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pkg.All-Natural Lean Ground Beef 3 EA Timely Tastes. Delicious Deals. Find even more at Target.com/weeklyad. lQuestions? Call 1-800-TRIBUNEl24 hours at chicagotribune.com Japan warned Saturday of a possiblemeltdown of a nuclear reactor damaged when an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck the northeast coast, but it said the risk of radiation contamination was small. Nevertheless, thousands of people were evacuated from around the nuclear plant about 150 miles northeast of Tokyo.

The warning came as strong aftershocks rocked the island nation. The death toll was expected to exceed 1,000 after a 3-story-high wave bulldozed whole towns, threw ocean freighters, cars and planes around like surged inland for miles. than 90 percent of the houses in three coastal communities have been washed one official said. Meanwhile, the Japanese military scrambled 20,000 troops, 190 aircraft and 25 vessels to the hard-hit area around Sendai, a city of a million people about 80 miles from the epicenter offshore. images of destruction and flooding coming out of Japan are simply President Barack Obama said.

Ravaged, reeling People floating in a container are rescued Saturday in Miyagi prefecture, Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami Friday. The quake was the worst in the history. KYODO PHOTO COMPLETE COVERAGE, PAGES 23-27 Japan disaster kills hundreds, raises fear of nuclear reactor meltdown WEATHER See Tom forecast on PAGE 33 Spring is in air Easy alfresco dining. TRIB MAGAZINE time to clean house. SUNDAY SECTION Spring forward Daylight saving time begins; remember to set your clocks ahead one hour.

The 2008 disappearance of 15-year-old Yasmin Acreesparked a massive police investigation that sent detectives on hundreds of false sightings that stretched from her tough West Side neighborhood to Michigan and New York City. But Tribune reporters recently uncovered a piece of potential evidence that been turned up by police: a diary Yasmin hid in her bedroom. In it, Yasmin twice mentioned a 35-year-old man who had lived for several months in a separate second-floor apartmentat her two- flat. miss Tyrell Yasmin wrote. Yasmin was referring to Jimmie Terrell had moved into her building after serving more than 10 years for attempted murder.

Described in court records as a brutal predator, Smith is now in Cook County Jail awaiting trial on charges of raping five two 14-year-oldshe is alleged to have kidnapped.Smith had shown an interest in Yasmin and had contact with her after he moved out of her at afamily houseshortly before she vanished, according to Tribune interviews. In three recent jailhouse interviews, Smith Yasmin Acree, 15, disappeared from her adoptive home on the West Side more than three years ago. Police early on failed to uncover potential leads, including her diary. The case remains unsolved. Tribune reporters find journal that links missing 15-year-old girl to a rape suspect who says, know what By Gary Marx and David Jackson TRIBUNE REPORTERS Pleaseturnto Page12 diary TRIBUNE WATCHDOG Inside: annual survey of what people earn $1.99 CITY SUBURBS, $3.00 YEAR NO.72©CHICAGO TRIBUNEEARLYEDITION NOON 35 4 P.M.

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