Tragic school bus crash in Maxton leaves 5-year-old dead
A tractor-trailer struck a stopped school bus in Maxton North Carolina killing a 5-year-old girl as about 20 to 35 children were aboard en route to Townsend Middle School and R.B. Dean Elementary. The driver of the truck from Mountaire Farms faced pending charges for the collision.
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Bush eyes space plan to boost NASA budget
President Bush will seek a five percent annual NASA funding rise over three years to back a moon base and a later Mars mission, with a plan to retire the shuttle program and emphasize robotic moon expeditions. The move would add about 775 million annually and aim for a moon base as a stepping stone to Mars after 2030.
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Army helicopter shot down as hundreds protest girl’s arrest
In Fallujah Iraq hundreds protested after US troops detained a girl allegedly tied to Saddam loyalists. An AH-64 Apache helicopter was shot down nearby the town of Habbaniyah with the two crew unhurt. Civilian deaths and injuries followed in related clashes as Ukrainian and Iraqi forces faced protests and mortar volleys.
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Supreme Court backs legality of police roadblocks
The Supreme Court ruled that police may set up road blocks to gather tips on crimes, upholding their use while limiting drug-search checkpoints. Justices noted brief stops are minimally intrusive, though some dissents questioned the value of tips from random roadblocks.
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Britain’s Dr Death Shipman Hangs Self in Prison Cell
Harold Shipman the British doctor nicknamed Dr Death hanged himself in his Wakefield Prison cell using bed sheets. Police and prison officials confirmed the 57-year-old killer, who had been serving a life sentence since his 2000 murder conviction, died after attempts to revive him failed.
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Sorvino Designs Sculpture Gift From Fellow Artist
Scranton report notes actor Paul Sorvino joins designer Jason Maller in a commemorative sculpture gift. Sorvino, longtime friend of Maller, performed in Scranton and is Mira Sorvino’s father. the story links other Scranton figures and mentions Jason Patric’s father.
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