Five Die As I 84 Ice Crash In Oregon Triggers Rescue
A charter tour bus carrying about 40 people crashed on icy Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, plummeting through a guardrail and down an embankment. Five people were killed and about 20 injured, as rescuers used ropes to reach victims. This was the second fatal Oregon ice crash that morning, following a separate rollover death of a 69-year-old man.
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LAGPA
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Oregon
Spain arrests 17 suspected pimps over sex-trafficking case
Spanish police arrested 16 Nigerian nationals and one Ugandan in a nationwide operation linked to smuggling Nigerian women into Spain for prostitution. Investigators began after about 10 women entered illegally by small boat in January using false documents and alleged voodoo threats. Seized items include computers phones and fake IDs.
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Spain
Interior Ministry
Beauty queen faces $5 million defamation ruling
Former Miss Pi US Sheena Monnin says she is stunned as arbitrator Theodore Katz orders her to pay the Miss USA organization $5 million for defaming the pageant by alleging fixed finalists. Monnin disputes the ruling and weighs options to appeal.
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Pennsylvania
Sheena Mannin
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Theodore Katz
Mannin
Monnin
City to jail animals cruelty in Mexico City law
Mexico City lawmakers approved prison terms for animal cruelty turning it from a civil offense with fines. Violators face up to two years in prison and 500 dollars, with up to four years and 2,000 dollars if an animal is killed. Antonio Padierna stated quick humane death if animals are killed for food.
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Mexico City
Legislative Assembly
Antonio Padierna
Assembly
Law Enforcement and Justice Committee
Senate leaders grim on fiscal cliff talks before deadline
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell pressed Vice President Biden for a breakthrough while Majority Leader Reid and President Obama urged compromise. Both sides warned against any plan cutting Social Security or delaying tax hikes, as Sunday sessions sought a balanced deal to avert across the board tax and spending changes.
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Washington
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Harry Reid
D-Nev
Kentucky
Joe Biden
McConnell
Reid
Barry Black
White House
Obama presses gun violence measures after Sandy Hook massacre
President Obama vowed to use his full weight to push gun violence legislation in 2013. He rejected arming schools as the sole answer, supporting background checks and bans on assault weapons while meeting with lawmakers to rally public support. The Newtown tragedy intensified calls for action amid NRA opposition.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Obama
National Rifle Association
Sandy Hook
Newtown
Conn
NBC
Meet the Press
NRA
International envoy warns of failed state in Syria
Beir ut AP The international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned that failure of both government and rebels to pursue a political solution could trigger the full collapse of the Syrian state and threaten global security. He said as many as 100,000 could be killed in the next year if the 21 month conflict continues, urging a political transition and cease fire.
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Beirut
Syria
Lakhdar Brahimi
United Nations
Arab League
Geneva
Bashar Assad
Assad
Brahimi
Damascus
Moscow
Cairo
Nabil Elaraby
Maine landlord charged in killings of two tenants
A 74 year old man in Biddeford Maine was charged with two counts of murder after the shooting deaths of Derrick Thompson 19 and Alivia Welch 18 inside an apartment he rented. Police say the shootings followed a dispute about car parking during a snowstorm.
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Portland, Maine
Maine
James Pak
Biddeford
Portland
Derrick Thompson
Thompson
Alivia Welch
Pak
Steve McCausland
Johnson
McCausland
Brayden
York County
Alfred
Augusta
Welch
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