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6.1 earthquake rattles Puerto Rico
ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands -- A strong earthquake jolted people awake Saturday in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and nearby Puerto Rico. There were no reports of damages or injuries. The magnitude-6.1 quake was the strongest to hit Puerto Rico in...Tags: Puerto Rico
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Russia: Earthquake kills at least 12
A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. The quake was centered northeast of the Chechen...Tags: Emergency Planning, Wars and Interventions
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12 killed in Russian North Caucasus quake
A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. The quake hit around 1 p.m. (0900 GMT) and was...Tags: Emergency Planning, Wars and Interventions
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Will sour economy end our fling with bling?
The Wall Street JournalFrancesco Trapani, chief executive of Bulgari Group, is cutting back on the fixed costs of his jet-setting lifestyle. The jewelry, luxury-goods and hotel magnate recently sold his 137-foot yacht, the ''Christianne B,'' and he's holding off on buying...Tags: Corporate Officers, Disasters, Ralph Lauren, PPR, Federal Reserve
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Chivas USA clinches third straight MLS playoff spot
From the Associated PressJustin Braun scored in the seventh minute and Chivas USA beat the San Jose Earthquakes, 1-0, on Saturday night to clinch its third straight MLS playoff appearance. Braun took a long pass down the left side of the field from Alecko Eskandarian and drilled...Tags: Disasters, Alecko Eskandarian, Joe Cannon, Natural Disasters
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6.1 earthquake shakes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico; no reports of damage
ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) _ A strong earthquake jolted people awake Saturday in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and nearby Puerto Rico. There were no immediate reports of damages. The magnitude 6.1 quake was the strongest to hit Puerto...Tags: Puerto Rico
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At least 12 killed after strong earthquake hits Russia's North Caucasus
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) _ A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. The quake hit around...Tags: Emergency Planning, Wars and Interventions
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Ayers a pointless campaign ploy
WASHINGTON — The real "man of the hour" at the latest presidential debate was the man who wasn't there. Oh, he was lurking about, hiding behind the stage curtains and troubling people's minds, as we used to say in the Midwest. Sarah Palin, also...Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Hyde Park, Bill Ayers, Tsunamis, Richard M. Daley
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2 strong quakes kill more than 30 in Tibet
BEIJING Two earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas yesterday, killing more than 30 people and collapsing hundreds of houses, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. Rescuers rushed in to try to save people buried in the... -
Seismologists say Arctic quake sent waves through Nevada; machine wrongly read as quake
NORTH FORK, Nev. (AP) _ Scientists say what appeared to be an earthquake in northeastern Nevada was actually a seismograph picking up waves from an earlier quake in the Arctic Ocean. A preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude-...Tags: Bodies of Water, North Fork, Oceans
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Small earthquake hits California
A small-to-moderate earthquake has shaken San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, but there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The magnitude-4.1 temblor struck at 2:41 a.m. Thursday. It was centered 6 miles northeast of Yucaipa and...Tags: San Bernardino County, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California)
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Rescuers rush help to survivors of Tibet quake that killed 10 and destroyed hundreds of homes
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Rescuers rushed tents, food and water to villagers in Tibet on Tuesday after an earthquake and scores of aftershocks rattled the capital and surrounding areas, killing at least 10 people and collapsing hundreds of houses. State media...Tags: Newspapers, Injuries, Buddhism, News Agency, Dalai Lama
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