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Auburn Student Whose Body Was Found After Going Missing in Japan Was on a ‘Decompression’ Hike

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By David K. Li , Ed Flanagan , Nollaig O'Connor 
| TODAY
An Auburn University student who died in Japan after going off on a solo hike away from his family enjoyed long strolls for “decompression” and wouldn’t have wanted to harm himself, a family friend said Monday, June 8. James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was last seen at the Kyoto train station on May 29 before volunteer searchers found his body in the mountains just outside the ancient city on Saturday, June 6.
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Trailer carrying fireworks ignites in spectacular display on Tennessee highway

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By Dennis Romero , Nollaig O'Connor 
| Bay Area Daily News
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Trailer carrying fireworks ignites in spectacular display on Tennessee highway

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By Dennis Romero , Nollaig O'Connor 
| KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)
Cellphone video captured a spectacular, pre-Fourth of July display of fireworks on a Tennessee highway Saturday evening as a trailer carrying the incendiary haul erupted, authorities said. First responders racing to a reported vehicle fire on northbound Interstate 75 in the community of Ooltewah found a stopped work truck hauling a box trailer that was ablaze and popping with pyrotechnics, fire officials said.
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