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55.
October 30, Associated Press
– (Alaska) Alaska police say 1 dead in shooting at
hotel. A disgruntled former employee opened fire in an Anchorage, Alaska hotel and
killed a manager, setting off a 4-hour search that ended with the gunman's arrest,
authorities said October 30. The female manager died in the shooting that occurred
shortly after 6 p.m. October 29 at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel, a police spokesman
said. Police locked down the hotel and carried out a room to room search. Police also
surrounded the suspect's residence. The suspect was arrested near his home nearly 4
hours after the shooting. A police official told the Associated Press the shooter was a
disgruntled former employee who had been fired. The suspect is charged with first-
degree murder, he said.
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56.
October 28, Associated Press
– (New Mexico) Texas man pleads guilty to
accidentally starting NM forest fire that burned 53,000 acres. A Texas man
admitted starting a New Mexico wildfire that burned more than 53,000 acres in the
Lincoln National Forest in April, the Associated Press reported October 28. The man
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of leaving a fire unattended in federal court in
Las Cruces, New Mexico. The U.S. attorney's office in Albuquerque said the the man
faces up to 6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine when he is sentenced. Two other charges
in an indictment were dismissed in the plea deal. The Last Chance Fire started April 24
when the man lit toilet paper on fire after relieving himself so he would not leave litter
behind. High winds sent sparks into nearby brush, and a fire broke out that he and his
friends were unable to control.
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Dams Sector
57.
October 29, Associated Press
– (Nebraska) NPPD crew installing stability berm to
strengthen seeping canal between North Platte, Hershey. Work is being done on a
canal between North Platte and Hershey, Nebraska, that was seeping water. KNOP 2
North Platte, reported that a Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) crew was
installing a 600-foot stability berm along a section of the canal about 6 miles west of