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US plane diverted after pilot suffers fatal heart attack in flight

BBC reports that a plane carrying 161 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot suffered what was later proved to be a fatal heart attack. The United Airlines flight from Houston, Texas to Seattle, Washington was diverted to Boise, Idaho on Thursday evening. Read article

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Hawaii: Search for missing hiker in Haleakala Crater continues

As reported by Mauinews.com, the search for Richard Scheidman, 67, of Lahaina, who had gone hiking in Haleakala Crater on Wednesday afternoon, was suspended Thursday afternoon with the search to pick up this morning, Haleakala National Park, officials said. Read article

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Florida: Colorado hiker missing near Mount Harvard in Buena Vista

According to thedenverchannel.com, specially-trained dogs, horseback teams, helicopters and searchers from seven counties or areas have joined the search for a man from Ohio who is likely missing on a 14er. Gene George, 64, called a friend from his motel in Buena Vista on September 18 and said he planned to hike Mount Harvard on […]

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United States: Chinese tourist seriously injured after falling from Delicate Arch in Utah

According to mercurynews.com, a Chinese tourist was in serious condition after tumbling from southeastern Utah’s Delicate Arch. Arches National Park spokesman Paul Henderson said Wednesday that the 27-year-old man from Beijing fell from the iconic, freestanding 65-foot red sandstone formation near Moab about 7 p.m. Tuesday. Henderson said the victim initially was found below the […]

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United States: Shark bites Dutch woman in shallow water near Florida beach

WPTV News reports that a 45-year-old woman is recovering in the hospital after being bitten by a shark in Ormond Beach. The woman, who is visiting from the Netherlands, was standing in only two-feet of water when it happened. Witnesses say something else likely attracted the shark to the shallow waters. Read article

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United States: Colorado tourist attractions closed by continued flooding

Cleveland.com reports that the cars that normally clog Main Street in Lyons on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park have been replaced by military supply trucks. Shop owners in Estes Park hurriedly cleared their wares in fear that the Big Thompson River will rise again. A plywood sign encouraged residents mucking out their homes […]

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St. Bernard, LA: 4 year-old dies after contracting deadly amoeba at a slip n’ slide

abcnews.go.com reported a 4-year-old child has died after he contracted a deadly amoeba that was found in the water supply of St. Bernard Parish, La. The boy died of encephalitis, swelling of the brain, as a result of contracting the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. The deadly amoeba causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a brain infection that […]

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U.S.: Man from U.K. arrested, planned on torturing, cannibalism of children

Scotsman.com reported that Geoffrey Portway born in the UK but residing in the US is facing 27 years in jail after he planned to kidnap, torture, and rape children and act out fantasies of cannibalism. Investigators were shocked to find Geoffrey Portway had created a sound-proofed torture chamber in his home in Worcester, Massachusetts which […]

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United States: British couple killed in car accident in New Hampshire

According to itv.com, a British couple have been killed in a crash on holiday in America, according to reports. Paddy Heazell and his wife Julyan, said to be aged 77 and 74 and from Snape near Aldeburgh in Suffolk, are reported to have died after the van they were travelling in left off the road […]

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Bomb Threat Made San Juan Puerto Rico International Airport

flyertalk.com reported tonight FBI Agents arrested a man accused of phoning in a bomb threat on to a Jetblue Plane at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Isla Verde, Carolina. According to FBI Spokesperson Moisés Quiñones, a middle aged man was detained in the San Juan metropolitan area. He remains under custody and will appear […]

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