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50 young journalists featured on UWIRE blog

UWIRE, an aggregator of student-generated content, on Wednesday launched its election blog Youth Vote ‘08.

In partnership with CBS News and Washingtonpost.com, UWIRE has selected 50 young journalists–including columnists, editorial cartoonists, photographers and news reporters–to cover the presidential election from the perspective of young voters.

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Reports: Madrid plane crash kills dozens

MADRID, Spain (CNN) — A Spanish plane with more than 170 people on board crashed in flames Wednesday at Madrid’s Barajas Airport, killing at least 90 people, officials said.

The crash during take off reportedly followed an explosion on board the budget airline jet, sending up a plume of smoke visible from several kilometers away.

The official death toll is 90, according to Interior Ministry officials. Local officials are telling CNN’s Spanish sister station CNN+ that 26 people taken to hospital are the only survivors, and that two of those survivors are children.

Some of those survivors have serious injuries and others non-life threatening injuries, Spanish Red Cross spokeswoman Olivia Acosa told CNN. Many of the injured were treated for burns, she said.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zappatero arrived at the airport Wednesday evening afetr cutting short a vacation.

The incident happened as Spanair Flight 5022 was taking off from the main runway, the official said. It was headed to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, a more than two-hour flight. Watch smoke rising from airport

The Red Cross said it has set up a field hospital at the airport to treat the injured and is offering psychological counseling to the victims’ families.

Clouds of gray and black smoke billowed from the site, and even local media cameras could not get a close view of the accident scene. A helicopter passed overhead, dumping what appeared to be water on reported grassfires sparked by the blaze.

Ambulances were seen speeding in and out of the airport and dozens of emergency vehicles gathered at one entrance point. Watch as the wounded arrive at a hospital

Spanish media reported at least 11 fire engines were dispatched to control the blaze.

A survivor told a reporter from Spain’s ABC newspaper that she and other passengers heard a loud explosion as the plane was taking off.

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the men’s individual gymnastics competition concluded on tuesday. the chinese made a beefy showing, seizing three of the four individual gold medals. below are the results: in the horizontal bar, zou kai of china earned the gold medal. jonathon horton of the united states took the silver medal and fabian hambuechen of germany took the bronze. on …

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Shamed rock star Glitter flies to Hong Kong

(CNN) — Disgraced British glam rocker Gary Glitter has boarded a flight to Hong Kong after a standoff with Thai authorities when he refused to board a plane to England.

Glitter is meant to be returning home after spending three years in a Vietnamese jail for child molestation.

Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was refused entry into Thailand, where immigration laws can bar convicted child sex offenders, and was been confined to the transit lounge of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

The 64-year-old was originally booked on a flight to London’s Heathrow airport scheduled to arrive early Wednesday, but he refused to make the connection.

Col. Puttipong Musikul, of Thai Immigration police, said Glitter was in a good mood despite waiting in transit for almost 20 hours, The Associated Press reported.

He had joked with police who were trying to persuade him to board a flight, he said.

Glitter was a rock institution during the 1970s — topping the music charts multiple times. He is best known for a stadium anthem song called Rock and Roll (Part 2) played at professional sporting events around the world.

He gained fame not only for his music but for his crazy outfits and wild performances.

But he fell from grace in 1997, when a computer he booked in for repairs was found to contain thousands of hardcore child porn images.

British authorities convicted Glitter two years later of possession of child pornography, and he served half of a four-month jail term.

At the time, he expressed deep regret, and then moved abroad — first to Cuba, then to Cambodia, before surfacing in Vietnam — where he quickly landed back in legal hot water.

In March 2006 he was convicted in Vietnam of sexually abusing two Vietnamese girls when they were ages 9 and 11.

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Fay looks like it could be a ‘boomerang storm’

FORT PIERCE, Florida (CNN) — Tropical Storm Fay moved just off Florida’s east coast early Wednesday after spawning at least seven tornadoes that ripped across sections of the state, the National Hurricane Center said.

The storm is expected to hug Florida’s Atlantic coastline and strengthen slightly before making a hard left back into northeastern Florida, according to the hurricane center.

This storm is going to be with us for a while, said Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Looks like it could be a boomerang storm.

A hurricane watch has been issued for Florida’s east coast, from north of Flagler Beach to Altamaha Sound in Georgia.

Fay weakened throughout the evening as its maximum sustained winds dropped to near 50 mph (85 kph), with higher gusts, forecasters said.

As of 5 a.m. ET, the center of the storm was near Melbourne and about 15 miles (20 kilometers) south of Cape Canaveral, the hurricane center said. Fay was traveling north at 5 mph (7 kph).

The storm is expected to make a turn north in the next 12 to 24 hours, likely remaining on the edge of east-central or northeastern Florida until Thursday, the center said.

Fay buffeted Lake Okeechobee with high winds Tuesday afternoon as it moved north and northeast through Florida, leaving a trail of flooding, broken trees and tens of thousands of power outages.

At least seven tornadoes, spinoffs from Fay, were reported in eastern Florida.

A Brevard County tornado that hit about 1:45 p.m. damaged more than 50 homes, rendering nine of them uninhabitable, according to the county’s emergency operations center. Three people sustained minor injuries.

A possible twister hit Wellington in Palm Beach County, where a small barn was ripped from its foundation, authorities said.

Steve Delai, deputy chief of Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue, said he could not confirm a tornado had hit the southeast county but added the damage was consistent with a tornado. See photos of Fay’s impact

Fay is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches over east-central and northeastern Florida, with possible maximum amounts of 15 inches. Three to 5 inches of rain were possible in the northwestern Bahamas.

Fay came ashore early Tuesday at Cape Romano south of Marco Island on Florida’s southwestern coast after making landfall Sunday night in western Cuba and then again Monday afternoon over Key West.

Cindy Lou Corum, who lives in Palm Beach County, said her home was surrounded by water. See the path of damage in photos and videos

I’m going to need a rowboat to get out of my house, she said. I may have to swim out. See storm’s projected path

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