Roundup: First president still hasn’t returned books
New York City's oldest library notes 220 years of overdue fines for George Washington on two books he borrowed but never returned. The ledger lists other founders like Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. The library seeks return, not payment, of the items.
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New York
George Washington
New York City
Britain
House of Commons
New York Society Library
Mark Bartlett
the Ledger
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
John Jay
Washington
Icelandic Volcano Shuts Europe Air Space Stays Closed
Europe faces ongoing travel chaos as the Icelandic volcano emits ash and triggers all-day airport shutdowns from Britain to Ukraine. Winds over Europe slow the ash dispersal while farmers protect livestock and scientists warn of long lasting engine damage from volcanic grit.
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Paris
Europe
Britain
Ukraine
New Zealand
San Francisco
Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson
Associated Press
Iceland
Berglind Hilmarsdottir
Iceland volcano eruption draws Dutch geologist view
Edwin Zanen, a Dutch geologist in Iceland, reports from 25 kilometers from the crater as ash clouds rise 4 to 5 kilometers high. He says the eruption shows no signs of calming and describes a sunlit ice shelf beneath a blazing ash cloud with lightning.
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Britain
National Weather Service
Iceland
Edwin Zanen
NOS
Young quake survivor who slept through China disaster
In JIEGU Tibet, 18 year old Song Yuhuan survived the quake by remaining calm and sleeping in. While roommates fled, walls collapsed and 1,484 people died in the quake that leveled the town. More than 40 classmates died at the Minorities Vocational School. The Dalai Lama expressed a wish to visit the site. Monks burned bodies in mass cremation as survivors bought food from makeshift stalls.
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Jiegu
China
Song Yuhuan
Long
Minorities Vocational School
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Wandering cat Charles to fly home from Chicago
A tabby named Charles traveled 1,300 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Chicago. He will fly home complimentary on American Airlines in a donated carrier after his microchip led Chicago Animal Care and Control to contact his owner Robin Alex.
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Charles
New Mexico
American Airlines
Albuquerque
Habitat For Humanity
New Orleans
Robin Alex
Alex
Charles the Cat
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