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...launch was delayed for two days by high winds-first at Cape Canaveral, where they threated the Atlas V rocket, and then, improbably, by a storm that knocked out power to the control center in Maryland. But the New Horizons mission finally lifted off successfully on Thursday, en route to a 2015 encounter with Pluto...
...asphyxiated in a tunnel at Mina MAY 1994 270 pilgrims die in a stampede at the "stoning of the devil" APRIL 1997 A fire caused by a gas heater at a Mina camp kills 343 APRIL 1998 A stampede during the stoning ritual - 118 dead Further deadly crushes en route to the stoning: MARCH 2001 35 dead FEBRUARY 2003 14 dead FEBRUARY 2004 251 dead JANUARY 2005 3 dead JANUARY 5, 2006 76 Hajj pilgrims die when a hotel in Mecca collapses
...that day—Dec. 20, 2005—Midwest Airlines flight 210 from Boston en route to Milwaukee was beset by a dangerous mechanical problem, which caused the landing gear to emit a shower of sparks as it rose into the air. For those of us aboard, who had no idea anything had gone awry, the malfunction was a bothersome inconvenience, a mere “problem with the indicator,” as the captain so vaguely and reassuringly cooed over the intercom. The plane circled Logan for two hours, burning off fuel so as to minimize...
...South Grand Prairie Warrior Coliseum, as No. 14 Meltzer (141 lbs.), junior tri-captain Bode Ogunwole (No. 8 among the heavyweights) and freshman Louis Caputo (184 lbs.) each collected three victories on the day. The Crimson began the day by winning seven of the eight contested matches en route to defeating Utah Valley Sate in a 40-9 blowout. No. 7 Preston (133 lbs.) defeated Erkin Tadzhimetov in a 5-2 decision and Meltzer pinned Daniel Polkowske in 3:32. Caputo and freshman Andrew Flanagan (157 lbs.) both picked up a major decision win, while tri-captain Mike Baria...
...hoping to change that perception, and convince voters that he is Sharon's designated political heir, is acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Having been deputized by Sharon en route to the hospital - and being one of his closest political allies - Olmert quickly drew the Kadima leadership around himself. The former mayor of Jerusalem is also a three-decade political veteran from a family involved in Likud and its predecessor, Herut, since even before the creation of the State of Israel. Like Sharon, he is a longstanding hawk who has moved steadily towards the center, even winking at the left, over...