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Fractured track to be analyzed
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal investigators ruled out foul play in a commuter train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that left more than 70 people injured and shut down service along the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor, officials said Saturday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are now focusing on a broken rail as a ...
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Fractured track to be analyzed
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal investigators ruled out foul play in a commuter train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that left more than 70 people injured and shut down service along the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor, officials said Saturday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are now focusing on a broken rail as a ...
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Pilot killed in Sierra plane crash
TRUCKEE, CA (AP) - Federal investigators are trying to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed a pilot near the Sierra town of Truckee. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was flying alone when the twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed Thursday afternoon in the Tahoe National Forest about 15 miles northeast of Truckee. The pilot's name wasn't immediately ...
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Outgoing bank boss Sir Mervyn King slams unsatisfactory economic growth as he criticises Osbornes plan to boost housing market
The outgoing governor of the Bank of England has criticised Britain's economic recovery under George Osborne and the chancellor's plan to boost the housing ...
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The winner takes it all Abbas Gold beats The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band to be Britains second biggest selling album ever
Abba's greatest hits collection has overtaken The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to become the UK's second biggest selling album of all time, according to the Official Charts ...
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Security firm faces fines for embarrassing court delays Judge blasts company after court made to wait while guards take their lunch break
A private security company criticised for the way it controls prisons and electronic tagging for criminals is facing substantial fines for causing lengthy delays in court ...
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US student accidentally killed by police
A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder, Dalton Smith, pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old Hofstra University student in a ...
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City axes bra ban at historic Milwaukee bar
(Fotolia) The owner of a Milwaukee bowling alley and bar who was recently told to remove hundreds of bras hanging from the ceiling due to it being a fire hazard has been allowed to put them back ...
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Did fractured rail cause derailment
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal investigators ruled out foul play in a commuter train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that left more than 70 people injured and shut down service along the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor, officials said Saturday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are now focusing on a broken rail as a ...
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
1 of 4. Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday in a train accident near Fairfield, Connecticut, a Fairfield Police spokesman said on ...
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Authorities N.Y. college student was killed by police
MINEOLA, N.Y. A New York college student being held by an armed home intruder was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer who had responded to a report of a home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder, Dalton Smith, pointed a gun at the officer while holding ...
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Once hailed a hero ex-Philly cop faces charges
PHILADELPHIA A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes. Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ...
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Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court
Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history. The complaint, filed on Friday in US District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others "engaged in wilful and wanton misconduct" for their role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The state ...
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Pakistans Railroads Sum Up Nations Woes
RUK, Pakistan ...
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Kerry to return this week for push on talks
US Secretary of State Kerry wants to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, will meet with Livni and Palestinian leadership separately; Westerwelle in J'lem: We support US ...
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‘We’re asking them not to mess with our families’
The Jerusalem Post on Friday. "The first time they changed it, my parents said OK, we'll change the tickets, no problem. But now, the second time, my family is saying they can't change it again."We were sure this wouldn't happen again, not in June, because it doesn't rain then. But it was changed again," he added. "My parents really wanted to be at ...
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State to return Homesh land to Palestinian owners
The state intends to nullify the original 1978 military seizure order for the land of the former Homesh settlement, a move that would return the property to its former Palestinian owners.The Justice Ministry notified the High Court of its decision late Thursday, in response to a 2010 petition by the Palestinian owners, who were represented by the Israeli NGO Yesh ...
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‘Post’ launches daily online newscast
Jerusalem Post brand name," Linde says."It brings JPost.com into the 21st century by showing viewers what's in the news through what is arguably the most powerful of all media - television - while offering an authoritative and trustworthy perspective on the situation in Israel, the Jewish world, the Middle East and the world at large."To stay up to date with all the news ...
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British father 53 has prostate removed after being told he carried defective gene that boosts his chance of cancer
A British father has made medical history by having his healthy prostate removed after discovering that he carries a defective gene that boosts his risk of cancer, it was reported last ...
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Yes Britain IS on the move again - all because we didnt take the cowards way out GEORGE OSBORNEs bullish assessment of healing economy
Yes, it’s been hard and the road ahead is not easy. I’m not going to pretend otherwise. But we’re making progress. The economy is healing slowly, the tough decisions we have taken together as a country are beginning to pay off – and in me, you have a Chancellor who is going to stick to the course we have set ...
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Beckham family bid farewell to football David joins sons on pitch to say tearful goodbye to beautiful game as Posh and Harper watch
The 38-year-old was given the honour of captaining Paris St Germain during their final home game of the season against Brest and paid an emotional farewell as he brought the curtain down on a career spanning more than 20 ...
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Now new claims suggest CAMERON used swivel-eyed loons jibe to deride Euro rebels as Tory chairman denies using the insult
David Cameron has been dragged deeper into the 'swivel-eyed loon' row engulfing his party – after it was claimed that he used the insult himself to deride Euro ...
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The Great Innocence Robbery The awful abuse of girls in Oxford is just the latest consequence
I have lived in Oxford (with some gaps) for almost 50 years. It is, in many ways, a paradise which has escaped much of the evil and decay which beset this ...
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Car plows through parade in Virginia dozens injured
(File Photo) RICHMOND, Va. - A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said. The incident occurred in the Appalachian town of Damascus at the start of the annual Trail Days festival, as the main ...
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Two men charged with killing Malcolm X grandson
Malcolm Shabazz , who police have said was 29, died May 9 at the Palace after a dispute over a $1,200 bill. Hernandez and Perez were arrested on Monday. Shabazz, who was convicted of manslaughter as a 12-year-old for setting a fire that killed his grandmother and went to prison as an adult for attempted robbery, was in Mexico City to ...
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Melbourne will be IT capital of country
Melbourne has been selected by the federal government as the location where the NBN’s operations centre will be headquartered, setting the stage for the city to become the IT, technology and communications capital of Australia.
Melbourne has a long-running rivalry with Sydney and, to a lesser degree, Perth. The two biggest cities in Australia competed intensely to be designated the capital in the early 20th century and Canberra was built from scratch and designated the national capital in large part because of such rivalry, but now Melbourne is set to have something that Sydney will not, the city has been officially chosen as the centre of operations for the ground-breaking National Broadband Network. Analysts and city leaders see the decision as one which will in time make Melbourne the IT hub of the country. Read more
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