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• From Thursday, Brunei citizens can be fined or jailed by Islamic courts for offences like not performing Friday prayers, pregnancy out of wedlock, propagating other religions and indecent behavior.
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Stories of rescues, devastation emerge from floodwaters in Florida Panhandle, Alabama
• PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Valencia Norton awoke to a neighbor pounding on the windows of the mobile home she shared with a friend. Water had washed away her steps and part of the porch. She grabbed a small bag of clothes and waited.
• "I was freaking," said Norton, tears streaming down her face as she recalled the scene. "I don't know how to swim."
• A short time later, a firefighter came by and carried her to dry land. It was one of many rescue stories from the single rainiest day ever recorded in Pensacola, and another tale of survival after days of relentless storms across the U.S., beginning with deadly and destructive tornadoes Sunday in the Midwest.
• On Monday, the violent winds wrecked parts of Tennessee and Mississippi, but by the time the storm system arrived in the Panhandle, the devastation was all water.
• The system was expected to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions Thursday.
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Today in History
The Associated Pres
• Today is Thursday, May 1, the 121st day of 2014. There are 244 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
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• On this date:
• In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.
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