Eamon Barkhordarian

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News Journal #10
International
I. Rescuers at China quake epicenter, digging by hand
Hanwang, China

Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful

earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the
isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare
hands. Nearly 26,000 people remained buried in collapsed buildings from
Monday's magnitude 7.9 earthquake, and the death toll of almost 15,000 was
expected to climb as relief operations spread into the mountains of Sichuan
province. The quake triggered landslides that blocked roads to hardest-hit
areas.

National
II. Texas cops: Substitute teacher came to class drunk
Texas, USA

A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle

school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested,
authorities said. Thomas Brownlee, 56, was in a classroom Tuesday with
students and another staff member for about 20 minutes, Richardson school
district spokesman Tim Clark said. Another teacher suspected Brownlee was
drunk and told a police officer at Parkhill Junior High. A Dallas police report
states that Brownlee "had slurred speech, breath smelling of an alcoholic
beverage and bloodshot eyes."
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Local
III. Man trapped for nearly three days in wrecked car off I-680 in
North San Jose
San Jose, California

Trapped for three days inside his wrecked black Cadillac Escalade with a
broken femur, Duc Vinh Do moved in agony, searching for his cell phone -
his only link to help. Thousands of cars already had passed the SUV on San
Jose's busy Interstate 680, and no one had spotted it in the thick brush.
Dehydrated, disoriented and in pain, Do, finally, crawled into the back seat,
found his cell and punched 911. But he didn't know where he was. At first,
rookie 911 operator Wendy Leslie thought Do might be delusional. San Jose
police dispatcher Tara Doxie, however, stuck with Do and ended up tracking
him down by "pinging" cell phone towers in the area to "triangulate" his
SUV. Officers then rushed to the area. But the tracking system sent them to
the west side of the highway - opposite of where Do was trapped, 20 feet off
northbound I-680 at Hostetter Road. They couldn't find him. So police Sgt.
Paul Cook came up with a plan: Play the "hot and cold" game with police
sirens. Officers hopped in their cars, sirens blaring, and dispatchers told Do
to yell into his phone when he heard them. But police still couldn't pinpoint
Do's location because the sirens were still too far away from him. Next
police came up with another plan. They called the Santa Clara County
Sheriff to borrow the department's Star One helicopter. At 4:45 p.m.
Tuesday, the helicopter pilot almost immediately spotted the black tire tracks
that had veered off the road.

Social
IV. Miley Cyrus- accused of stealing L.A Band’s Song
(Not given)

Miley Cyrus has been rocked by another scandal just two weeks after the
furor surrounding her provocative Vanity Fair photographs - now she's
accused of ripping off someone else's song. Los Angeles band Lustra claim
Cyrus' Rockstar hit is a carbon copy of their Scotty Doesn't Know tune,
which appeared on the soundtrack to 2004 movie Eurotrip. And they're
inviting Cyrus fans who love her song to check out "the original" on their
MySpace.com web page. Lustra were alerted to the similarities between the
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songs by fans and they listened to both tracks and the band mates claim the
tunes are virtually the same - with separate lyrics.

Sports
V. Sharks fire coach Ron Wilson after another ouster
San Jose, California

The San Jose Sharks fired coach Ron Wilson on Monday after his club
followed another outstanding regular season with yet another early exit from
the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Sharks won the Pacific Division title and
compiled the NHL's second-best record with 49 wins and 108 points, but the
Dallas Stars knocked them out of the second round in six games on May 4.
San Jose has ended its past three seasons with six-game losses in the second
round, and general manager Doug Wilson decided his coach would take the
fall for his talented playoff underachievers.

Weather
VI. Detailed Local Forecast for Los Altos Hills

• Tonight: Some clouds. Low around 65F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph.

• Tomorrow: Generally sunny. Near record high temperatures. High
94F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
• Tomorrow night: Clear. Low 62F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday: A mainly sunny sky. Very warm. High 89F. Winds N at 5 to
10 mph.
• Saturday: Sunshine. Highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low 60s.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the upper
50s.