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INTERNATIONAL Six dead, hundreds of homes destroyed in Solomon tsunami SYDNEY (AP) — Six bodies, including a child’s, have been found in the sodden wreckage left by a tsunami that smashed into villages in the Solomon Islands, flattening dozens of homes in the South Pacific island chain. The 4-foot-1-inch waves that roared inland Wednesday on Santa Cruz Island, in the eastern Solomons, were too fast to outrun for five elderly villagers and one child, who died after being sucked under the rushing water, George Herming, a spokesman for the prime minister, said Thursday. Makeup artist behind Chewbacca, Yoda of ‘Star Wars’ dies at 98 LONDON (AP) — Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 98. LucasFilm confirmed Wednesday that Freeborn had passed away, “leaving a legacy of unforgettable contributions.” “Star Wars” director George Lucas said in a statement that Freeborn was “already a makeup legend” when he started working on “Star Wars.” “He brought with him boundless creative energy,” Lucas said.
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A tsunami Wednesday destroyed the village of Venga in the Solomon Islands. The damage seen is part the survey by a damage assessment crew.
Seized Iranian ship revealed to be carrying varied explosives, weapons SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A ship seized by Yemeni authorities last month carried a wide variety of Iranian-made weapons, Yemen’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry detailed contents of the Iranian ship seized in Yemen’s territorial waters in mid-January. It described contents as “large, diverse and dangerous” weapons that also included night vision binoculars and goggles, remote devices, circuits, wires and rifle silencers.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
NATIONAL
STATE/LOCAL
Four dead, nine injured in fiery 27-vehicle highway crash in Georgia
Baton Rouge chief of police fired despite falling homicide rates
MONTROSE, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation says a crew was on the way to place signs warning of lowvisibility on Interstate 16 when cars began crashing in a fiery, 27-vehicle pileup that killed four people. DOT spokeswoman Jill Goldberg says a call from a 911 operator Wednesday morning saying motorists were complaining about driving conditions prompted the agency to dispatch a crew with caution signs from Dublin, about 10 miles from the crash scene. N.J. Gov. Christie to former White House doc: ‘shut up’ about weight
Boy Scouts executive board delays decision on policy excluding gays
(AP) — Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White has been fired after less than two years on the job. East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden’s administration fired him on Wednesday, WBRZ-TV reported. White told the station he received a letter from the city’s chief administrative officer, William Daniel, that there was a “substantial disagreement with the direction of the Baton Rouge Police Department.” A call to the mayor’s office for comment was left unreturned. WAFB-TV reported the dismissal comes after months of speculation that White’s position was in jeopardy.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Caught in an ideological crossfire, the Boy Scouts of America is retreating until May from a decision about whether to ease its policy of excluding gays. Whatever the organization eventually does, it’s likely to anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting. The delay, which the Scouts attributed to “the complexity of this issue,” was announced Wednesday after closed-door deliberations by the BSA’s national executive board.
LAFAYETTE (AP) — A probe of bribery in the Lafayette court system has expanded to include a former employee of the Acadiana Outreach Center. The Advocate reports 59-yearold Elaine Crump admitted in court Tuesday to falsifying certificates that defendants had completed court-mandated community service at the center. Crump pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony.
SEA GIRT, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie lashed out Wednesday at a former White House doctor who said she worries about him dying in office because he is so heavy, telling her to “shut up.” Connie Mariano, who served as White House physician from 1992 to 2001, told CNN she’d like to see Christie run for president in 2016 but he needs to lose weight. She said she worries he could have a heart attack or stroke. “I’m worried about this man dying in office,” Mariano said.
WOODY MARSHALL / The Associated Press
Emergency workers and firemen attend to the scene of a 27-vehicle pileup Wednesday on Interstate 16 near Jeffersonville, Ga.
Lafayette court bribery scandal grows, involves Acadiana Outreach Center
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