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At least 9 killed after 2 strong earthquakes hit Tibet
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Two earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas, killing at least nine people and collapsing hundreds of houses, China's state news agency said Tuesday. Rescuers rushed in to try to save people buried in the rubble. The...Tags: Employees, Disasters, Earthquakes, Newspapers, Natural Disasters
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30 die after 2 strong quakes hit Tibet
A pair of strong earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas today, killing more than 30 people and causing hundreds of houses to collapse, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Rescuers rushed to the scene to try to save an unknown...Tags: Employees, Disasters, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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Construction worker deaths fell in NYC in 2007
national figures, background on changes made at city buildings department. Moving on general news and financial services. NEW YORK (AP) _ Construction deaths fell by nearly half in New York City last year after spiking the year before, according to a...Tags: Suicide, Injuries, Employees, Health and Safety at Work, Construction
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Recess will never be the same
Special to The Baltimore SunThe playground at Havre de Grace Elementary School wasn't very inviting. It contained metal bars and slides, and it didn't engage the children when they played outside during recess. There were safety concerns, and the play areas were not accessible to...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Obesity, Illnesses, People, Metal and Mineral
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Advantages of medevac transport challenged
Even as emergency medical officials in Maryland consider stricter criteria for flying patients, in the wake of last weekend's fatal medevac helicopter crash in Prince George's County, some trauma specialists think they should be exploring a more...Tags: Transportation, Injuries, Medicine, Emergency Planning, Emergency Incidents
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Commercial Laundry Destroyed By Fire In Hartford
andShortly after 11 p.m. Friday, when an employee of the Sunshine Laundry Co. drove by the business at 739 Maple Ave., everything was quiet. About a half-hour later, the building was engulfed in flames, destroyed by the fast-moving fire. On Saturday,...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Avon (Hartford, Connecticut), Fires, Wethersfield, Connecticut College
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Silverstein could be challenge for WTC schedule
Associated Press WriterThe politicians in charge of the World Trade Center site checked off the problems solved that had stalled the effort to rebuild it for seven years: a subway line running through the middle of the site. A land deal with a church. An over-budget, newly...Tags: Renovation, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Office and Retail Spaces, Rentals, Rental Service
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Gulf states turn oil wealth into glitter at home, influence abroad
Chicago Tribune correspondentDOHA, Qatar — While the U.S. reels under the weight of its financial crisis, the sparsely populated sheikdoms of the oil-rich Arabian peninsula are wallowing in more money than they know what to do with. These desert nations, most of them tiny...Tags: Northwestern University, Energy Resources, Natural Gas, Imperial and Royal Matters, Georgetown
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HARTFORD: Fire Destroys Laundromat
A two-alarm fire destroyed a Maple Avenue laundromat late Friday. Firefighters were called to the building at 739 Maple Ave. about 11:30 p.m. As the first fire crew arrived at the Sunshine Laundry Co. building, the roof was collapsing as flames shot...Tags: Fires
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Contractor disputes collapse report
The contractor for a construction project in Chester is disputing an engineering report that faults the company for the fatal building collapse last month. An engineer hired by Chesterfield County to review the collapse, said in a report that the...Tags: Chesterfield County
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No criminal charges in fatal collapse
Chesterfield County investigators say they don't plan to file criminal charges in the fatal collapse of a building under construction. County officials say there was no evidence of criminal conduct in the September 10 collapse. An investigation...Tags: Criminal Laws, Laws, Chesterfield County
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Fact check: Biden spins a helicopter tale and invokes Penn coal roots deeper than they go
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ When Joe Biden tells voters he understands the threat posed by Afghan extremists, he dramatically illustrates one reason why: His helicopter was "forced down" on "the superhighway of terror." Actually, snow, not the enemy, persuaded...Tags: Armed Conflicts, John Kerry, Coal, Achievement Records, Metal and Mineral
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