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War planes crash at show
Two single-engine war planes at an experimental airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, collided while landing, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other, officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration said the collision of two P-51 Mustangs happened on Friday afternoon after the planes finished a performance at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture show. P-51 Mustangs are single-seat fighters that were used in World War II. The planes clipped wings on landing. The convention is considered one of the world's largest gatherings of recreational aviators and draws more than 600,000 people and 10,000 planes from around the world.
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Dime worth US$1.9m
John Feigenbaum did not sleep at all during his late-night flight across the country. He is not a nervous flier -- he had a dime coin worth US$1.9 million in his jeans pocket. Feigenbaum, 38, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a rare coin dealer, and the dime he was carrying from San Jose to New York is a 1894-S dime, one of only nine known to exist. He picked up the dime, one of only 24 known to be coined in 1894 in San Francisco, on Monday from the seller's vault in Oakland, California, and delivered it to the buyer's vault the next day in Manhattan. Feigenbaum said he and the seller's agent would split a 6 percent commission.
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Virginia Tech aid under way
The lawyer drafting recommendations for Virginia Tech on how to distribute millions in donations after the mass murder on its campus says he will probably make changes to his proposal after he met with victims' families, he said. Kenneth Feinberg met privately with the families on Friday and said there is "a tremendous amount of anger at Virginia Tech." They feel the school "should do more financially and spiritually" to support relatives of the 32 people killed on April 16, he said. Under Feinberg's proposal, victims' families could receive US$150,000 each.
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Lobbying rules tightened
House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a bill to tighten lobbying restrictions, including a requirement that lawmakers disclose those influence peddlers who collect large sums of campaign money for them, participants said. Democratic leaders hope to pass the measure next week. The proposed legislation would require lawmakers to disclose lobbyists who raise US$15,000 or more within a six-month period through bundling. Bundlers solicit campaign checks from numerous people, but their efforts often go undetected under disclosure laws.
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