Walkway Collapse Strikes Lowe's Motor Speedway Crowd
A 1995 pedestrian bridge at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord collapsed Saturday night injuring 107 with no fatalities. About 180,000 attended NASCAR all star events. investigations cite possible material fatigue. A 3 year old girl survived after being under debris. next race is Coca-Cola 600.
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The
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U.S. 29
Dunham
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Concord
N.C
Ohio ESL teachers urge more help for Latino students
In Columbus Gov Taft proclaimed a week to honor English teachers for immigrants but tutors say Ohio budgets no money for ESL. Westland High School volunteers Carmen Blair and Julia McGregor warn schools underfund and under certify ESL instruction, leaving Latino students behind and risking dropouts as non English speakers struggle with high school work.
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Columbus
Bob Taft
Ohio
Carmen Blair
Westland High School
Galloway
Columbus Dispatch
Beth Morrow
Westland
Ohio Department of Education
Julia McGregor
Ohio State University
Blair
McGregor
Colombia
Romero
United States
el Salvador
South- Western City
Morrow
Jim Voyles
Plane crashes near Wilkes-Barre Scranton Airport on approach
A Jetstream 31 chartered by Caesars Atlantic City crashed on a second instrument approach to Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in misty Pocono mountains. Seventeen passengers and two crew were killed. Wreckage spread across forest nine miles from the airport. cockpit voice recorder recovered. Victims believed from Wilkes-Barre Scranton area. Rescue crews and local officials offered support as officials await identification.
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Pocono
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Executive Airlines
Farmingdale
N.Y
Federal Aviation Administration
Tammy Jones
NTSB
Atlantic City
N.J
Caesars
Wilkes- Barre
Scranton
Philadelphia
Megan Maguire
Maguire
Billboards posted as health awareness winners named
Four students were runners-up alongside winner Huston in a Lorain County health billboard contest. Huston received 100 dollars while each runner-up earned 50. Billboards will remain up through mid June. Contributions came from local firms and medical groups including Big Trees Inc. and Lorain National Bank.
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Lorain County Medical Society Alliance
Huston
Hill
Big Trees Inc
Astronauts fix cracked crane on space station outside
Cape Canaveral, Fla. Two spacewalkers Jeffrey Williams and James Voss repaired a loose 5 foot crane on the international space station during a six hour exterior repair mission aboard Atlantis. The crane had swung freely since its installation last spring. astronauts secured it properly.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
International Space Station
United
Atlantis
Jeffrey Williams
James Voss
Space Station
Voss
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Elyria High School
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North Ohio Heart Center
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