Death toll climbs after tornado tears through Great Barrington
Authorities say a report of two missing hikers was wrong as a tornado struck Great Barrington in Berkshire, damaging 1200 homes and 15 businesses. Three people died including Vinson Verble 18 Christopher Biladeux 14 and Leslie Elson 61. Seung Choi 28 survived after being thrown from the car during the 260 mph winds.
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Leslie Elson
New York City
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Christopher Reeve Hurt In Horse Riding Accident
Christopher Reeve broke his neck and has brain swelling after a horse riding spill in Culpeper Virginia. The 42 year old actor remains in serious but stable condition and is on a respirator at a Charlottesville medical center. Publicist Lisa Kasteler said he was conscious and talking with relatives while doctors assess possible paralysis.
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Viktor Khizhlyakov
Ivan Lartyushkin
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Dearly shootout clues in officer deaths in Maryland
In Upper Marlboro Maryland a suspect in two police shootings who killed an FBI agent apparently died by his own gunshot during a Monday shootout with police and FBI agents. The fatal bullet matched a 9mm Beretta taken from Sgt. John Novabilski who was slain last month.
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Charles Pollock
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Pollock
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Python greets car thief in Hammond as thief bolts without clocking out
Mike Cyprian left his car running with a 9 foot python named Zeus inside while he used a restaurant bathroom at 3 15 am Monday. He returned to find the car moved and damaged after hitting a curb, the thief fled and Zeus remained unharmed.
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Prisoners Help Bolster Meredosia Flood Defenses
Meredosia Illinois faces rising Illinois River with sandbag lines reinforced by about 560 convicts working 12 hour shifts. Neighbors evacuated as water nears sandbags and the river exceeds flood stage by over two feet while rain and potential Thursday crest loom. Local offender Jim Compton, serving four and a half years for drug possession, voices willingness to help despite fatigue.
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Meredosia
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San Antonio Mayor Runoff Ensures Thornton Victory
San Antonio councilman Bill Thornton won the mayoral runoff with 51 791 votes or 53 percent, defeating Kay Turner who had 46 572 votes or 47 percent. Thornton, 33, campaigned against property tax increases and beefing up police, backed by incumbent Nelson Wolff. Turner, 48, previously a mayoral candidate in 1991, ran on a reform platform to curb city government influence. Thornton raised 755 000 for the latest report versus Turner’s 615 000.
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Kay Turner
Thornton
Nelson Wolff
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Suburban driver sentenced in hit and run killing
A 60-year-old woman from Woodland Hills received five years in prison for a hit and run that killed 13-year-old Matthew Fischer Now. The judge noted she did not apologize and believed the death resulted from a different incident, with prior claims about hitting a dog.
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Matthew Fischer
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U.N. and NATO roles in Bosnia crisis explained
A concise briefing on UNPROFOR aims and NATO air power, the current force posture including 37,000 peacekeepers and 41 deaths, and options for the United States and allies such as raids, diplomatic pressure, or a NATO force to extract hostages. It notes recent Pale depot strikes and hostage seizures.
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United States
United Nations
U.N
U.N. Protection Force
Unprofor
NATO
Sarajevo
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pale
Netherlands
Russia
Sarajevo hit as gunfire resumes in Bosnia conflict
Predawn shelling shakes the hill west of Sarajevo as Bosnian Serbs and government defenders exchange heavy fire. NATO airstrikes loom after Serbs kidnap peacekeepers. Karadzic demands demilitarization of protected zones and warned against more troops. Major backs UN presence with reinforcements.
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Dehelo Brdo
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Gorazde
U.N
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Radovan Karadzic
Karadzic
Rescuers Use Dogs and Equipment in Neftegorsk Earthquake
Rescue workers in Sakhalin search the ruins of Neftegorsk after a powerful quake that killed hundreds and left thousands missing. Dogs with specialized gear comb rubble while teams labor through freezing conditions, pulling survivors like Vladimir Chichin from under concrete slabs and reporting dozens more found injured or dead.
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Sakhalin Island
Russia
Forast
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