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Yo-Yo amusement park rides recalled

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:30:24 +0000

An amusement park ride manufacturer Wednesday recalled about 85 Yo-Yo rides to repair defects involved in two accidents.

Grandma arrested for driving with child on roof

AP — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:35:55 +0000

Authorities say a grandmother was arrested for driving around the parking lot of a Marathon grocery store with her 3-year-old child sitting on the roof of the car.

Teacher lasts 20 hours on carnival ride, wins $1K

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:05:47 +0000

A Minnesota high school has teacher lasted 20 hours on a carnival ride to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at the Mall of America.Forty-year-old Jim Salava (suh-LAH’-vuh), of Oakdale, was declared the winner at the Nickelodeon Universe theme...

Teacher lasts 20 hours on roller coaster, wins $1K

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:31:14 +0000

A Minnesota high school has teacher lasted 20 hours on a roller coaster to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at the Mall of America.Forty-year-old Jim Salava (suh-LAH’-vuh), of Oakdale, was declared the winner at the Nickelodeon Universe theme...

Teacher lasts 20 hours on ride to win challenge

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:46:48 +0000

A Oakdale high school teacher lasted 20 hours on an amusement park ride at the Mall of America to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at Nickelodeon Universe. Jim Salava, 40, was declared the winner when his final opponent stepped down at 2:35...

"FOOLED AGAIN?"

Veena — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:51:17 +0000

What is going on in the minds of our choosen and esteemed representative of the Government? Whose brainwave was it to get rid the Left and extend a hand of friendship towards SP in one go all in the name of the Nuclear deal? The left was being a...

2 girls remain hospitalized following carnival ride crash

AP — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:40:02 +0000

A mechanical failure caused the collapse of a spinning-chair ride at a county fair that injured all 23 aboard, mostly children, according to an initial investigation by state inspectors.All of the victims but two had been released from hospitals...

Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:40:04 +0000

A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard.The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, about 80...

Carnival ride collapses in California; 17 injured

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:38:56 +0000

A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring at least 17, including three seriously, an emergency official said.The ride has arms that fling out as they spin around an axis, said Dennis Townsend with...

California fairgoers injured when ride collapses

AP — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:40:44 +0000

Emergency officials say a carnival ride has collapsed at a fairgrounds, injuring three people severely.Dennis Townsend, a chief with the California state fire department, told The Associated Press that 14 other fairgoers suffered minor injuries...