Bomb threat forces Seattle flight return to airport
A man who missed his flight claimed a bomb was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 980, prompting a precautionary return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. TSA and airport police questioned him, but authorities later said the threat did not appear credible.
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Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma International
Transportation Security Administration
Jennifer Peppin
Northwest Airlines
Memphis
Terri-Ann Betancourt
Dallas blasts spark fiery gas explosions near downtown
Three people were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries after a gas explosion at Southwest Industrial Gases in Dallas. Debris and smoke forced interstate closures and evacuations while hazardous crews blocked firefighting water from entering storm drains. The fire, fueled by oxygen helium and acetylene in canister pig tailing, started on a loading dock and spread into the building. a malfunctioning connection around 930 AM triggered the ignition.
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Dallas
Dallas Fire Rescue
Joel Lavender
Study finds ground-level ozone reduces plant carbon uptake
Ground-level ozone pollution reduces plants ability to absorb carbon dioxide by up to one third, complicating climate models. Researchers publishing in Nature warn ozone's indirect effect on vegetation creates a new climate-change knowledge gap and highlights regional ozone hot spots across the eastern United States, Southern California, and parts of Texas.
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Nature
David Karnosky
Michigan Technological University
United States
California
Texas
U.S
Girl’s call for counseling ends up on sex chat line
In Lake City Florida an 8 year old girl was connected to a sex chat line after the toll free number for a sexual assault counseling center was removed from a state site. The center had shut down months earlier and the line was taken over by the chat company. The mother Karen Carter said her daughter initially spoke of inappropriate behavior witnessed two years earlier but was not ready to discuss with authorities. She later recalled the moment the child was exposed to the sex line and feared for her daughter’s reaction.
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Lake City
Fla
State Attorney General's Office
Florida
Karen Carter
Carter
Fish kill stinks and stirs fear at Sanford Cove
In Roque Bluffs Maine residents report hundreds of yards of dead herring washing ashore in Sanford Cove prompting Maine Marine Patrol investigation. Neighbors lament the stench and business losses while some lobstermen profit by salvaging free bait, with one fisherman's bucket haul valued at about 450 dollars.
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Roque Bluffs
Maine
Sanford Cove
Maine Marine Patrol
Vicki Kelley
Lucille Linford
Darrell Richards
Linfords
No. 666 taxi medallion stays on San Francisco streets
In San Francisco the taxi commission decided to keep medallion No. 666, despite cab driver Michael Byrne asking for retirement of the number he drew last year. Fellow drivers mixed humor and protest, with Thomas Williams of the drivers union joking about Lucifer’s number as the agency voted 5-1 to retain it.
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San Francisco
Michael Byrne
Lucifer
Thomas George Williams
Cab Drivers Union
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