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Commuter train engineer Robert Sanchez and his young rail fan became fast friends with their constant chatter in text messages about their shared love of trains.
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The Walt Disney Company has spent $11 million to buy 14 acres of land in the newly-opened National Harbor in plans to build a theme-based hotel.
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A new paper recycling and conservation paper law has been adopted by the state of Washington. On 6th May, 2009, Washington state Governor Chris...
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A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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President Barack Obama’s pledge to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons won praise Monday from China and key developing countries, and spurred hope...
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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Swine flu could shine a glaring light on the best and worst about American-style health care.
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Though it may be decades, Joe Harris Sullivan is waiting to die in prison for a crime he committed at age 13, one of thousands of children who have been sentenced to...
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President Barack Obama’s joke wasn’t lost in translation _ even though he referred to a Cinco de Mayo celebration as “Cinco de Cuatro.”
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The Food and Drug Administration says it has found at least 20 Web sites that may be fraudulently marketing products with claims they guard against or cure swine flu.
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An astronomical diagram pointed a Sacramento, Calif., high school team toward victory Monday in the National Science Bowl.
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As regulators prepare to reveal how banks fared on “stress tests” _ a key part of the government’s plan to fix the financial system _ investors seem...
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President Barack Obama has told a leading Senate Republican he would not nominate a radical or extremist to the Supreme Court.
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President Barack Obama is celebrating Cinco de Mayo a little early.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Jewish elementary school students that the Bush administration did not use illegal interrogation tactics. Her remarks...
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Rail union officials have told a federal safety panel that a minimum of two people should be assigned to the cabs of all freight, passenger and commuter trains.
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Federal investigators are continuing their review of a train collision in California last year that killed 25 people.
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The engineer of a commuter train that crashed and killed 25 people in California last year planned to let a teenage boy operate the locomotive in violation of safety...
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Documents show the engineer of a Metrolink train that crashed and killed 25 people in Los Angeles last year was planning to let a rail fan ride in the cab and operate...
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Federal investigators say the conductor of a freight train involved in a collision that killed 25 people tested positive for marijuana after the accident.
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The engineer of a commuter train failed to stop at a red light before slamming head-on into a freight train in a crash that killed 25 people and injured at least 130...
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Federal safety investigators are expected to unveil more details Tuesday about text messages from the operator of a commuter train involved in a deadly collision last...
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Federal officials say a medically unfit pilot, an ineffective captain and poor communications between the two helped cause an accident in which a ship spilled fuel oil...
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Federal safety officials say poor communications among crew members played a critical role in the crash of a container ship that led to a massive oil spill in...
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Federal safety officials are expected to announce Wednesday the probable cause of a container ship crash that led to a massive oil spill in California nearly 15 months...
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A federal safety board recommended Friday that the federal government establish a program to detect errors in bridge designs to prevent a repeat of last year’s...
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A federal safety board has decided the probable cause of last year’s deadly collapse of a Minneapolis bridge was a design flaw that went unnoticed for 40 years.
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The design flaw that brought down a highway bridge in Minneapolis went undetected for 40 years. Federal safety officials say that, even today, government design reviews...
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A safety investigator probing the Minneapolis highway bridge collapse said Friday that existing state and federal design review processes may not be adequate to detect...
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A safety investigator probing the Minneapolis highway bridge collapse said Friday that existing state and federal design review processes may not be adequate to detect...
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A federal safety board is expected to decide what caused last year’s deadly collapse of a Minneapolis highway bridge, a day after pointing to design flaw as the...
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Undersized steel plates and the stress of 287 tons of stockpiled construction material were singled out Thursday as reasons for last year’s collapse of a highway...
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All gliders should be required to operate with devices that alert air traffic controllers and other aircraft to their presence, federal regulators recommended Tuesday,...
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, a gash stretches along the hull of the Cosco Busan as the cargo freighter anchors in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. A medically unfit pilot, an ineffective captain and poor communications between the two were...
