Wednesday 28 September 2011

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September 28, 2011
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National

87 Firefighters Died on Job on 2010; 56 Were Volunteers

Eighty-seven on-duty firefighters from 31 states lost their lives as the result of 83 fatal incidents that occurred in 2010. Fifty-six of ...

Senator Blocks Pipeline Safety Bill on Principle

A single senator is using his power to block legislation that would toughen safety regulations for pipelines even though the pipeline ...

Training Preps Grain Bin Rescuers

Bill Harp travels around the country helping emergency personnel to be prepared to rescue those who become trapped in confined spaces. ...
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East

Man Dies After Falling from New York Parking Garage

Authorities say they're investigating the death of a man who apparently fell off the top floor of an Albany hospital's parking garage. ...

Police: Homeless Men in Mass. Thwarted Arson

Police in Massachusetts say two homeless men were offered money to burn down a rental house on Cape Cod but instead turned in the man who ...
Midwest

Man Sues Missouri Diocese Over Priest’s Affair With Wife

A Missouri man is suing the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese a year after learning a Roman Catholic priest fathered a child with the man's ...

Texting and Driving Enforcement Challenges N.D. Highway Patrol

While the number of citations given by state troopers for texting and driving has steadily increased in Minnesota, the North Dakota Highway ...

South Dakota City Getting $3.3 Million Fire Hall

The western South Dakota community of Lead (leed) is getting a $3.3 million fire hall. Ground was broken late last week for the facility ...
Southeast

Court: Split Suits Related to Mississippi Baby Death

The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled a Madison County woman's lawsuit stemming from her 11-month-old child's death and her arrest in the ...

Federal Agents Raid Imperial Holdings’ Florida Offices

Federal investigators Tuesday raided the Florida offices of Imperial Holdings Inc, a company that makes lump-sum payments on legal ...

Traffic Deaths Rising in South Carolina

The Department of Public Safety says the number of traffic deaths is rising in South Carolina after three years of declines. The Greenville ...
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South Central

First Lawsuit Filed in Bastrop, Texas Wildfires

A lawyer for three victims of this month's Bastrop County wildfire is suing an electric utility whose fallen power lines officials say ...

Fallin to Announce Oklahoma Storm Shelter Tax Break

Gov. Mary Fallin is expected to announce details of a plan for a $2,000 tax rebate to eligible homeowners for the installation of a tornado ...

Firework, Dry Trees: Attempted Arson Charge in Louisiana

A 41-year-old Hosston man was booked with attempted arson after allegedly shooting a Roman candle into a young pine plantation, state ...
West

NTSB Releases Report on Deadly Calif. Pipeline Explosion

Federal accident investigators have released a 140-page report on a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and decimated a ...

Arizona Barber Shop Fire Intentionally Set

The Tucson Fire Department says someone deliberately set a barber shop on fire. The fire was reported Sunday night in the midtown area. ...
International

Pounding Typhoon Rains Flood Philippine Capital

Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters and dodged flying debris Tuesday as a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines, ...

Shanghai Subway Trains Crash; Hundreds Injured

A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble ...

License to Quill: UK Party Wants Tough Media Rules

Britain's opposition Labour Party is proposing that reporters found guilty of phone hacking or other malpractice should be banned from ...

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