metro Dade
Hugo Louissaint
MacArthur Causeway
Louissaint
Roosevelt Bradley
Metro Dade Transit
Plantation
Dade
Bernstein
Citadel
Miami Arena
Miami Heat
Waitresses spot suspect in four killings at Olga's diner
Waitresses and a customer near Olga's diner east of Philadelphia say they saw Andrew Cunanan, the suspected four time killer, two weeks after Minneapolis murders. Police chased the man who left with another diner patron as they arrived. Cunanan's spree started in Minneapolis and spread to Chicago and New Jersey as federal warrants and FBI alerts widened nationwide search efforts.
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Philadelphia
Olga
New Jersey
Andrew Cunanan
San Thegn
Minneapolis
Marlton
Linda Thompson
Susan Natale
Cunanan
Jeffrey Trail
David Madson
Chisago County
Minn
Madsen
Madson
FBI
Minnesota
Chicago
Lee Migtin
Gold Coast
Mighn
Toohey
Ang Oes Coal
Richard Zapille
Mielin
Zapille
Pennsylvania
Ridley Township
Richard Herron
Ridley
Delaware County
William Reese
Pennsville
N.J
Reese
National Crime Information Center
FBF
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Nichols
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
ATF
Ness
Lor Fortier
Murrah Building
Oklahoma
Tim
Doreph Hartzler
The
Associated Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sebart
Spain
Syracuse
Spencer St
Cicero
S. Bay Rd
Yao Ele
Tame
Peck Hall University College
East Fayette Street
Archbold Lobby
Carrier Dome
ULC
Sun-Sentinel of
South Florida
Knight-Ridder News Service
Psalm
Knight-Ridder News
Lummus Park
Park Towers Apartments
Acme
Metro-Dade
Tui
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