Inez Baskin Dies Civil Rights Journalist in Montgomery
Inez J. Baskin, 91, a reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser's Negro News section, who covered the Montgomery bus boycott for black readers and national outlets, died at a Montgomery hospital after an internal ailment. Her goddaughter, LaWanda Bender Goodwin, said she passed away Thursday, being too weak for surgery. Baskin also reported for Jet magazine and the American Negro Press during the boycott era.
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Hu Jintao visits Hong Kong to mark handover anniversary
Chinese leader Hu Jintao begins a three day visit to celebrate Hong Kong's return to China. He praises the city's progress while avoiding sensitive topics. Protesters greet the trip as he arrives, citing pro democracy calls amid the milestone. Hu notes confidence in Hong Kongs future.
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Hong Kong
Hu Jintao
China
Moose relax on Wyoming golf course near Cheyenne resort
Three young moose wandered around the Little America Hotel and Resort at a Cheyenne golf course forcing golfers to reroute. Workers tranquilized the animals and moved them to Snowy Range about 100 miles west after they likely traveled from Polo Mountain area 20 miles west.
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Little America
Eric Fedell
Game and Fish Department
Snowy Range
Polo Mountain
Cheyenne
Game and Fish
Eric Keszler
Iran urged to pause enrichment as talks restart
U S and other permanent UN Security Council members offer Iran a time out on new sanctions if Tehran halts uranium enrichment expansion. The six powers Germany and the five permanent members urged a restart of talks, with Iran yet to respond. Washington and partners maintain Iran must cease all enrichment.
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U.N. Security Council
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Tehran
Permanent Council
Germany
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Ogden embezzler warns of better auditing to prevent theft
Denise Aughney, a secretary who embezzled 1.12 million from a Weber School District foundation, pleaded guilty in April and was sent to prison June 7. In a letter dated April 28, she urged bosses to implement stronger policies so the scheme would not recur.
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Cairo girl’s death leads to ban on female circumcision
The Health Ministry and religious authorities in Egypt ban female circumcision after the death of 12-year-old Badour Shaker during an illegal procedure in Maghagh. Her mother Zeinab Abdel Ghani said she paid about $9 to a female doctor.
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Anderson County Sheriff Drives 14 Months on Expired License
Anderson County Sheriff David Crenshaw admitted driving for 14 months on an expired license after believing renewals were sent every ten years. He said he was unaware of the expiration and failed his driving test on the first attempt to regain a valid license.
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Anderson County
David Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Wienermobile Stolen Plate Confusion Triggers Police Stop
An Arizona officer halted the 27 foot Wienermobile in a Tucson work zone after a plate check labeled the vehicle stolen. The plate had been stolen in Columbia Missouri earlier, and a replacement was issued the same month. Oscar Mayer said a new plate was sent, but police in Missouri had not confirmed it. A passenger known as a hot dogger handed out whistles to officers.
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Tucson
Korey Lankow
Lankow
Columbia
Oscar Mayer
Syd Lindner
Missouri
Lindner
Wienermobile
Columbia Police Department
Jeff Kendell
Salt Lake City
Kendell
EU Ambassadors Back U S Air Data Sharing Deal
EU ambassadors from 27 nations endorse a basic political understanding of a passenger data sharing agreement with the United States to deter terrorism. The deal, struck by EU and U S negotiators, would exchange less data but allow longer retention, and could take effect by July.
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European Union
U.S
Ex-worker searched web for safe cracking during burglary
Brandon M. Tingey aged 28, a fired manager, hid in the Polidoro Italian Grill ceiling then attempted to break into the safe in the manager's office. Police say he later used the restaurant computer to search for safecracking instructions.
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Wilmington
Del
Brandon M. Tingey
Polidoro Italian Grill
Tingey
UN closes arms monitor bodies under Saddam regime
The Security Council voted 14-0 with Russia abstaining to terminate the mandate of the U N bodies monitoring Iraq's nuclear chemical and biological weapons programs. An Iraqi diplomat called the move an ap palling chapter in his country’s history as Russia urged fuller WMD verification.
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U.N
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Russia
Vitaly Churkin
Second alligator caught in Pennypack Creek area
Officials in Levittown, Pennsylvania say a second alligator was netted in a creek near Bryn Athyn days after the first. They urge children to avoid wading and warn that two reptiles suggest more may be present in Philadelphia suburbs.
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Pennypack Creek
Phildelphia
Shawn Tarman
Upper Moreland
Bryn Athyn
Smugglers’ Alcohol Fueling Sweden’s Public Transport
Smugglers who tried to sneak alcohol into Sweden inadvertently aid the country’s transport network by converting seized liquor into alternative fuel. About 185,000 gallons were turned into biogas used to power buses, trucks, and a bio gas train after being processed at a Linkoping plant.
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Customs Service
Ingrid Jerlebrink
Linkoping
Stockholm
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