One dies as bridge collapses in Connecticut
A Farmington Avenue Bridge section under repair collapsed about 2:45 p.m. in West Hartford, dropping two cement trucks and killing George Mulligan, 57, while injuring three others. The bridge, not open to commercial traffic, was part of a flood control project and the incident marked Connecticut’s second fatal span failure in two months.
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Connecticut
West Hartford
Mike Gorman
Modern Tire Inc
Kane
Greenwich
William Keish
State Department of Transportation
John Dempsey
Farmington
George Mulligan
Middletown
John Marino
Wethersfield
Antonio Estevez
Andy Rizzo
Modern Tire
Jack Lang
New finding may alert alcoholics by Rutstein
Harvard researchers led by Dr. David Rutstein report alcoholics metabolize alcohol differently, producing 2,3-butanediol as a potential marker for future alcoholism. The study, with NIAAA and CDC input, suggests a possible organic basis and new avenues for diagnosis and treatment.
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Boston
Harvard Medical School
David D. Rutstein
Rutstein
Harvard
National Institute On Alcohol, Abuse and Alcoholism
Centers For Disease Control
Lancet
Richard L. Veech
Federal Alcoholism Institute
South Middlesex Alcohol Services Center
Framingham
Mass
Suspect's girlfriend charged in kidnap hoax case
Carmen P Carreno an 18 year old physical fitness instructor was released on bond after being charged with typing phony ransom notes in a scheme to extort $2 million from David Hamilton Butler Sr. FBI said she helped plan and execute the hoax. Butler Jr. and Joseph Hickey remained in federal custody on extortion and conspiracy charges.
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Miami
FBI
Carmen P. Carreno
Miss Currone
David Hamilton Butler Sr
David Hamilton Butler Jr
Everglades
Butler
Joseph Leo Hickey
Dade County
Soviet jetliner lands as security alert upheld in Montreal
An Aeroflot jet arriving at Mirabel International Airport faced a high security response after an anonymous caller threatened to destroy the plane in retaliation for a Korean Air Lines jet shot down over the Sea of Japan. Fire crews, RCMP, and Quebec police remained on standby as the Moscow flight landed safely at 4 30 p.m. The Nyushin 162 arrived two hours late with 170 passengers and a crew of 11.
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Montreal
Aeroflot
Moscow
Mirabel International
Korean Air Lines
Sea of Japan
U.S
Mirabel
Ex inmate testifies fear silenced water torture tale
Ernest Charles Lewis testified in the federal trial of former East Texas Sheriff James Parker and three deputies, saying fear restrained him from reporting water torture used to coerce confessions of burglary suspects between 1976 and 1980. Lewis and Vernon Perry described deputies draping towels and pouring water over the cloth to suffocate the prisoners.
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Daniell. Haney
AP Science
Hickey
David Butler Sr
Fort Lauderdale
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Quebec
Cloutier
Herald-Journal
Harald Co
Bow
Syracuse
N.Y
New York State
Tyr
Éomo
Ima
Lyr
Amo
Saorhg
Fostene
Lewis
Chappell’s
Entire Stock
Lance
Young Men’s Shoes
Bass
Josh
Sport Oxford
Suedelock
Chappell
Northern Lights
Shop City Mall
Seneca Mall
Western Lights
Auburn
Chappell’s Change
Mastercard
Visa
American Express
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