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NEWS BRIEFS
CONSTANTINE, Mich.
Michigan cases
tied to meningitis
outbreak hit 197
Michigan health officials say
the number of state residents
infected during a national out-
break of fungal meningitis has
risen by nine to 197, with 13
deaths.
The Michigan Department
of Community Health says that
as of Friday, there have been 68
meningitis cases, 116 epidural
abscesses, one stroke and 13 joint
infections. The total of 197 infec-
tions is up from 188 in Wednes-
day's count.
The totals include three Mich-
igan residents who died after
contracting meningitis infec-
tions in Indiana.
The fungal meningitis out-
break is linked to contaminated
steroids produced by a Massa-
chusetts pharmacy used in injec-
tions for neck or back pain.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Man charged
in barista death
linked to 7 killings
A man charged in the death of
an Alaska barista was found dead
inhisjail cell Sunday, and authori-
ties announced hours later that1
investigators have linked him in
recent months to seven other pos-
sible slayings in three other states.
Israel Keyes died of an apparent
suicide, U.S. Attorney Karen Loef-
fler said at a hastily assembled
news conference that also includ-
ed the FBI and Anchorage police
Keyes was facing a March trial
in Anchorage federal court for the
murder of 18-year-old Samantha
Koenig, who was abducted from a
coffee kiosk in the city last Febru-
ary. He was later arrested in Texas
after using the victim's debit card.
MILWAUKEE
"Woman spends
$12 on $9K piece
at Goodwill
"Red Nose" just meant a
reindeer named Rudolph to
Karen Mallet until she bought
a print by that name for $12.34
at a Goodwill store in Mil-
waukee. It turned out to be a
lithograph by American artist
Alexander Calder worth $9,000.
Mallet's good fortune is at
least the fourth time in six
months that valuable art has
turned 'up at Goodwill, where
bargain-hunters search for hid-
den treasure among the cof-
fee cups, jewelry, lamps and
other household cast-offs.
Last month, a Salvador Dali
sketch found at a Goodwill
shop in Tacoma, Wash., sold for
$21,000. Last summer, a North
Carolina woman pocketed more
than $27,000 for a painting she
bought for $9.99 at Goodwill.
And last spring, a dusty jug
donated in Buffalo, N.Y., was

discovered to be a thousands-of-
years-old American Indian arti-
fact - it was returned to its tribe
instead of being offered for sale.
HANOI, Vietnam
Mortar shell left
from Vietnam War
explodes, kills four
A mortar shell left from the
Vietnam War has exploded in a
southern village, killing four chil-
dren and seriously injuring five
other people.
Hieu Nghia village official Le
Van Giang says three children
aged 4 to 11 died at the scene Sun-
day afternoon and a 6-year-old
boy died at the hospital. The blast
seriously injured two other chil-
dren and three men.
Giang said the shell exploded
when the children who found the
shell from bamboo brush were
playing with it. A villager found
the shell five years ago when
dredging a canal.
The village in Vinh Long prov-
ince was a communist stronghold
during the war.
-Compiled from
Daily wire reports

Chiefs team
stunned by

.sUZETTELABOY/AP
A bus lodged into an overpass at the Miami International Airport on Saturday. The vehicle was carrying over 30 people.
Two dead in bus crash at
Miami International Airport

Charter crash into
overpass left many
injured
MIAMI (AP) - At Miami
International Airport, two large
signs warn drivers of large
vehicles not to pass beneath the
8-foot-6 inch concrete overpass.
Authorities say two passengers
are dead and others' have been
critically injured after a too-tall
charter bus smashed into the
overpass, crumpling metal.
One of the. signs attached to
the top of the concrete barrier
reads: "High Vehicle STOP Turn
Left." The other, placed to the
left of the driveway and several
feet in front of the barrier, says all
vehicles higher than the 8-foot-6
threshold must turn left.
Authorities said the large,
white bus carrying 32 members
of a church group hit the overpass

after the driver got lost Saturday,
killing two male passengers and
leaving three other passengers
critically injured.
Airport spokesman Greg Chin
said the bus was too tall for the
entrance to the arrivals area
and that buses are supposed to
go through the departures area
because of its higher clearance.
The bus was going about 20
mph when it struck the overpass
Saturday morning, Chin added.
News photographs showed the
front of the vehicle's rooftop
crumpled beneath the overpass.
Osvaldo Lopez, an officer
with the Miami-Dade Aviation
Department, said he heard a
loud noise Saturday morning and
rushed to help. He said he went
inside the bus and found several
passengers tossed into the cen-
ter aisle. He said the passengers,
many of whom were elderly,
remained calm.
"It was just very bloody," he

added.
Police said that one man, Sera-
fin Castillo, 86, of Miami, died at
the scene. A second man identi-
fied by authorities as Francisco
Urana, 56, also of Miami, died
later at a hospital.
Chin said passengers told him
they were partof a group of Jeho-
vah's Witnesses headed to West
Palm Beach. Police said in a news
release that the group had char-
tered the bus to take them to a
church convention there.
The group was made up of
congregation members of Sweet-
water's Kingdom Hall of Jeho-
vah's Witnesses, said Sweetwater
Mayor Manny Marono.
"This is a tragic accident that
has affected many families, as
well as, our Sweetwater family,"
Marono said in a statement.
A phone number listed for the
center in Sweetwater went unan-
swered in the hours after, the
crash.

suicide
Player killed note
frien
girlfriend before M. P
killing himself at frTh
Arrowhead 3-mo
ArrOW11eacared
Th
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - that
It began like any other Saturday after:
for the Kansas City Chiefs dur- Panty
ing the NFL season, their gen- uled,{
eral manager and coach at work to co
early to put final touches on this nessc
weekend's gameplan. Thenthey "T
got a call to hurry to the park- is de
ing lot. event
The two men rushed through heart
the glass doors of Chiefs head- thy, t
quarters and came face-to-face the fa
with linebacker Jovan Belcher, ed by
holdinga handgun to his head. Chief
Belcher had already killed said i
his girlfriend and sped the A
short distance to Arrowhead told I
Stadium, right past a secu- Crent
rity checkpoint guarding the day.
entrance. Upon finding his "I
bosses, Belcher thanked gener- absol
al manager Scott Pioli and head like t
coach Romeo Crennel forgiving selves
him a chance in the NFL. Then Sly J
he turned away and pulled the short
trigger. "Y
The murder-suicide shocked night
a franchise that has been deal- know
ing with controversies now and g
made trivial by comparison: three
eight consecutive losses, inju- kill tI
ries too numerous to count, like,"
discontent among fans and the omab
prospect that Pioli and Crennel Ch
could be fired at season's end. Quin
Authorities did not release a Star,
possible motive while piecing later
together the case, other than to nel bt

that Belcher and his girl-
d, 22-year-old Kasandra
erkins, had been arguing
ently.
.e two ofthemleft behind a
nth-old girl. She was being
dfor by family.
e Chiefsissued a statement
said their game Sunday
noon against the Carolina
hers would go on as sched-
even as the franchise tried
me to grips with the awful-
of Belcher's death.
he entire Chiefs family
eply saddened by today's
:s, and our collective
s are heavy with sympa-
thoughts and prayers for
amilies and friends affect-
this unthinkable tragedy,"
fs chairman Clark Hunt
n brief a statement.
spokesman for the team
The Associated Press that
nel plans to coach on Sun-
can tell you that you have
utely no idea what it's
to see someone kill them-
s," said Kansas City Mayor
ames, who spoke to Pioli
ly after the shootings.
ou can take your worst
mare and put someone you
'and love in that situation,
give them a gun and stand
feet away and watch them
themselves. That's what it's
" James said. "It's unfath-
ble."
iefs quarterback Brady
n told The Kansas City
that when the team met
Saturday morning, Cren-
roke the news to them.

Palestinian pres.
returns to West
Bank triumphantly
Abbas praised the Palestinian position on
future border arrangements
for people's with Israel and an overwhelm-
ing condemnation of Israeli set-
acceptance to U.N. tlements in the areas claimed
by the Palestinians.
RAMALLAH, West Bank Israeli Prime Minister Ben-
(AP) - The Palestinian presi- jamin Netanyahu rejects a
dent returned triumphantly return to Israel's 1967 lines.
to the West Bank on Sunday, Israel remains in control in
receiving a boisterous welcome parts of the West Bank and con-
from thousands of cheering siders east Jerusalem, the Pal-
supporters at a rally celebrating estinians' hoped-for capital, an
his people's new acceptance to integral part of its capital.
the United Nations. Israel also continues to
An Israeli decision to cut off restrict access to Gaza. Israel
a cash transfer to the finan- withdrew se'ven years ago from
cially troubled Palestinian the coastal strip, and it is now
Authority, following an earlier ruled by Hamas Islamic mili-
decision to build thousands of tants who regularly fire rockets
new homes in Jewish settle- at Israel.
ments, failed to put a damper Israel, backed by the U.S.,
on the celebrations. campaigned strongly against
But Palestinian officials the statehood measure, accus-
acknowledged they were unde- ing the Palestinians of trying
cided on what to do with their to bypass direct peace nego-
newfound status, and were tiations, which it said were the
waiting for upcoming Israeli only viable path to a Palestinian
elections and new ideas from state.
President Barack Obama before The Israeli lobbying efforts
deciding how to proceed. failed miserably. Just eight
Outside the headquar- other countries voted with
ters of President Mahmoud Israel, and even its closest allies
Abbas in the West Bank city of in Europe, including Germany,
Ramallah, some 5,000 people Italy, France and Britain, either
thronged a square, hoisted Pal- abstained or voted with the
estinian flags and cheered their Palestinians.
leader's return from New York. Israel responded strongly
Large posters of the Palestinian and swiftly. The following day,
leader, whose popularity had it said it would start drawing
plummeted in recent months, up plans to build thousands of
adorned nearby buildings. settlement homes, including
"We now have a state," the first-ever development on
Abbas said to wild applause. a crucial corridor east of Jeru-
"The world has said loudly, 'Yes salem.
to the state of Palestine."' Although the project is likely
The United Nations Gen- years away, if it happens at all,
eral Assembly last week over- the announcement struck a
whelmingly endorsed an defiant tone.
independent Palestinian state Building in the area, known
in the West Bank, east Jerusa- as E1, would sever the link
lem and the Gaza Strip, territo- between the West Bank and
ries Israel captured in the 1967 east Jerusalem, the sector of
war. the holy city the Palestinians
The move to upgrade the claim for a future capital, and
Palestinians to a nonmember cut off the northern part of the
observer state does not change West Bank form its southern
much on the ground, but it car- flank. The Palestinians claim
ries deep potential significance. such a scenario would essen-
The vote amounted to an tially kill any hope for the cre-
international endorsement of ation of a viable state.

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