China bans media from reporting on deadly Fenghuang bridge collapse
Chinese authorities suppressed coverage of the Fenghuang bridge collapse that killed at least 41 workers. Local officials harassed five reporters interviewing families as rescue crews pressed rubble. The Central Propaganda Department ordered a reporting blackout while officials promised a probe and possible punishment for wrongdoing.
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China
Central Propaganda Department
Fenghuang
Ists
Communist Party
Hu Jintao
Li Datong
Liu Xiajun
Propaganda Department
Hunan Province
Texas oilman accused in Iraq war conspiracy case
Oscar Wyatt Jr of Houston faces trial next month on charges of steering kickback payments to Saddam Hussein’s regime under the UN oil for food program. Lawyers seek to exclude a diary entry alleging Wyatt told Iraqi officials when the US would invade and how many troops would be sent, calling it prejudicial and irrelevant. A diary entry also claims Wyatt persuaded Senator Edward Kennedy to oppose the war, which Kennedy’s office denies.
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New York
Texas
United States
Oscar 5
Wyatt Jr
Saddam Hussein
United Nations
Iraq
Wyatt
Houston
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Arctic ice sheets hit record low in 1978–present
Arctic Ocean ice this summer fell to 2,049,000 square miles, the smallest since satellite records began in 1978, with temperatures around 30.56 to 30.92 F. Experts say late formation and thinness, plus a Siberian low, drove early melting and loss of reflective ice, forecasts seen in IPCC projections.
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Tokyo
Arctic Ocean
Japan Agency For Marine- Earth Science and Technology
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
Arctic
North Pole
Siberia
Atlantic Ocean
IPCC
Rhode Island slot machine overpayments total 450 thousand
A malfunction at Twin River casino credited gamblers double their input, paying out 450,115 dollars over two months. The machine was removed July 15. Gtech reimbursed the state. investigation into criminal activity and recovery options continues. State retains 274,000 dollars with remainder split among Grech, Twin River, and Lincoln. Another item: a dangerous orange tarantula was rescued in Smithtown, NY, described as aggressive with a large leg span and venomous fangs.
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Providence
B.I
Rhode Island
Twin River
Gtech
Robert Vincent
Vincent
Grech
Lincoln
Smithtown
N.Y
Roy Gross
Suffolk County Society For the Prevention of
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Ohio
Amharat Township
Amherst Schools
Rt. 2 & Turnpike
Erat
Nate
Hardwo
Bruce
Ily
Vstall
Wooster
Serataven Eee
SK 42
Eee Oe
Rae
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