Car hits holiday paraders in Savannah parade
A convertible sped through an intersection during Savannah Georgia's St Patrick's Day parade striking three band members and bystanders. Eight people were injured none life threatening with broken bones cuts and bruises. Police with spokesman Bucky Burnsed said the car likely failed to brake and plowed into the crowd near downtown Savannah.
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Savannah
Bucky Burnsed
Bobby Johnson
New York
Longevity rises with health gains and demographic gaps
U S life expectancy reaches 77.4 years up 0.2. men and nonwhites still lag but gains benefit all groups. Expert says further increases may slow without major medical breakthroughs. In other news a prison hostage case in Arizona ends with guilty pleas by Steven Coy and another inmate. Also heavy snow across the Northeast causes dozens of deaths and widespread travel disruption with Buffalo recording 14.3 inches.
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S. Jay -Olshansky
University of Chicago
Phoenix
Steven Coy
Coy
Maricopa County Superior Court
Maricopa County
Jeannette Gallagher
Ricky Wassenaar
Arizona State Prison
Lewis
Buckeye
Albany
Midwest
New York
Buffalo
Ohio
Boston
Connecticut
Moroccans tied to Madrid rail blasts say officials
Moroccan authorities said they suspect an Islamic extremist group with alQaida links guided the Madrid rail bombings that killed over 200. Evidence points to Moroccan nationals linked to Ansar alIslam and to Jamal Zougam as a primary suspect, with ties claimed to Abu Afusab alZarqawi and to attackers tied to Casablanca deaths.
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Morocco
al-Qaida
Spain
Madrid
Ansar al-Islam
Iraq
Jordan
Turkey
Associated Press
Jamal Zougam
Abu
Afusab al-Zarqawi
Ansar
Casablanca
al-Zarqawi
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Zougam
Bomb Kills Dozens At Baghdad Hotel Attack
A powerful car bomb ripped through the Mount Lebanon Hotel in central Baghdad killing at least 27 people and wounding 41 as civilians faced the latest terror strike days before the Iraq war anniversary. The blast damaged nearby buildings and ignited vehicles while rescuers searched debris for additional victims.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Mount Lebanon
U.S
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Walid Mohammed Abdel-Maguid
Army
Ralph Baker
1St Armored Division
U.N
Ers
Faleh Kathan
British Broadcasting Corp
U.S. population by 2050 to be 49.9 percent minority
Census projections show minorities will become 49.9 percent of the population by 2050 as the Asian and Hispanic populations surge. The total U.S. population could reach 420 million with an aging trend, 21 percent aged 65 or older, while non Hispanic whites decline slightly. Roderick Harrison notes shifting social history and equality implications.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
U.S
Bureau Projec
Greg Spencer
Ulation
Roderick Harrison
Joint
Center For Political and Economic Studies
Women’s groups react to Rowland case in Utah
The Associated Press reports Melissa Ann Rowland, charged with murder for delaying a Caesarean and causing a stillbirth, draws support from groups skeptical of abortion rights. Critics say prosecutors politicize motherhood while Rowland’s defense cites possible mental illness and denies intent to kill. If convicted, Rowland faces five years to life in prison.
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Salt Lake City
Melissa Ann Rowland
Rowland
Wourder
National Organization For Women, Planned Parenthood
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Lynn Paltrow
National Advocates For
United States
Salt Lake
Kent Morgan
David Yocom
Florida drops charges against R. Kelly in Florida case
Prosecutors abandon 12 counts after a judge ruled photos allegedly showing an underage sex act were illegally seized. Kelly, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, still faces 14 child adult material charges in Chicago and has pleaded innocent. Canadian stalker of Claudia Schiffer deported after harassment and immigration removal.
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Florida
Dennis Maloney
Mr. Kelly
Bradford H. Copley
Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly
Chicago
Illinois
Schiffer
Brisette
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
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