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Duck boat crash kills two in Philadelphia

As reported by Hugh Patterson: Philadelphia – An amphibious duck boat loaded with 35 passengers and two crew members was struck by a barge Friday on the Delaware River outside of Philadelphia. Two passengers were killed as a result of the collision. The amphibious vehicle has been stopped because of possible engine trouble for five [...]

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ATV Accident Causes Fire and Casualty

As reported by David Shepherd: A Valley man is dead following an ATV accident in Clay County Saturday.  Police say the male victim was ridding his ATV in a wooded area off of CR 1350 N about five miles north of Brazil when it appears he lost control. The ATV flipped and pinned the man [...]

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Intruder Shot In Forestville Residence

As reported by The Washington Post: A male apparently trying to rob an apartment in the Forestville area of Prince George’s County Monday morning was shot and killed by someone inside the home, authorities said. The incident started about 9 a.m., when police were called to the 4400 block of Rena Road for a reported [...]

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Fatal crash involving bee truck closes I-35 in Lakeville

By Kare11.com   LAKEVILLE, Minn. — At least one person has died in a multi-vehicle accident involving a bee truck on Interstate 35 late Monday morning.   The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday on northbound I-35 near County Road 70 in Lakeville.   St. Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske told KARE 11 one person is confirmed dead, while one [...]

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Reynolds Told to Pay $29.1 Million to Smoker’s Widow

By Bob Van Voris   May 20 (Bloomberg) — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $29.1 million to Connie Buonomo, the widow of a Florida man who started smoking at age 13 and died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2008, a jury in Fort Lauderdale said.   The unanimous verdict today by six state [...]

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Major Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Residents Against Corporations for Failing to Clean Up Cancer Causing Waste

May 19, 2010 By JDJournal.com   Residents have filed a class action lawsuit in New Jersey State Court, Hudson County against Honeywell International of New Jersey and PPG Industries of Pennsylvania for dumping and failing to clean up cancer-causing hexavalent chromium waste in their neighborhoods.   According to today’s press release at PR Newswire, the [...]

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Toy Dart Guns Recalled for Suffocation Risk After 2 Children Die

By Bill Hendrick WebMD Health News     May 17, 2010 — Nearly 2 million toy dart gun sets that have been linked to two asphyxiation deaths in the Midwest are being recalled by Charlotte, N.C.-based Family Dollar Stores, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said today.   The China-made toys, sold exclusively at Family [...]

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Tri-met Bus hits pedestrians, killing two

  PORTLAND, Ore. (CBS) – Two people were killed and three others injured when a city bus ran over a group of pedestrians in Portland, Oregon late Saturday night.   Police say the Tri-Met bus was turning left onto a street when it hit the people crossing the street. Officers found several people trapped beneath [...]

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Subway Worker Is Electrocuted

By New York Times   A subway maintenance supervisor was electrocuted early Monday morning while working on track repairs in the Rockaways, the first on-the-job death of a transit worker in three years.   The supervisor, James Knell, 45, a 13-year veteran of the subway system, was assisting on a track replacement project near the [...]

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Man faces charges in fatal golf cart accident

A Waltham, Mass. man is facing 9 felony charges after being involved in a fatal golf cart accident on September 9, 2009.  According to prosecutors, Andrew Morrissey was drunk when he drove his golf cart into a minvan on an Albany highway.   The cart driven by Morrissey had 3 passengers; Robin Clohecy, Jared Frontiero [...]

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