Flooding Hits Midwest States and Missouri Declares Emergency
In Crystal City Missouri residents brace for rising floodwaters as the Mississippi backs into the downtowns. Gov. Holden declares a statewide emergency. Indiana readiness increases with National Guard activation amid forecast heavy rain.
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Crystal City
Joe Runnels
Runnels
St. Louis
Midwest
Minois
Indiana
Missouri
Bob Holden
Frank O’bannon
National Guard
Warning to Bush over possible hijack plots tied to 9/11
A long chain of warnings is recounted about possible aviation hijackings. FBI notes from Arizona cited Arab trainees, a Minnesota arrest followed, and 1994 1995 plots in Algeria and the Philippines are recalled. Senators call the data a case of “more than a little bit of information.”
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Washington
FBI
Arizona
U.S
Minnesota
Philippines
Bush
Osama bin Laden
Scrutiny of intelligence work mounts after Sept. 11 warnings
The disclosure that President Bush was alerted in August to hijacking risks sparks a blame game among Democrats and Republicans. Figures including Attorney General Ashcroft FBI Director Mueller CIA Director Tenet and the president face questions about why warnings were not released sooner and what actions were taken. Officials say the threat was not specific enough to prevent the attacks and that al Qaeda linked hijack plans had previously been contemplated but not executed.
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Washington
Bush
John Ashcroft
FBI
Robert Mueller
CIA
George Tenet
White House
Senate
Tom Daschle
D-Sd
House
Dick Gephardt
D-Mo
New York
Pennsylvania
Osama bin Laden
U.S
Ari Fleischer
bin Laden
Eiffel Tower
Philippines
Mental exam ordered for priest shooting suspect in Baltimore
A judge instructed Dontee Stokes 26 to undergo a psychological evaluation before bail decision. Prosecutors cited no bail policy in cases involving alleged attempts to kill. Stokes asserts innocence and seeks release to see his daughter, while authorities note prior suicide attempts and a lack of witnesses. The case centers on the shooting of Rev. Maurice Blackwell outside his home amid prior molestation accusations against Blackwell.
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Baltimore
Dontee D. Stokes
H. Gary Bass
Sylvester Cox
Stokes
Bass
McNicholas
Maurice Blackwell
Blackwell
Tamara
Margaret Burns
Patricia C. Jessamy
Archdiocese of
Tamara Stokes
Dontee Stokes
Maurice J. Blackwell
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Elisac Tan
Valle
Ier
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Algeria
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FSI
Phoenix
Mideast
United States
Shelby
Senate Intelligence Committee
Thomas McNicholas
Ron Tracinski
Riginal Mattress Factory
Midway Blvd
Edina
Ohio
Betseen Wal-Mart
Originalmattress
Au Cocoee ‘Lawn & Garden Tools
Edgers
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Pth Page
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North Ridge Road
East
Lorain
Bam
North Olmstead
United Rentals
Qa, Kian
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CMS
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Stores and
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Westminister Avenue
North Ridgeville
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