Impeachment Debate Opens Over Gov Sanford
A South Carolina panel debates whether Gov Mark Sanford’s five day absence and failure to inform staff meet the standard for impeachment. Supporters likened the act to a soldier deserting, while opponents question if it meets lawful threshold. Investigations cite ethics law violations and 37 civil charges. those details await later hearings.
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Airlines fined for tarmac stranding precedents set
The U S Transportation Department fined three airlines a total of 175000 for stranding passengers on a Rochester Minnesota tarmac overnight on August 8 1990 Continental Express flight 2816 from Houston to Minneapolis with 47 passengers diverted due to storms. Mesaba Airlines staff refused to open terminals leaving travellers trapped aboard a plane for about six hours amid cramped conditions and foul odor.
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Minneapolis
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Obama to pledge more troops for Afghanistan in speech
President Barack Obama plans a Tuesday night address to spell out war plans likely including tens of thousands more U S troops. He aims to explain the rationale and timeframe, with combat deaths rising and public opposition to escalation.
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Afghanistan
Washington
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U.S
America
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Swine flu advisory ahead of Thanksgiving travel
Federal health officials launch a travel health campaign as swine flu sweeps the nation and crowds gather for Thanksgiving. Posters in airports seaports and border crossings urge vaccination hand washing and staying home if sick. About 33 million expected highway travelers and 2.3 million by air. CDC cautions concerted risk for children and young adults.
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Beth Bell
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Greyhound
Judd Nelson
Phoenix
Nelson
Census worker staged hanging death in Kentucky woods
Police say Bill Sparkman faked his death to collect life insurance worth about 600000. Investigators cited lack of defense wounds and self-binding clues, noting he may have duct taped himself and hidden a Census ID on his head while dramatizing a staged hanging.
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Kentucky
Bill Sparkman
State Medical Examiner’s Office
Sparkman
Lisa Rudzinski
Belgian commed to life after 23 years in vegetative state
Rom Houben, a Belgian man injured in a 1983 car crash, was misdiagnosed as vegetative but now uses a computer aid to spell words while aided by a therapist. A bioethicist questioned whether the replies reflect true communication, noting the rarity of such rapid phrasing after decades in a paralyzed body. Experts cite a brain scan indicating locked-in syndrome, allowing thought and reasoning though movement is restricted.
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Rom Houben
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