National briefs: F-16 pilot ditches bombs, makes emergency landing

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Pilot ditches bombs in emergency

UTAH — An F-16 pilot jettisoned two 500-pound bombs and two fuel tanks before making an emergency landing at Hill Air Force Base on Thursday, officials said. No injuries were reported after the incident at the base about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Col. Scott Zobrist said it appeared that one bomb hit an empty tin shack on base in an uninhabited area. It was unclear whether the second bomb had exploded.

— The Associated Press

Evangelist’s enforcer told to pay

ARKANSAS — A fugitive accused of beating two teenagers on evangelist Tony Alamo’s orders must pay $3 million in restitution, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes awarded $1.5 million each to Spencer Ondrisek and Seth Calagna, who were both raised in Alamo’s church in Fouke in southwestern Arkansas. The teens accused Alamo’s alleged enforcer, John Kolbek, of battery, false imprisonment, outrage and conspiracy. Authorities haven’t been able to find Kolbek since the lawsuit was filed last year. Alamo, 75, will be sentenced Nov. 13 in a separate case for taking girls across state lines for sex.

— The Associated Press

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