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Philadelphia officer killed in 2-car crash

A Philadelphia police officer has died following a crash with another vehicle while answering a call northeast of the center of the city.

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Mon Nov 17, 2008

Kildare Nationalist

Pirates hijack massive oil tanker in show of strength

Somali pirates pulled off their most audacious hijack to date yesterday, venturing outside their usual waters to seize a Saudi Arabian supertanker laden with two million barrels of crude, in an attack that sent ...

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Related Topix: Piracy News, World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, US Military, US Navy

CBC

Investigators head to site of B.C. plane crash that killed 7

An RCMP boat prepares to head to the site of a seaplane crash on the southern section of Thormanby Island off B.C.'s Sunshine Coast on Monday morning.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Canada

Clarion Dispatch

Sterling woman killed in accident

A Sterling woman was killed Wednesday in a traffic collision on the Sterling Highway.

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Related Topix: Sterling, AK, Soldotna, AK, Central, AK

Daily Mail

Henry VIII used political spin to cover up what really sank the Mary Rose... it was the French

Political spin was used in Tudor times to cover up the true reason for why Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose was sunk in battle, a new study has found.

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Express

Carpenter killed, 5 injured in boat shooting

BLOODY ATTACK: After having a day of fun at Chacachacare on Sunday, Assim Ali, 42, of Cunupia, and his party were returning to the mainland when they were attacked by gunmen who rammed their boat.

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Sun Nov 16, 2008

CourierPostOnline

Leon Clarence Glaspie has been identified as a bank robbery suspect in Deptford.

A second suspect in Wednesday morning's bank robbery in Woodbury has been identified, but remains at large.

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Related Topix: Deptford, NJ, Woodbury, NJ, Philadelphia, PA Metro

National Post

One survivor reported in B.C. plane crash

Seven people died Sunday after a Pacific Coastal Airlines amphibious aircraft struck a steep hillside on Thormanby Island on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver A lone survivor was initially taken to St.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Canada,

United States Coast Guard

Coast Guard, local authorities searching for 1 near Mantua, N.J.

The Coast Guard and local authorities are searching Saturday for one person after the boat he was aboard capsized in Mantua Creek.

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Related Topix: Mantua, NJ

Calgary Herald

Astronauts inspect space shuttle on way to station 13 minutes ago

The shuttle Endeavour crew scanned the ship's wings and heat shield on Saturday, checking for damage after Friday's launch as it headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

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Related Topix: Cape Canaveral, FL, NASA

Palo Alto Weekly

VIDEO: Sea Scout building restoration project begins

Video The boat-shaped Sea Scout building that sits on the edge of the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve no longer sinks into the bay.

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MyFox St. Louis

Car Crashes Fleeing Police, Killing Passenger

A car fleeing Normandy Police crashes in Pine Lawn, killing the 18 year old passenger.

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Related Topix: Pine Lawn, MO

Sat Nov 15, 2008

The Saratogian

The eyes in the sky

Local World War II veteran among first to use airborne radar Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series paying tribute to Saratoga County veterans and those in the military on Veterans Day.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Wilton, NY

New Straits Times

At least 66 killed in Burkina Faso road accident

At least 66 people died Saturday when a bus and a truck collided and caught fire in Burkina Faso in one of West Africa's worst road accidents, the country's transport minister said.

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Related Topix: Burkina Faso, World News, Africa

The State

From 140 mph to zero in no time flat

I don't fear flying. But this is more like a controlled crash. I'm forced all the way into my seat in the cramped passenger compartment as the cargo plane goes into a sharp descending turn, tripling the force ...

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Related Topix: Crown Point, IN

Scotsman.com Business - Latest South ...

Man dies in tanker crash

A man has died when his car collided with a stationary fuel tanker in Kent, police said.

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KING-TV Seattle

Accidents shutdown major thoroughfares for hours

Investigators are looking into whether the bad weather played a role in two significant western Washington accidents Wednesday morning.

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Related Topix: West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Fremont (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA

Fri Nov 14, 2008

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

I-94 reopened after crash between semis, car kills one

A deadly collision between a tanker truck, semi and a car closed Interstate 94 in Waukesha County early Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Waukesha County, WI

Chicago Sun-Times

Three teens die in Fox River accident

Three teenage boys from a West Side high school drowned after a paddleboat sank in the Fox River in northwest suburban Algonquin early Friday.

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Related Topix: Algonquin, IL, Lake in the Hills, IL, Fire

The Block Island Times

Fishermen safe after boat capsizes off island

Three fishermen were rescued from 55-degree water October 31 after their boat capsized two miles east of Block Island.

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Related Topix: Block Island, RI, Wakefield, RI

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