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Mount Vernon, Wash. — Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months.
A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead girder Thursday night, sending a section of the highway into the river below. The driver watched helplessly as the structure collapsed in his rearview mirror. Two vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with minor injuries.
[h=3]In other headlines[/h] Foreman: Arias not 'Dahmer' or 'Manson': The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' trial says the panel just couldn't decide whether the killing of her boyfriend was enough to merit a death sentence. William Zervakos tells the Associated Press jurors thought it was unfair that 12 average Americans who aren't lawyers had to make such a crucial decision.
Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official: The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.
World
[h=3]U.K.-bound flight diverted; 2 arrested[/h] London — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane.
A British security official said the situation involving the Pakistan International Airlines flight did not appear terror-related, though police were still investigating, but the incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.
Toronto mayor denies drug use: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used crack.
From Detroit News wire services
Mount Vernon, Wash. — Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months.
A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead girder Thursday night, sending a section of the highway into the river below. The driver watched helplessly as the structure collapsed in his rearview mirror. Two vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with minor injuries.
[h=3]In other headlines[/h] Foreman: Arias not 'Dahmer' or 'Manson': The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' trial says the panel just couldn't decide whether the killing of her boyfriend was enough to merit a death sentence. William Zervakos tells the Associated Press jurors thought it was unfair that 12 average Americans who aren't lawyers had to make such a crucial decision.
Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official: The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet.
World
[h=3]U.K.-bound flight diverted; 2 arrested[/h] London — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane.
A British security official said the situation involving the Pakistan International Airlines flight did not appear terror-related, though police were still investigating, but the incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a soldier was killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.
Toronto mayor denies drug use: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used crack.
From Detroit News wire services