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IAEA faults Japan over tsunami defences
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, placed the blame for the world's second-worst civil nuclear accident on weaknesses in the design of the Fukushima Daiichi station, rather than the actions of plant operators or government
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:24A
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaSafety questions arise after fatal Va. bus
(AP) - Driver fatigue was cited as a factor in a tour bus crash on a Virginia highway that killed four people and sent more than 50 others to hospitals. The operator faces charges while the discount company, which has a particularly poor safety record,
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:24A
Traffic alert: Crash on Interstate 95 near Deerfield Beach
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Updated: 06/01/2011 06:23A
EDITORIAL: Germany's unlikely anti-nuclear dream
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Updated: 06/01/2011 06:22A
Fundraiser set for Stonington High grad injured in accident
By AP By Joe Wojtas June 01--STONINGTON -- A fundraiser will be held Saturday night at the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society in the borough for a 22-year-old local man badly injured in an April car accident in Florida. On April 16, Jonathan Salovitz was
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:22A
Pa. school van driver dies in crash with motor home, student hurt
The Northampton County coroner's office says 42-year-old Kelly Quier was killed in the crash Tuesday afternoon in Upper Nazareth Township, Northampton County. Township police say an initial investigation indicates Quier left her lane while driving the
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:22A
Police veteran dies in river accident
By AP By Robert Moran June 01--A 55-year-old Philadelphia police sergeant died Tuesday afternoon when his car plunged into the Schuylkill, authorities said. Sgt. Stephen Naughton, a 31-year veteran who worked in the Community Relations Unit,
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:22A
Sean Kingston To Recover In Six Weeks
Reports also indicated that Kingston had purchased the jet ski only days before the crash. His passenger, Cassandra Sanchez, was quoted saying that Kingston was driving "really fast" when he crashed into the bridge. "Both jet skis pulled out of the
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:22A
FEMA eyes debt take-back as hurricane season looms By The Associated Press
Under political pressure to help residents after Katrina, FEMA relaxed its safeguards and paid millions so victims could pay for food, clothing, shelter and medicine and also get started on home repairs. But that allowed thousands of improper and
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:22A
Somerset residents told not to drink town water after landscaping accident
AP SOMERSET, Mass. — Residents of Somerset are being told not to drink tap water for at least a couple of days because a lawn-care company may have inadvertently tainted the town's water supply with hydro seeding material. Selectman William Meehan said
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:21A