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Solar-powered plane due to land in Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — An airplane powered by the sun is scheduled to land in Hawaii after a five-day journey over the Pacific Ocean.

The flight from Japan is the longest leg of the aroundthe world voyage planned by two Swiss pilots who have been taking turns flying the single-seat airplane. It is also the riskiest because the plane has nowhere to land in an emergency.

The aircraft is scheduled to land at a small airport outside Honolulu about 6 a.m. today. Flight officials say the aircraft was arriving in the Hawaii area earlier but would fly in a holding pattern until the scheduled landing time.

The pilots aim to create awareness about replacing fossil fuels with clean technologies.

Evacuated families wait for smoke to clear

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of eastern Tennessee residents have been displaced after a CSX train car carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire, forcing their evacuation.

Most received urgent knocks at their doors between midnight and 6 a.m. Thursday by emergency workers who told them they should leave immediately. The fire was reported shortly before midnight Wednesday.

The damaged car carried liquid acrylonitrile, a flammable material used in multiple industrial processes including making plastics. It’s hazardous if inhaled.

Josh West is a spokesman for Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville. He says 52 people had come in for treatment and 25 had been admitted.

Man found in N.C. mall with rifle detained

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say they have detained a man walking through a mall with an assault rifle, a bulletproof vest, and multiple rounds of ammunition.

Lt. Todd Joyce said the man was detained at the entrance of the Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville on Thursday evening after first being spotted in a Macy’s store at the shopping center. The store was evacuated and some other businesses in the mall closed their doors briefly while officers searched the rest of the mall for a second armed person. No one else was found.

Joyce said the man was in custody and that charges were pending. He did not release any other details, including the man’s identity, or whether he was believed to have posed any threat.

Camp resort for pot users falls through

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A planned pot-friendly ranch resort in southwest Colorado has been snuffed before it opened. The 170-acre CannaCamp resort touted weedfriendly activities such as hiking and fishing.

But a deal with the landowner fell through, and the marijuana-tourism company promoting CannaCamp announced Thursday that the resort won’t open after all.

The MaryJane Group, which runs marijuanafriendly inns in Denver and Silverthorne, announced that it hopes to find a new home for CannaCamp by 2016. Guests who already booked stays starting at $395 per person per night are being offered stays in the bed-andbreakfasts instead.

CannaCamp had a tentative agreement to operate on an existing ranch just outside Durango. But the deal fell through after the CannaCamp announcement last month made international headlines and became the butt of jokes on late-night TV.

Boy critical after alleged beating

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Hagerstown police say a 9- year-old boy is in critical condition after he was handcuffed and beaten for eating a piece of birthday cake without permission.

The boyfriend of the mother, 30-year-old Robert Wilson, was being held on $1 million bail after a hearing Thursday. He’s charged with offenses including first-degree assault and child abuse.

The Herald-Mail reports that a public defender represented Wilson at the hearing. The attorney didn’t immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press. Wilson’s arrest was first reported by Washington television station WJLA.

The mother’s brother told police that the boy was handcuffed Tuesday as punishment for stealing the cake and was hit after the handcuffs were removed. The alleged incident occurred at home.

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