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Indianapolis fire injures four, forces evacuations of 100 homes
Four firefighters were injured Saturday and more than 100 homes near downtown Indianapolis had to be evacuated after a recycling facility caught fire and collapsed. None of the injuries were serious, and by Sunday residents were allowed to return home....
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Art Callaham: No petition necessary to see death-penalty reality
Well, (that’s how Ronald Reagan opened a lot of his remarks) I’m no Ronald Reagan but I’m interested in what’s going on in our nation and in particular our state. First, let me clearly say I’m no fan of Del. Neil Parrott....Tags: Roxbury, Punishment, Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Crime, Law and Justice, Ronald Reagan
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Investigators seek cause of chemical blasts in Louisiana
State and federal investigators in Louisiana are working to uncover what caused fatal blasts at two different chemical plants in the span of two days. The second explosion took place Friday night at the CF Industries plant in Donaldsonville, a small...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at Work
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In Pakistan, attackers bomb women's university bus, hospital
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants laid siege to a hospital and bombed a women's university bus in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in a wave of violence that killed at least 19 people and underscored the challenge facing new Prime Minister...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation Accidents, Government Ministers, Colleges and Universities, Nawaz Sharif
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Explosion reminds La. that plants not always safe
By some measures, chemical plants like the one where a fatal explosion happened Thursday in Louisiana are among the safest manufacturing workplaces in America. But in the "chemical corridor" that lines the Mississippi River from New Orleans north to...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Chemical Industry, Investments, Petroleum Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering
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2nd victim dies from Louisiana chemical plant explosion
HOUSTON--A second worker injured in an explosion and fire at a central Louisiana petrochemical plant has died and a few others remained hospitalized Friday. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, La., suffered burns Thursday morning in the explosion at the...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor Legislation, Environmental Politics, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues
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Balto. Co. train derailment drew 911 calls from miles away
An employee at a scaffolding company next to the railroad tracks in Rosedale was one of the first people to see the train leave its tracks after it rammed into a truck last month. "There's just a train wreck in front of us and it's on fire," the man...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Emergency Incidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Disasters and Accidents
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Bottle bomb explosion at Sykesville restaurant leads to four arrests
One man and three teenage boys have been arrested by police in Sykesville after patrons dining outdoors at a restaurant had a homemade explosive device thrown in their direction from a moving vehicle Wednesday night, the Maryland State Fire Marshal...
Tags: Prisons, Juvenile Delinquency, Emergency Incidents, Prosecution, Sykesville
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Bombings, militant takeover of hospital kill at least 15 in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants took over sections of a hospital in the southern city of Quetta on Saturday after bombing a women’s university bus and detonating a second bomb at the hospital in what authorities said were coordinated attacks...
Tags: Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Asif Ali Zardari
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REVIEW: Rising indie band The Lone Bellow, ArtsQuest Center, both showed their best Friday
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGA funny thing happened at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem on Friday. The Lone Bellow While singer Marc Cohn was headlining the main stage in the center’s Musikfest Café, Brooklyn indie Americana rockers The Lone Bellow were playing to..... -
Japanese port city of Nagasaki has long East-West connection
NAGASAKI, Japan — On my first trip to Nagasaki, just out of college, I knew what most of the world knows: An atomic bomb fell here on Aug. 9, 1945, bringing World War II to a close. It wasn't until my second visit, more than 20 years later on a...Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Literature, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sculpture, Human Interest
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PUC approves UGI's plan to improve leak detection
State regulators have endorsed a plan by UGI Utilities to improve natural gas leak monitoring in Allentown, following the fatal 2011 blast that killed five people at 13th and Allen streets. The decision by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission means...Tags: Allentown, Emergency Incidents, Energy Resources, UGI Utilities
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