Fire crews gain ground on 6500 acre Icicle fire near Leavenworth
West of Leavenworth Washington AP firefighters fought to contain a 6500 acre blaze threatening Bavarian themed resort area as cooler winds aided containment. Evacuations covered about 50 homes along Icicle Creek Road with no serious injuries or buildings lost to date. The effort linked lines to roads and existing burned areas from 1994 as part of a broader regional wildfire surge across Washington and nearby states.
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Leavenworth
Wash
Wenatchee National Forest
Doug Thayer
Cascade Range
Washington State
National
Inderagency Fire Center
Boise
Idaho
Icicle Creek Road
Trash removal at space station aboard Discovery
Astronauts moved a nearly two ton cargo bin named Leonardo from the international space station to the space shuttle Discovery using the robotic arm. Leonardo carried over 7,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. 3,700 pounds of waste were packed for return. Discovery will undock today and land Wednesday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
International Space Station
Space Shuttle
Discovery
Shuttle
Patrick Forrester
Leonardo
Space Station
Alpha
Earth
FDA drug approvals not slowing overall report says
Government records show breakthrough medicines remain fast through the FDA with Gleevec setting a record for quick approval. Overall approval times rose last year due to long stalled drugs like RU-486, while the number of novel medicines submitted declined and safety scrutiny appeared tighter amid mixed industry signals.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Wall Street
FDA
Janet Woodcock
Woodcock
UBS Warburg
Ira Loss
HSBC
Murder trial opens for Rabbi Fred Neulander in New Jersey
Camden, NJ AP report details the murder case of Rabbi Fred J. Neulander charged with killing his wife Carol Neulander. Jury selection begins as prosecutors allege a plot involving adultery and a hit man. The couple led Congregation M'Kor Shalom in Cherry Hill.
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Camden
N.J
Fred J. Neulander
Carol Neulander
New Jersey
Neulanders
Cherry Hill
Philadelphia
M’kor Shalom
Rebecca
Matthew Neulander
Neulander
Elaine Soncini
Soncini
One killed as Greyhound bus wrecks in Tennessee
A Greyhound bus traveling east on Interstate 24 near Springfield Tennessee flipped after overcorrecting from a drift, killing one passenger and injuring 45 others. The driver was hospitalized non critically and witnesses cite sleepiness as a factor. Authorities from the Tennessee Highway Patrol will release findings from the ongoing investigation. The bus originated in Kansas City Missouri and departed Saturday evening.
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Springfield
Department of Safety
Dana Keeton
Jacobs
Keeton
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Kansas City
Lynn Brown
Greyhound
Associated Press
Tenn
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Tennessee
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