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Oh wow :(

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INDIA_SCHOOL_FIRE?SITE=1010WINS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Jul 16, 10:55 AM EDT

India Fire Kills at Least 80 Children

NEW DELHI (AP) -- A short circuit ignited a thatched roof and raged through a school in southern India on Friday, killing at least 80 children and injuring more than 100. The children were trapped inside a locked building, a witness said, and blackened bodies were piled two and three deep on the floor.

Police arrested the school principal, Pulavar Palanichamy, and said he would be charged with negligence leading to death, an officer said on condition of anonymity from the town of Kumbakonam in southern Tamil Nadu state, where the fire occurred.


3,062 posted on 07/16/2004 7:58:34 AM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_198073845.html

LaGuardia Screener Charged In Ticket Scam

Jul 16, 2004 7:17 am US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (New York) -- A federal airport screener has been charged with stealing more than $55 thousand dollars in a ticketing scheme.

Prosecutors say 37-year-old Laura Chico-Moreira charged passengers adult fares but reporting them as lower infant prices and pocketing the difference.
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3,065 posted on 07/16/2004 8:03:12 AM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: Calpernia

I so cried when I saw this on cable today ;(


3,112 posted on 07/16/2004 8:40:37 AM PDT by JustPiper (Is this a PM I'm sending?)
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