By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Wed Sep 7, 2011 8:13pm EDT (Reuters) – A worker at the Kensington Gold Mine in Alaska was killed in an accident on the job on Monday morning, the mine’s owner said. A spokesman for the mine’s parent company, Idaho-based Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., said the miner was underground ... Read more

By Christine Many from Reader’s Digest Traveling to School When parents talk about school safety these days, they’re usually referring to the surge in violence at schools. But research shows that school-age children are actually nine times more likely to sustain an unintentional injury — whether on the playground or in school — than to ... Read more

6:58 PM, Sep 2, 2011 Salem, IL (KSDK) – A bus crash in Salem, Illinois sent 36 people to the hospital Friday afternoon after blowing a tire. The Williams Tours bus ran off the road on Interstate 57 six and a half miles north of Salem, and struck a tree. Seventeen of the injured were ... Read more

By Brad Cochi Longmont Times-Call Posted: 08/05/2011 05:40:34 PM MDT LONGMONT — Biking around on summer afternoons is an excellent thing for kids to do. But, only if they do it safely. Thanks to the weeklong Adventure Bike Camp, Longmont kids have a place to learn the safety basics. “It’s about taking young kids who ... Read more

By Jay Sorgi CREATED Aug. 30, 2011 – UPDATED: Aug. 30, 2011 MILWAUKEE – Authorities have removed the body of a 58-year-old man who died in an industrial accident Tuesday morning. Family members identified the victim as Henry LaFlore. According to Milwaukee Fire Department Deputy Chief Michael Romas, his head was crushed in a press. ... Read more