Thursday, February 26, 2009

News 2-26

Police are still searching for the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer, whose first victim was Alicia Alexander in 1988. He is wanted in 11 deaths, and police have his DNA and are currently offering a $500,000 reward for information for his arrest.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/26/grim.sleeper.california/index.html

Five Turks and four U.S. citizens were killed on Wednesday after the crash of a plane ran by Turkish Airlines. There was 121 survivors of the crash. Officials say that the crash was caused by lack of maintenance inspection of the plane.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/26/turkish.airline.crash/index.html

Marine life near the Puerto Rican island of Vieques is littered with unexploded bombs, leaking toxins into the water. These toxins are harmful to the marine life, killing them by cancerous causing materials.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/02/26/undersea.munitions.cleanup/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

The Pentagon is turning over it's ban on media coverage on anonymous military caskets at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. However, the media coverage of the bringing-home of the caskets has yet to be approved by the families of the victims.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/pentagon.media.war.dead/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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