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Calif. orders survey of all natural gas lines

By doris | Published: September 13, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SAN BRUNO, Calif. — California regulators are ordering Pacific Gas and Electric to survey all its natural gas lines in the state in the wake of a devastating suburban San Francisco blast that killed at least four. The order issued by the state’s Public Utilities Commission Sunday comes after the explosion [...]

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MGM defends safety practices after lion attack caught on tape

By doris | Published: September 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — MGM Resorts defended its safety practices Wednesday after amateur video surfaced showing a lion attacking its trainer inside its habitat at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, as horrified visitors to the hotel looked on. The trainer was treated and released from the hospital after the incident earlier [...]

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Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

By doris | Published: September 3, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS – Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Mostly notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but the distinctions don’t end there. Even though the Mariner Energy-owned [...]

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Toddler walks two blocks to reach medical help for her father

By doris | Published: August 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Alesaundra Tafoya’s parents have been teaching their daughter about safety in their Northern California community, pointing out such safe havens as fire stations if she ever finds herself in trouble. They weren’t, however, expecting 3-year-old Alesaundra to call upon those lessons when one of them needed help — but [...]

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Man falls 25 feet from ride line at Disney park

By doris | Published: August 20, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A 20-year-old man waiting in line for a ride at Disney’s California Adventure Park fell 25 to 30 feet Wednesday night, Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Rick Martinez said Thursday. The man was in the building housing the queue for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, when he put his [...]

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Bodies of 2 children recovered from river; mom arrested

By doris | Published: August 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The bodies of two children trapped inside a car submerged in the Edisto River in South Carolina have been recovered, and their mother has been arrested, authorities said Monday. State troopers responded to a report of a car accident early Monday and found a Chrysler sedan in the water [...]

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Lucky escape for boy, 13, hit by lightning at 13:13 on Friday the 13th

By doris | Published: August 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com A 13-year-old boy was struck by lightning — at 13:13 hours on Friday the 13th, according to reports. The teen was watching an air show at Lowestoft, England, when he was struck and was later treated for burns to his shoulder, the U.K.’s Mirror newspaper said. He is expected to fully [...]

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Joke on boat leads to four deaths

By doris | Published: August 13, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Four men died after horsing around in a boat on a southern Idaho reservoir, authorities said late Monday. The bodies of four men were found Monday evening in the American Falls Reservoir in the same area where the men had fallen into the water a day earlier, said Cpl. [...]

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Plane crashes are sadly all too common in Alaska

By doris | Published: August 12, 2010

Full Story atYahoo.com JUNEAU, Alaska – Anyone who has ever stepped foot on an airplane in Alaska is keenly aware of the dangers that lurk in every mountain pass and cloud on the horizon. Ted Stevens was so mindful of the risks that he once called plane crashes an occupational hazard for politicians in Alaska, [...]

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Investigators to work scene of deadly Alaska plane crash

By doris | Published: August 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Investigators will be on the scene Wednesday of a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four others. Also, autopsies are expected to be completed by the end of the day. Brutal terrain and bad weather on the remote Alaska mountain kept survivors waiting 12 hours [...]

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Sky Glider Stuck At State Fair

By doris | Published: August 7, 2010

Full Story at WISN.com WEST ALLIS, Wis. –Riders got stuck Thursday night when the Sky Glider stopped working on opening day of the Wisconsin State Fair. Fair organizers got the Sky Glider back operating on Friday afternoon.The West Allis Fire Department moved trucks onto the State Fair Grounds, according to Patrice Harris with the fair. [...]

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BP: ‘Static kill’ is working on Gulf well

By doris | Published: August 4, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — BP said Wednesday that it had reached the “desired outcome” in a procedure in which it pumped mud down the throat of the blown-out well that is leaking in the Gulf of Mexico. BP spokeswoman Sheila Williams said the mud is holding the oil down. [...]

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Bear gets stuck in car, goes on brief ride

By doris | Published: July 31, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — If you think you’ve heard it all, follow this tale of a hungry black bear who went for a ride, literally. Douglas County, Colorado, Sheriff’s deputies early Friday got a call about a honking car and a commotion inside. Perhaps it was teenagers or a thief, they thought as [...]

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Allen says seep has been detected, demands results from BP tests

By doris | Published: July 19, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Testing continues and scientists are evaluating the results to decide whether to resume collecting oil from BP’s ruptured deepwater well, the company said Monday. BP’s statement came hours after Thad Allen, the federal government’s oil spill response director, said that testing had revealed a “detected seep a distance from [...]

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‘Integrity’ testing on Gulf well cap delayed

By doris | Published: July 14, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — BP has put off crucial “integrity tests” on the new stacking cap on its ruptured Gulf oil well so it can review testing procedures, a review expected to take place through the night and into Wednesday. The oil giant had expected the tests — to check [...]

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Horses bolt at parade; 1 dead, 23 hurt

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com BELLEVUE, Iowa — Two runaway horses pulling a wagon trampled spectators at a small-town Fourth of July parade, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring at least 23 other people, four critically. The horses bolted after one rubbed its head against the other, removing that horse’s bridle, police said. They galloped for [...]

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3 burned in gas explosion in Oklahoma

By doris | Published: June 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Three workers were burned Tuesday when a gas line exploded in a rural area west of Pocasset, Oklahoma, according to Deputy Chief Brian Zalewski of the Chickasha, Oklahoma, fire department. Zalewski told CNN all three workers were taken to an Oklahoma City hospital, suffering from injuries caused by burns [...]

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Robots succeed, cut well pipe; oil gushes into Gulf

By doris | Published: June 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — A new flow of oil emerged from BP’s damaged undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening after a remote-controlled submarine successfully cut into the well’s riser pipe. BP used robots in its latest attempt to curtail the flow of crude from the largest spill in U.S. [...]

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‘Top kill’ fails, BP moves on ‘to next option’

By doris | Published: May 30, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Robert, Louisiana (CNN) — Three attempts to pump mud and 16 tries to stuff solid material into a breached Gulf of Mexico oil well failed to stop the flow, top BP executives said Saturday, and engineers and executives with the oil giant have decided to “move on to the next option.” [...]

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BP resumes ‘top kill’ effort to stop leak

By doris | Published: May 28, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.com COVINGTON, La. – As BP labored for a second day Thursday to choke off the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. The company announced late in the day [...]

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