Irkutsk Crash Devastates City as Jet Hits Block
A US plane, an An-124, carrying two fighter jets to Vietnam, plummeted onto Grazhdanskaya Street in Irkutsk, killing at least 62 and injuring many as a firestorm and ice-covered rubble enveloped the five story building and nearby orphanage. Rescuers labored at sub zero temperatures amid fuel pools and collapsing pipes, while residents mourned and police investigated eight potential causes.
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Irkutsk
Russia
Grazhdanskaya Street
Lena Meistakhova
No. 45
Grazhdanskaya
Vietnam
Siberian
Pearl Harbor survivors honor fallen at Arizona ceremony
Pearl Harbor survivors marked the 56th anniversary aboard the USS Arizona Memorial. Ike Sutton recalled pulling victims from the water as planes attacked Battleship Row. Adm. Archie Clemons and Rear Adm. William Sutton spoke of sacrifice and resilience. A missing man flyover preceded wreaths, taps, and a 21-gun salute.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Ike Sutton
Sutton
Battleship Row
Uss Arizona
Arizona
Archie Clemins
U.S. Pacific Fleet
U.S
Clemins
William Sutton
Naval Base Pearl Harbor
Ceremo
West Virginia
Keith Hill
Pearl Harboir
Hill
Dick Riske
Honolulu
Sharpton faces suit over Brawley case in upstate court
In Dutchess County New York attorney Steven Pagones sues Rev Al Sharpton along with Alton Maddox and C Vernon Mason over the Tawana Brawley case alleging defamation Pagones claims he participated in the abduction and rape of Miss Brawley in 1987 Sharpton defends saying he acted on information available and notes past videotapes of his advocacy while observers weigh political implications for Sharptons career and aims
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
U.S. Senate
New York City
Sharpton
Upstate New York
Tawana Brawley
Wappingers Falls
Miss Brawley
Congress
Maurice Carroll
Quinnipiac College Polling Institute
Steven Pagones
Alton Maddox
C. Vernon Mason
Brawley
Maddox
Hardy
Separy
Ronald Kuby
Pagones
Ruby
Catalogs shift shipping to the US Postal Service
Catalog companies are mailing more orders through the U S Postal Service to save costs and guard against delivery disruptions after the UPS strike. Brookstone uses Priority Mail for under four pounds, while Hammacher Schlemmer tests the method with a five dollar surcharge, and customers can still request UPS with tracking. The switch hinges on service and customer inquiries.
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Tomers
U.S. Postal Service
United Parcel Service
UPS
Postal Service
Encour
U.S
Brookstone
U.S. Mail
Washington Post
Hammacher Schlemmer
Post Office
Sabrina Balthazar
Hochberg
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Marina Krevsova
Lena
Kapitanina Yudeyevich
Ker
Osene
Valery Chernykh
Sergei Shoigu
Chernykh
Shoigu
Soviet Union
Denis Koshevetsy
Richard Fiske
Fiske
Uss Arizona Memorial
Lee Miringoff
Marist College
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