Tuesday 1 November 2011

Daily Headlines: Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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November 1, 2011
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National

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‘Operation Strike Out’ Results in Counterfeit Sports Memorabilia Seizures

With the conclusion of Major League Baseball's 2011 World Series, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security ...

Curbside Buses Have Higher Fatal Accident Rate

A federal report says the thriving curbside bus industry, which is based on cheap fares, has a fatal accident rate seven times higher than ...
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East

New York Woman Critically Injured by Falling Shopping Cart

Authorities say a woman was critically injured when kids pushed a shopping cart off a fourth-floor walkway, hitting her on the head. Police ...

Power Restoration in Snowy East Could Take Days

Residents across the Northeast woke up to cold, dark homes and one of the earliest snow days in memory Monday after a storm dumped as much ...

New York Man Rescued from Sinkhole in Front Lawn

An 80-year-old man who went to retrieve the morning papers on his lawn sank into an 8-foot hole on New York's Long Island. Michael Ciron's ...

Vermont to Update Irene Damage Estimates

Vermont officials are expected to update damage estimates from Tropical Storm Irene. Gov. Peter Shumlin and administration officials will ...
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Midwest

Kansas Grain Elevator Blast: 3 Dead, 3 Missing

A thundering explosion rocked a Kansas grain elevator and shot a fireball so high it could be seen in neighboring Missouri, leaving three ...

Man Steals Hotel Van, Crashes into N.D. House

Bismarck police arrested a 61-year-old man over the weekend after he allegedly stole a courtesy van from a local hotel and crashed it into ...

Group: Boat in Fatal Great Lakes Accident Unstable

A sailboat that capsized in a storm during the annual race from Chicago to Mackinac Island, killing two crew members, was not suited for ...

Indiana Insulation Warehouse Burns into Night

A fire at an insulation warehouse in Fort Wayne burned through the night after firefighters stopped spraying it with water in order to ...

Michigan Mayor Says Halloween Fires Down So Far

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says fires during the Halloween period are down 50 percent. Bing told radio station WWJ on Monday that 52 fires ...

Major Carbon Monoxide Leak Found in Wis. Apartment BUilding

Authorities say nearly a dozen people were taken to the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak was found in an apartment building in New ...
Southeast

Mississippi City Officials Target Blighted Properties

The city of Biloxi, Miss., starts this week to work with commercial property owners to clean up neglected buildings. Six years after ...

Smoke Bomb at Florida Haunted House Injures 3

Authorities say at least three people suffered minor injuries when a smoke bomb went off in a haunted house in the Florida Panhandle. ...

Police Investigate String of Thefts at Kentucky Churches

Police are investigating after a string of break-ins were reported at churches in Bath County, Kentucky. One church, the Grace Tabernacle, ...

Rainy Remnants of Rina Spawn Tornado in Florida

The National Weather Service says the remnants of Tropical Storm Rina dumping rain across Florida spawned a weak tornado that briefly ...

Kentucky Mine Where Two Killed Had Highwall Citation in April

The Kentucky surface coal mine where two workers were killed by falling rock was cited earlier this year over the stability of a highwall. ...
South Central

Suspect in 35 Robberies Caught in Fort Worth, Texas

Police say a suspect in nearly three dozen North Texas store robberies has been arrested following a weekend traffic stop. Fort Worth ...

Nearly 200 New Oklahoma Laws Take Effect This Week

Oklahomans who drive drunk or fail to stop for a school bus loading or unloading children will face stiff new penalties beginning Tuesday. ...

Lawsuits Filed in Wake of Fatal Louisiana Crash

Three lawsuits have been filed in the wake of a crash that killed two Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center employees and injured two others. ...

Louisiana Man Files Suit Over ‘Incense’

An East Baton Rouge Parish man claims he suffered hallucinations and injuries last fall after smoking a product labeled ...
West

Report: California Hospital Cited for Safety Violations

Federal inspection reports show a major Los Angeles, Calif., hospital had unclean and unsafe operating rooms and failed to protect its ...
International

Thai PM Hopes Flood Drainage Can Be Sped Up

Thailand's prime minister said Monday that she hopes the process of draining floodwater through Bangkok can be sped up now that peak high ...

Crash of Truck and Bus Kills 14 in Hungary

Police say a truck and a small bus have crashed in southern Hungary, killing 14 people and seriously injuring two more. The accident ...

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