Obama signs 9/11
responders bill
HONOLULU - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill toprovide aid to survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and firstresponders who became ill working in the ruins at the World TradeCenter.
The bill was one of the last measures Congress passed beforeadjourning in December. Some Republicans were concerned with how topay for the bill and they tried to block the measure. But theydropped their opposition after lawmakers struck a compromise toreduce the costs
The $4.2 billion measure will be paid for with a fee on someforeign companies that get U.S. government procurement contracts
Obama signed the bill from Hawaii, where he's vacationing withhis family.
Suspect dies after shot from stun gun
CLEVELAND - Authorities say a 40-year-old Cleveland man who wassubdued with a stun gun following a traffic stop has died.
A police spokesman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer that whenofficers stopped Rodney Brown Sr. on Friday night, he "becameuncooperative and combative."
Sgt. Keith Campbell says Brown ran from police. He resistedarrest when officers caught up with him, and they used the stun gun.
Paramedics were called, which is routine when a stun gun is used.Brown appeared to go into cardiac arrest and was taken to ahospital. Medical examiner spokesman Powell Caesar says Brown waspronounced dead at 10:25 p.m. Friday.
The Cuyahoga County medical examiner's office will rule on whatcaused the death.
Boy, 4, drowns
in farm manure pit
LANCASTER, Pa. - Authorities say a 4-year-old boy apparently fellinto a partially frozen liquid manure pit on his family's farm incentral Pennsylvania and drowned.
Police say Josiah Martin was playing with two siblings and aneighbor child Saturday morning on the farm just outside New Hollandwhen he wandered off. He was later found face-down in the 8-foot-deep pit and pronounced dead at the scene.
Officer Troy Deshong says it's unclear how the boy got into thepit. It's surrounded by a chain-link fence and 42 feet in diameter.He tells the (Lancaster) Sunday News that the boy's mother said hemight have been trying to retrieve a dog.
Family says teen
killed at train stop
ATLANTA - Friends and family say a 14-year-old boy who went outfor a midnight celebration was knifed to death at a downtown Atlantatrain station.
Relatives say Rueben Hand died early Saturday when his throat wascut.
Diamante Drake tells WGCL-TV he was with Hand following the NewYear's Eve Peach Drop in Atlanta. Drake, who's 18, says Rueben and afriend were about to get on a MARTA train when a man accused them ofstealing his cell phone.
The teens told the man they didn't have his phone and an argumentfollowed. Drake says that's when the man stabbed Hand.
Lyle Harris is a spokeskman for MARTA, Atlanta's transit system.He confirms that the slaying happened early Saturday but says policeare not identifying the victim because he was a juvenile.
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Nation & worldObama signs 9/11
responders bill
HONOLULU - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill toprovide aid to survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and firstresponders who became ill working in the ruins at the World TradeCenter.
The bill was one of the last measures Congress passed beforeadjourning in December. Some Republicans were concerned with how topay for the bill and they tried to block the measure. But theydropped their opposition after lawmakers struck a compromise toreduce the costs
The $4.2 billion measure will be paid for with a fee on someforeign companies that get U.S. government procurement contracts
Obama signed the bill from Hawaii, where he's vacationing withhis family.
Suspect dies after shot from stun gun
CLEVELAND - Authorities say a 40-year-old Cleveland man who wassubdued with a stun gun following a traffic stop has died.
A police spokesman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer that whenofficers stopped Rodney Brown Sr. on Friday night, he "becameuncooperative and combative."
Sgt. Keith Campbell says Brown ran from police. He resistedarrest when officers caught up with him, and they used the stun gun.
Paramedics were called, which is routine when a stun gun is used.Brown appeared to go into cardiac arrest and was taken to ahospital. Medical examiner spokesman Powell Caesar says Brown waspronounced dead at 10:25 p.m. Friday.
The Cuyahoga County medical examiner's office will rule on whatcaused the death.
Boy, 4, drowns
in farm manure pit
LANCASTER, Pa. - Authorities say a 4-year-old boy apparently fellinto a partially frozen liquid manure pit on his family's farm incentral Pennsylvania and drowned.
Police say Josiah Martin was playing with two siblings and aneighbor child Saturday morning on the farm just outside New Hollandwhen he wandered off. He was later found face-down in the 8-foot-deep pit and pronounced dead at the scene.
Officer Troy Deshong says it's unclear how the boy got into thepit. It's surrounded by a chain-link fence and 42 feet in diameter.He tells the (Lancaster) Sunday News that the boy's mother said hemight have been trying to retrieve a dog.
Family says teen
killed at train stop
ATLANTA - Friends and family say a 14-year-old boy who went outfor a midnight celebration was knifed to death at a downtown Atlantatrain station.
Relatives say Rueben Hand died early Saturday when his throat wascut.
Diamante Drake tells WGCL-TV he was with Hand following the NewYear's Eve Peach Drop in Atlanta. Drake, who's 18, says Rueben and afriend were about to get on a MARTA train when a man accused them ofstealing his cell phone.
The teens told the man they didn't have his phone and an argumentfollowed. Drake says that's when the man stabbed Hand.
Lyle Harris is a spokeskman for MARTA, Atlanta's transit system.He confirms that the slaying happened early Saturday but says policeare not identifying the victim because he was a juvenile.
COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS
Nation & worldObama signs 9/11
responders bill
HONOLULU - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill toprovide aid to survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and firstresponders who became ill working in the ruins at the World TradeCenter.
The bill was one of the last measures Congress passed beforeadjourning in December. Some Republicans were concerned with how topay for the bill and they tried to block the measure. But theydropped their opposition after lawmakers struck a compromise toreduce the costs
The $4.2 billion measure will be paid for with a fee on someforeign companies that get U.S. government procurement contracts
Obama signed the bill from Hawaii, where he's vacationing withhis family.
Suspect dies after shot from stun gun
CLEVELAND - Authorities say a 40-year-old Cleveland man who wassubdued with a stun gun following a traffic stop has died.
A police spokesman tells The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer that whenofficers stopped Rodney Brown Sr. on Friday night, he "becameuncooperative and combative."
Sgt. Keith Campbell says Brown ran from police. He resistedarrest when officers caught up with him, and they used the stun gun.
Paramedics were called, which is routine when a stun gun is used.Brown appeared to go into cardiac arrest and was taken to ahospital. Medical examiner spokesman Powell Caesar says Brown waspronounced dead at 10:25 p.m. Friday.
The Cuyahoga County medical examiner's office will rule on whatcaused the death.
Boy, 4, drowns
in farm manure pit
LANCASTER, Pa. - Authorities say a 4-year-old boy apparently fellinto a partially frozen liquid manure pit on his family's farm incentral Pennsylvania and drowned.
Police say Josiah Martin was playing with two siblings and aneighbor child Saturday morning on the farm just outside New Hollandwhen he wandered off. He was later found face-down in the 8-foot-deep pit and pronounced dead at the scene.
Officer Troy Deshong says it's unclear how the boy got into thepit. It's surrounded by a chain-link fence and 42 feet in diameter.He tells the (Lancaster) Sunday News that the boy's mother said hemight have been trying to retrieve a dog.
Family says teen
killed at train stop
ATLANTA - Friends and family say a 14-year-old boy who went outfor a midnight celebration was knifed to death at a downtown Atlantatrain station.
Relatives say Rueben Hand died early Saturday when his throat wascut.
Diamante Drake tells WGCL-TV he was with Hand following the NewYear's Eve Peach Drop in Atlanta. Drake, who's 18, says Rueben and afriend were about to get on a MARTA train when a man accused them ofstealing his cell phone.
The teens told the man they didn't have his phone and an argumentfollowed. Drake says that's when the man stabbed Hand.
Lyle Harris is a spokeskman for MARTA, Atlanta's transit system.He confirms that the slaying happened early Saturday but says policeare not identifying the victim because he was a juvenile.
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