Associate seeks early release in transit fanatic case
Darius McCollum, famed for commandeering a subway at 15, was arrested in Manhattan in a secure area wearing a transit worker uniform. This marks his 23rd arrest for impersonating transit staff, with a history of steering buses and trains and notable 1981 World Trade Center incident.
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Darius McCollum
Manhattan
Columbus Circle Station
MTA
World Trade Center
NYPD
Transit Queens
McCollum
Prison assault frees hundreds as militants attack with explosives
Dozens of militants on motorbikes attacked the prison late Friday. Seven police and several prisoners died. One attacker detonated a truck at the gate and another blast opened a back route. About 900 to 1,100 prisoners escaped. NATO blamed the attackers but said the strike has no strategic impact and warned against judging Taliban strength.
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Kan
Kansas
Kory McFarren
Pam Babcock
McFarren
Babcock
Ness County
Anr
NATO
Carlos Branco
Branco
Europe
David Richards
Lincoln
England
Dublin
Richards
Ireland
Irish Lisbon rejection exposes EU citizen discontent
In Dublin and across Europe, Irish voters vetoed the Lisbon Treaty stirring frustration among leaders and envy from Spaniards, Dutch, French and Britons who feel EU governance is distant and undemocratic. Voters in Ireland triggered a veto by rejecting a 260 page document seeking to reshape EU powers and institutions.
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Ireland
Europe
Eduardo Herranz
Madrid
Spain
Herranz
Brussels
Belgium
European Union
Polar bears face new oil exploration rules in Chukchi Sea
The Fish and Wildlife Service grants seven oil firms permission to search for oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea with limited harm allowances over five years. Critics call it a blank check for harassment despite polar bears being newly listed as threatened. About 2,000 bears of 25,000 in the Arctic reside near the Chukchi lease area, where ConocoPhillips Shell and others won $2.6 billion in February.
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Bush Administration
Fish and Wildlife Service
Chukchi Sea
Alaska
Arctic
ConocoPhillips Co
Shell Oil Co
Congress
H. Dale Hall
Unlicensed chiropractor charged in death in Sacramento
In Oak Park California Antonio Arellano 76 faces murder charges after a neck manipulation at his unlicensed clinic left 64 year old Jose Lopez brain dead. Police say Arellano lacks proper chiropractor credentials and operated for years with a neighborhood following.
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Calif
Oak Park
Antonio Arellano
Sacramento County
Jose Lopez
Arellano
Washington Avenue
Lopez
Matt Young
University of California At Davis
Young
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