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Chelyabinsky Rabochy, September 29, 2006
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September 29, 2006:
The Chelyabinsk, Russia newspaper, Chelyabinsky Rabochy, reports on the reburial of former czarina Maria Feodorovna.
She was reburied in the Romanov family crypt in the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Her son, Czar Nicholas II, was executed by the Bolsheviks after he abdicated in 1917.
At the beginning of the communist revolution Feodorovna returned to Denmark, the country of her birth, where she died and was buried in 1928.
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Rocky Mountain News, September 28, 2006
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September 28, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in Denver's
Rocky Mountain News:
Community reeling after siege at school
Gunman kills girl, himself as police raid room; some hostages were sexually assaulted
By JAMES B. MEADOW
BAILEY -- A gunman invaded Platte Canyon High School on Wednesday, killing one student and taking his own life as SWAT officers used an explosive to breach a classroom door and end the siege.
Emily Keyes, 16, died from a gunshot wound in the head at 4:32 p.m. at Denver's St. Anthony Central Hospital, after a desperate transfer on a Flight For Life helicopter.
The gunman remained unidentified Wednesday night but was said to be a former Bailey-area resident who was living in the Denver area. He was described as bearded, wearing a hooded sweat shirt and carrying a backpack.
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The Denver Post, September 28, 2006
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September 28, 2006: An excerpt from a
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Students recount hostage crisis
By JOHN INGOLD
Bailey -- Sean Hagen was sitting in his English class Wednesday at Platte Canyon High School when a voice boomed over the loudspeaker.
"Code white! Code white!"
The students in his class looked befuddled, not knowing what the term meant. But, Hagen said, the teachers sprang into action, recognizing the term school officials use for an urgent lockdown.
His teacher tried to move the students in the classroom away from the door.
Moments later, he said, he heard a gunshot.
Students from the room where the shot was fired, which Hagen said was next door, ran to his room and knocked on the door.
"They told us there's a guy in there shooting at the wall and that he's yelling these things like 'Get up against the wall or I'll shoot,"' Hagen said.
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Star-Telegram, September 27, 2006
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September 27, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram:
Golf's great ambassadorTo many, the North Texas icon's contributions off the course overshadowed hIs dominance on it
By JIMMY BURCH
His name is synonymous with the longest winning streak in professional golf history, as well as one of the PGA Tour's most successful tournaments.
But Byron Nelson, the 94-year-old golf legend who died Tuesday at his home in Roanoke, always defined himself in simpler terms.
"I would like to be remembered as a Christian man. ... That I have done right, I have acted right, I have created no serious problems for anybody and I have had a wonderful life," Mr. Nelson said in a recent interview. "That I have been good in golf and golf has been great to me."
As he did so often from the tee box, the namesake of the EDS Byron Nelson Championship found the middle of the fairway with his summation of a life he described as "blessed." A life that, in Mr. Nelson's estimation, included interaction with "more real friends than anybody I ever saw."
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Dallas Morning News, September 27, 2006
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September 27, 2006: An excerpt from an
editorial in the
Dallas Morning News:
Lord Byron: He was a rare golfer -- and humanitarian
What was remarkable about Byron Nelson's life was that the late golfer remains a household name, especially in North Texas, six decades after retiring from an active career on the PGA tour.
His renown wasn't just due to all of his golf tiles and golf firsts, such as his unmatched 11 straight wins and 18 titles in a single year. Nor was it because Lord Byron's name had been attached to a local tournament for almost 40 years.
No, Byron Nelson remained a big figure because he was more than a golfer, more than a phenomenal athlete. He was a caring human being whose work is exemplified by the fact that his annual tournament in Irving has raised more money for charity than any other golf event -- ever.
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The Times-Picayune, September 26, 2006
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September 26, 2006: An excerpt from a
story in the New Orleans, Louisiana newspaper,
The Times-Picayune:
WHAT A SHOW!ELECTRIFYING SAINTS ROUT FALCONS; NOW 3-0
By JEFF DUNCAN
Packed among the crowd of 30,000 black-and-gold-clad faithful on the apron of the Superdome, Charles Burnell and Toby Bergeron couldn't wipe the smiles from their faces as they walked shoulder to shoulder with 148 fellow uniformed officers through a confetti shower at the doors of Gate C and officially reopened the rebuilt stadium.
"This is wonderful," said Bergeron, 38, a paramedic from Lafayette and lifelong Saints fan. "I can't believe it."
Thirteen months ago, a similar-sized crowd packed the same concourse in the horrific days after Hurricane Katrina, the images of desperate and suffering storm victims broadcast to a worldwide audience.
As members of the Acadian Ambulance medical team that air-lifted hundreds of storm victims to safety a year ago, Burnell and Bergeron witnessed firsthand the crisis as it unfolded at the Dome. And in those dark, dreary days, they never imagined a sight like they witnessed Monday night.
"When we left here a year ago, I said there's no way they'll rebuild it," said Burnell, 38, an emergency physician who treated dozens of patients at the Dome. "But they did it. It's a total metamorphosis. It's great."
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Kokomo Tribune, September 25, 2006
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September 25, 2006: A story excerpt from Indiana's Kokomo Tribune:
White's legacy reaching out
By MEGHAN DURBAK
Sixteen years after his death, Ryan White is still saving lives. "Without his pioneering ... I’d probably be out on the street or not even here," said Wayne Coombs, a local man living with AIDS.
Coombs believes, like many, that White’s life and death changed the way Americans looked at AIDS.
In 1984 White, a 13-year-old hemophiliac, was diagnosed with AIDS after getting a contaminated blood transfusion.
Before White’s diagnosis, AIDS was known as the "gay cancer" Coombs said.
When AIDS was first discovered in 1981 it primarily affected the gay communities on the east and west coasts.
Little else was known about the disease -- until Ryan White brought it to nation’s forefront.
With little knowledge of the subject, the Western School Corp. barred White from attending school, a decision that would bring White, and AIDS, into the national media's spotlight.
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Herald Times Reporter, September 22, 2006
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September 22, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Manitowoc County, Wisconsin newspaper, the Herald Times Reporter:
Autumn arrives
Autumn officially begins when the clock reads 11:03 p.m. Saturday. It marks the autumnal equinox, one of two times a year when the sun crosses the equator, and day and night are of approximately equal length.
At the autumnal equinox, the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, from north to south, which marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. The season ends Dec. 21.
For most of us, autumn means football, colored leaves, warmer clothes, Thanksgiving and Halloween.
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The Vancouver Sun, September 21, 2006
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September 21, 2006: A Page One photo caption from The Vancouver Sun:
'Lucy' Baby Found After 3.3 Million Years
Above is a photo of the reconstructed face of a skeleton from a three-year-old girl of the ape-man species that includes the well known "Lucy." Discovered in Ethiopia, the girl's primitive skeleton is the most–ancient complete set of infant remains on record, scientists announced Wednesday. The discovery is expected to fuel debate about whether this species, which walked upright, also climbed and moved through trees easily like an ape. The skeleton was discovered in 2000 in northeastern Ethiopia. Scientists have spent five years removing the bones from sandstone. The job is expected to take years more to complete.
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Star, September 20, 2006
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September 20, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia newspaper, the Star:
Thai Coup
BANGKOK: Thailand's army commander wrested power from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, sending tanks and troops into the streets of the Thai capital and declaring martial law early this morning.
An announcement on national television, signed by Army Commander-in-Chief General Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, said martial law had been declared across Thailand and the Constitution revoked.
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The Californian, September 19, 2006
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September 19, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Salinas Californian:
Ag crisis is 'the worst'
By ZACHARY STAHL
The multi-state E. coli outbreak - blamed for one death and 113 illnesses - is the worst health crisis ever linked to Monterey County agriculture and has blindsided the area's biggest industry, local leaders said Monday.
Although ag officials said their biggest concern at this point is guarding public health, each day consumers are warned not to eat fresh spinach, more money and possibly jobs are at stake.
It has led to an unprecedented U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning to consumers to avoid eating any fresh spinach and to the recall of all fresh spinach products by Natural Selection Foods, a major packer in San Juan Bautista.
"This is definitely the worst I've ever seen in terms of the number of illnesses and the scale of the recall," said Margaret D'Arrigo-Martin, executive vice president of sales and marketing for D'Arrigo Brothers, a Salinas-based grower-shipper.
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La Repubblica, September 18, 2006
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September 18, 2006:The Rome, Italy newspaper,
La Repubblica, reports on the latest reactions to Pope Benedict's use of a medieval quotation on Islam. The Pope has issued various statements of regret since his original remarks triggered protests and violence by Muslims around the world.
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Le Soleil, September 15, 2006
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September 15, 2006:The Quebec City newspaper,
Le Soleil, continues to report on the gunman who went on a shooting spree at Montreal's Dawson College on Wednesday, killing an 18-year-old female student and wounding 19 others. Four of the victims remain in critical condition.
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Austin American-Statesman, September 14, 2006
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September 14, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Austin American-Statesman:
Former Gov. Richards dies
Central Texan heralded "new Texas," broke ground for women
By W. GARDNER SELBY
Ann Richards, the feminist groundbreaker with a whip-quick wit who promised a "new Texas" as the state's first female governor in 50 years, died Wednesday at her Austin home. Richards, 73, had battled esophageal cancer.
With glinting blue eyes and an expressive face crinkled by an infectious grin, Richards charmed the state and the nation during her late-in-life bloom. The frost-haired Democrat also provoked Republicans with her barbs, most famously casting the first President Bush as being born with a silver foot in his mouth.
But she also spoke longingly of bridging partisanship, especially in urging legislators to reach a plan delivering equity in public school funding. In reaching out, she may have underestimated the vigor and appeal of GOP opponents including George W. Bush, the Dallas businessman and son of the 41st president who denied Richards a second four-year term as governor (setting him on his path to the presidency and Texas Republicans to dominance of statewide politics).__________________________________________________
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Pocono Record, September 13, 2006
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September 13, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania newspaper, the Pocono Record:
Stroudsburg fire ruins community center, businessesBarber shop owner watches his business go up in smoke after grand opening earlier in the day
By GEMA MARÍA DUARTE and ANDREW SCOTT
STROUDSBURG -- When Kordell Nesbitt had the grand opening Tuesday on North Sixth Street for his new barber shop, Best Cuts, he had no idea his business would be damaged by the end of the day.
At about 9 p.m., a fire ripped through the top floors and roof of the three-story building housing Best Cuts, Jesus the Christ Church's community center and the Court House Bistro before spreading to the brick building to the rear in Quaker Alley. Firefighters said no one was in the building at the time.
Volunteer firefighters from Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg and other companies were on scene into the early-morning hours as spectators looked on from behind yellow tape. North Sixth Street and Quaker Alley were closed off while residents in an apartment building next to the fire were evacuated.
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Newsday, September 12, 2006
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September 12, 2006: An excerpt from a story in Newsday:
Nation marks 9/11 anniversary with somber reflection
By LUIS PEREZ, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER AND MELANIE LEFKOWITZ
It was a day that evoked the passage of time.
It showed in the face of Patricia Smith. She was a round-cheeked toddler when her mother, Police Officer Moira Smith, died a hero in 2001. Yesterday, when she took the stage at the Ground Zero memorial service, she was a willowy 7-year-old whose resemblance to her mother was striking.
It showed as relatives of those who died greeted each other warmly as cousins at a family reunion; as they hefted and showed off babies who will never know their grandparents; in the familiar cadences of the memorials, the absence of speeches.
But if enough time had passed for the simple, solemn anniversary to seem smooth and rehearsed, most of the speakers still couldn't get through their lines without their voices breaking.
At 8:46 a.m. yesterday -- five years from the moment a jet slammed into the World Trade Center's north tower and the whole world changed -- bells tolled, heads bowed and cars stopped. Twenty-one white doves were released into the air at the East Northport Fire Department, where sirens sounded to mark the moments when the towers collapsed. Hundreds gathered for a sunrise service at Point Lookout on Long Beach Island, where they watched smoke rise from Manhattan in 2001 and where, yesterday, they cast carnations into a reflecting pool.
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New York Daily News, September 12, 2006
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September 12, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the New York Daily News:
Day of tears & testimony
N.Y. unites in grief and resolve to never forget
By DAVID SALTONSTALL
Five years later, on a crystal-blue morning that served as its own solemn memorial, New Yorkers yesterday marked the sorrow and sacrifice of 9/11.
They gathered at churches, firehouses, schools and streetcorners to honor with whispered prayers or grand public pronouncements the 2,749 souls killed at Ground Zero that day.
"Five years have come and gone," Mayor Bloomberg said at the official Ground Zero memorial service, "and still we stand together as one."
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The New York Times, September 11, 2006
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September 11, 2006: An excerpt from a story in The New York Times:
Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.
The official commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the attacks, one of many memorial gatherings around New York and the United States yesterday, began without a word. The strains of bagpipes were all that could be heard as the president and Mrs. Bush, joined by Gov. George E. Pataki, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, descended into the pit at ground zero under a steel-gray sky.
There, the president and the first lady set wreaths of red, white and blue flowers afloat in separate small reflecting pools, one in the footprint of each fallen tower. It was a hint of life in a place that still brims with memories of death, a reminder that even five years later, the attacks are not so very distant.
“Laura and I approach tomorrow with a heavy heart,” the president, visibly moved, said later, after an unscripted stop to shake hands with fire crews and view what he called “horrific scenes” inside a small gallery near ground zero established by relatives of trade center victims. “It’s hard not to think about the people who lost their lives on September the 11th, 2001. You know, you see the relatives of those who still grieve — I just wish there were some way we could make them whole.”
The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames. Harking back to the theme of a series of speeches he delivered last week, he said he was reminded that “there’s still an enemy out there that would like to inflict the same kind of damage again.”
The president’s visit, on the eve of the anniversary, ushered in what will be a solemn day of remembrance of the attacks that tore through the city and the nation.
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The Washington Post, September 11, 2006
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September 11, 2006: An excerpt from a story in The Washington Post:
Five Years Later, Memories and Lessons of Sept. 11 Remain Strong
By STEPHEN BARR
On this morning five years ago, Steven M. Carter Sr. was at work as the assistant building manager for the Pentagon when terrorists slammed a jetliner into the nation's military headquarters. As others sought safety, he stayed in the building to help contain damaged power and water systems.
William Stout , a Defense Department law enforcement officer, had the day off on Sept. 11, 2001. When he learned of the attack, he jumped in his car and headed for the Pentagon -- and into traffic gridlock. He returned home, got a bike and cycled about seven miles to the Pentagon, where he cleared the way for firefighting crews and helped set up a security perimeter.
Carter and Stout that day showed the importance of leadership, experience and training.
"It didn't matter what position you were in or how many stars were on your shoulder at that point. The people looked to the ones they had faith in," Carter said.
Stout found that "to be an effective leader in that environment, you had to have credibility with your people."
Their memories of 9/11 -- the sequence of events, the confusion, the danger and fear of another attack -- have not faded.
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The Tribune-Democrat, September 11, 2006
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September 11, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Johnstown, Pennsylvania newspaper, The Tribune-Democrat:
Families have vision of Shanksville memorial
By JENNIFER C. YATES, The Associated Press
When friends and family gather today at the site of the crash of Flight 93, they’ll be celebrating their loved ones who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
But they’ll also be thinking about what’s to come.
With a theme of “United in Courage, Community and Commitment,” the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the terror attacks also will recognize the efforts of those people leading an effort to build a permanent memorial at the site. Friends and family of the 40 passengers and crew who were killed on the flight said the plans for the memorial, to be opened by 2011, are on track.
“It’s significant because the dream of the memorial is now truly being realized,” said Hamilton Peterson, whose father and stepmother died on the plane and who is now president of the Families of Flight 93.
Patrick White, vice president of the Families of Flight 93, whose cousin was killed on the plane, said the day also marks the halfway point to making the memorial become a reality. He said that milestone wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the White House and President Bush, who will meet privately with families at the crash site after today’s public commemoration.
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The Guardian, September 8, 2006
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September 8, 2006: An excerpt from a story in London, England's newspaper, The Guardian:
In public, apologies and harmony. In private, a deal
Possible February announcement, quit in May and new PM in place by June By PATRICK WINTOUR
A sullen and potentially unstable truce was struck yesterday between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown after the prime minister reluctantly bowed to the demands of the chancellor and rebel MPs by promising to step down within 12 months.
Though neither man elaborated on the timetable for his departure and insisted no secret deal had been reached, it is understood that both sides will now accept Mr Blair announcing that he will step down in February. This would see Mr Blair leaving Downing Street in early May having achieved 10 years in office, but still giving enough time for his successor to make an impact before parliament goes into its long summer recess.
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Asahi Shimbun, September 7, 2006
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September 7, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Tokyo, Japan newspaper, Asahi Shimbun:
Nation embraces little prince
Princess Kiko, wife of Emperor Akihito's younger son Prince Fumihito, gave birth Wednesday to a boy, bringing the first male heir to the centuries-old throne in nearly 41 years.
The boy, as yet unnamed, is the fourth grandchild of the emperor and empress and third in line to the throne after his uncle, Crown Prince Naruhito, and his 40-year-old father.
The birth effectively snuffs out sometimes contentious debate on changing the Imperial House Law to allow a female emperor.
Prince Fumihito, who was born in 1965, was the last male born into the imperial family.
The child weighed 2,558 grams, the Imperial Household Agency said.
Both mother and child were reported to be fine.
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Detroit Free Press, September 6, 2006
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September 6, 2006: An excerpt from a story in the Detroit Free Press:
FORD'S NEW FACE
By SARAH A. WEBSTER
After five trying years of running the company founded by his great-grandfather, Bill Ford turned for help Tuesday from an executive who he sees as the heavy hitter needed to rescue the 103-year-old automaker from its heavy financial losses, plummeting market share and low morale.
Ford Motor Co.'s turnaround now depends on new CEO Alan Mulally, 61, who is credited with reviving the Boeing Co. in the face of strong international competition and the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that devastated the airline industry.
"I wouldn't be relieved if I didn't have somebody of Alan's quality," Bill Ford said late Tuesday in an interview with the Free Press.
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Detroit News, September 6, 2006
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September 6, 2006: An excerpt from a story in The Detroit News:
Ford steps aside as CEO; Boeing exec takes reins
By BILL VLASIC and BRYCE G. HOFFMAN
DEARBORN -- Ford Motor Co. stunned the automotive world Tuesday by reaching outside the industry and naming former Boeing Co. executive Alan Mulally its president and chief executive officer.
The unexpected move marks the end of Chairman Bill Ford Jr.'s tumultuous five-year reign as Ford's CEO, and underscores the need for dramatic changes at the troubled No. 2 U.S. automaker.
While Bill Ford will remain as executive chairman of the company founded by his great-grandfather, the appointment of Mulally is likely to accelerate a sweeping overhaul of Ford's struggling North American operations.
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Sydney Morning Herald, September 5, 2006
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September 5, 2006: An excerpt from a story in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald:
Farewell to a larrikin adventurer, killed in his prime
By ROBERT WAINWRIGHT and JORDAN BAKER
In the end Steve Irwin got too close. The wildlife champion and television personality, known around the world as the Crocodile Hunter, died just after 11am yesterday in front of the cameras when a stingray's barb pierced his heart as he swam over Batt Reef, off the coast of Port Douglas in far north Queensland.
Of his millions of fans, most would have imagined his death by crocodile jaws or poisonous snake, not swimming in a Barrier Reef lagoon, or away from his family - his wife, Terri, and young children, Bindi and Bob - who were flying by private plane to Maroochydore last night from the Tasmanian wilderness, where they had been on a trekking holiday.
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Winston-Salem Journal, September 1, 2006
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September 1, 2006: An excerpt from a story in North Carolina's Winston-Salem Journal:
Ernesto drops record rainfall in Wilmington By The Associated Press
Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall on the southern North Carolina coast late last night, coming ashore with heavy rains but sustained winds that fell just short of hurricane levels.
The storm's official arrival near Long Beach in Brunswick County came near the end of a long day of rain in Eastern North Carolina. Ernesto's leading edge dumped more than 8 inches of rain on the Wilmington area - a record for Aug. 31, according to the National Weather Service.
It sparked fears that even in a state that has seen widespread drought this summer, the rain might be too much of a good thing.
