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Feds: Fire took down WTC 7
The Associated PressFederal investigators said Thursday they have solved a mystery of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: the collapse of World Trade Center building 7, a source of long-running conspiracy theories. The 47-story trapezoid-shaped building sat north of the World...Tags: CBS Corp., Standards, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Structural Failures
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Big mining returns to rural Mexico
Associated PressThe past of this old mining town is again reverberating through its narrow stone-paved streets, as global mining interests blast away with dynamite the mineral-rich mountain that has loomed above the town for centuries. Plumes of dust arise from...Tags: Metal, Metal and Mineral, Employees, Tourism and Leisure, Mining
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Dam failure forces canyon evacuations
PHOENIX — Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon caused an earthen dam to fail Sunday and created flooding that forced helicopters to pluck hundreds of residents and campers and deliver them to safety. No injuries were immediately reported....Tags: Structural Failures
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Industrial accident in Allentown
Emergency workers are at the scene of an industrial accident in the 2100 block of Mitchell Avenue in south Allentown, according to scanner reports. An employee, described as being a male in his 30s, was crushed by large metal plates at 2171 Mitchell Ave....Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Allentown, Metal and Mineral, Injuries, Emergency Planning
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2 miles of Washington Street to be restricted for upgrades in Waukegan and Gurnee
Lanes of a 2-mile section of Washington Street in Waukegan and Gurnee will be closed for about a year starting Tuesday for repairs and improvements, officials said. The move will affect one lane of traffic in each direction of the four-lane road, from...Tags: Waukegan
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Can the Lehigh Valley support minor league hockey?
The Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League will need a new home when the Spectrum is torn down next year. At least two developers want to build an arena in the Lehigh Valley, possibly in Allentown, to serve as the new home of the Phantoms,...Tags: Ice Hockey, Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Philadelphia Phantoms, Field Hockey, Philadelphia Flyers
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Bloomberg to promote acting buildings commissioner
Associated Press WriterMayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday he would promote his acting buildings commissioner to head a department beset by a wave of deadly construction accidents, a day after the City Council passed a law that would loosen the requirements for the job....Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Government, Employees, Technology, Columbia University
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Nuclear waste issue
It always amazes me how informed people can leave out truths that are inconvenient to their biases. In all the writing pro and con on the issue of nuclear power, why is it that no one mentions the latest version of the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Waste, Disasters, Nuclear Power, Williamsburg
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Crossroads at Paradox Valley
Of The Associated PressCattleman George Glasier sees the next nuclear era amid the blood-orange mesas of the Paradox Valley, the same Western range lands that hold a darker legacy from the last rush to pull uranium from the ground. Residents of this valley near the Four...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Steve Carlton, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Nuclear Power, John McCain
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Gains In U.S.-Russian Relations At Risk
Chicago TribuneSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates began talks last fall with their Russian counterparts to launch a long-term strategic dialogue, and the Bush administration praised what it saw as a new desire by Moscow to shed its...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Economic Sanctions, Johns Hopkins University, Foreign Aid, Peace Negotiations
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U.S.-Russia ties take a sharp turn
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates began talks last fall with their Russian counterparts to launch a long-term strategic dialogue, and the Bush administration hailed what it saw as a new desire by...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Economic Sanctions, Johns Hopkins University, Foreign Aid, Peace Negotiations
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2 rescued after scaffold collapses at condo tower
South Florida Sun-sentinelTwo workers were rescued Wednesday after their scaffold collapsed and they were left dangling high up the side of a 17-story condo building. Fort Lauderdale firefighters rappelled down the White Egret condos on Northeast 33rd Avenue to reach the...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Health and Safety at Work, Fires, Employees
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