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Schumer, Gillibrand Propose Bill For Mandatory Bus Driver Training
Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have co-sponsored a federal bill to improve the training of commercial bus drivers, after a crackdown took off the road several tour buses similar to the one involved Saturday's deadly accident in the
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
5 dead, 1 injured as twin-engine plane crashes on takeoff at California airport
Authorities say a plane crash at Long Beach Airport has killed five people and injured a sixth. Long Beach fire spokesman Steve Yamamoto says all six were aboard the twin-engine Beechcraft Air King that crashed and burned during a takeoff at about
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
WKBT News 8 - La Crosse, WIMarine in Iraq war crime case seeks clemency
The military's highest court disagreed and said the error was not serious enough to warrant a new trial. That court reinstated the conviction, and the Marine Corps sent Hutchins back to the brig last month to complete his 11-year sentence after he
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
Heath: 'Crazy' Legislative Session Spoiled Again by Inaction
Perhaps looking to set himself apart from the crowded field, Thompson instead championed the creation of business courts for West Virginia. However, the business court proposal is a solution in search of a problem. Business-to-business disputes aren't
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
Support rises in US for covered bonds law
The legislative proposals have garnered added attention because of the current efforts to reduce the US home loan market's dependence on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage financing organisations responsible for funding more than 90 per cent of
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
Road clear after A14 chaos
A woman driver was unable to exit her car following the crash and a lane was closed as the vehicle was removed. Traffic was slow back to junction 25 at Hemingford Abbott for about an hour, but the road was clear by 8pm.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
Jury returns guilty verdict in trial of former RI art dealer accused in $6
Today's verdict proves him wrong." The trial focused on an invention called the Drink Stik, a device that connects beverage containers to respirators and gas masks worn by soldiers in contaminated areas. Prosecutors argued that DeSimone, 57,
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:21P
Damaged reactor now 'spewing radiation'
By comparison, the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in the US was a five while the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine, which caused widespread contamination, was a seven. "We have the feeling that we are at least more than level five and probably at
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:20P
10gen Announces MongoDB v1.8
The latest version of MongoDB adds several new features, including journaling that allows for fast recovery in the case of a crash, support for covered and sparse indexes, and incremental map/reduce. In addition to these new features, 10gen continued
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:20P
Five dead in Long Beach Airport crash
Five people are dead and one person is in critical condition after a twin-engine airplane crashed and burst into flames at Long Beach Airport at 10:30 am, according to Mario Rodriguez, director of the Long Beach Airport. The private plane departed the
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:20P
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