http://www.mail.com/subjects/300-accidents.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/300-accidents.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759934-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They don't call it rocket science for nothing. North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of attacking the United States, Europe and other far-away targets. But experts say Pyongyang is years away from even having a shot at deve... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1759934-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html 2012-12-13T10:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763308-calif-robbery-spurs-chase-long-campus-lockdown.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — What began as yet another car chase on Southern California freeways turned into a saga that spanned three counties, with one of five suspects arrested within sight of the Los Angeles police chief at a charity event and other suspects leaving students and staff stranded for up to eight hours as police searched the Cal State Fullerton campus. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763308-calif-robbery-spurs-chase-long-campus-lockdown.html 2012-12-13T09:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1763416-cowboys-to-practice-memorial-service.html IRVING, Texas (AP) — The corner locker assigned to Jerry Brown at the Dallas Cowboys facility remained untouched Wednesday. A day after a private memorial service for Brown, the practice squad member killed in a car accident involving a teammate, his Cowboys helmet hung on a hook below a shelf with several pairs of cleats. Towels marked with his No. 53 we... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1763416-cowboys-to-practice-memorial-service.html 2012-12-13T08:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762914-police-search-calif-campus-robbery-suspects.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students at Cal State Fullerton who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms Wednesday afternoon prepared to stay put into the night as police searched for two suspects in a jewelry store robbery, while another suspect was caught after a high-speed pursuit that spanned three counties and ended on a baseball field where Los Angeles' police chi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762914-police-search-calif-campus-robbery-suspects.html 2012-12-13T05:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761420-noaa-chief-will-leave-february.html NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who was a key figure in the federal government's response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 said Wednesday she will leave her post at the end of February. "I have decided to return to my family and academia," Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, wrote to NOAA employees... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761420-noaa-chief-will-leave-february.html 2012-12-12T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760470-inquiry-86-crash-killing-mozambique-leader.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police have opened a new investigation into the 1986 airplane crash that killed Mozambique's Marxist president and more than 20 others, an official said Wednesday, an incident many have blamed on the former apartheid government. President Samora Machel, who had led Mozambique from its independence in 1975, died when the t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1760470-inquiry-86-crash-killing-mozambique-leader.html 2012-12-12T10:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 miles per hour, Mexico's top transportation official said Tuesday. In the first detailed account of the moments leading up to the crash that killed ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html 2012-12-12T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759222-cowboys-brent-attends-memorial-with-team-support.html DALLAS (AP) — Jason Garrett gave the Dallas Cowboys a day off after his players somehow pulled off a win in Cincinnati while reeling from a one-car accident that killed one teammate and landed another in jail. Many players showed up at team headquarters anyway and there was Josh Brent, the hulking defensive tackle who missed the trip after police say he w... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1759222-cowboys-brent-attends-memorial-with-team-support.html 2012-12-11T22:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759736-jan-to-rule-bp-45b-plea-deal-spill.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge will decide next month whether to accept a plea deal that calls for BP PLC to pay a record $4.5 billion in penalties for its role in a deadly 2010 rig explosion and the massive oil spill it triggered in the Gulf of Mexico. To resolve a Justice Department probe, the London-based oil giant agreed last month to plead guilty... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1759736-jan-to-rule-bp-45b-plea-deal-spill.html 2012-12-11T22:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759274-medical-helicopter-hit-bad-weather-crash.html CHICAGO (AP) — A medical helicopter pilot hit bad weather and was trying to return to the hospital hangar shortly before the aircraft crashed into a northern Illinois field, killing him and two nurses, authorities said Tuesday. Pilot Andy Olesen radioed to dispatchers at Rockford Memorial Hospital that he was turning around because he had "encountered som... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759274-medical-helicopter-hit-bad-weather-crash.html 2012-12-11T21:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759538-why-efforts-to-factory-fires-failed.html About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big retailers met nearby to discuss ways to prevent the unsafe working conditions that have made such tragedies common. Representatives from a dozen of the world's largest retailers and fashion labels gathered wi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759538-why-efforts-to-factory-fires-failed.html 2012-12-11T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758152-ntsb-use-ignition-locks-drunken-drivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Every state should require convicted drunken drivers, including first-time offenders, to use devices that prevent them from starting a car's engine if their breath tests positive for alcohol, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The ignition interlock devices — already required for all convicted drunken drivers in 17 st... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758152-ntsb-use-ignition-locks-drunken-drivers.html 2012-12-11T19:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758832-cyprus-court-orders-retrial-plane-crash.html NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for four former airline officials who had been acquitted of manslaughter and other charges for a 2005 plane crash that killed 121 passengers and crew members. The Helios Airways crash drew international attention because of the unusual circumstances surrounding it. Greek investiga... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758832-cyprus-court-orders-retrial-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico. Investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying Rivera and find out why it went dow... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757734-apnewsbreak-explo-faced-scrutiny-la-scare.html DOYLINE, La. (AP) — The explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town has come under scrutiny for explosions and its handling of dangerous materials before, and it was so far behind on its rent that the Louisiana National Guard refused to lease it more space. Explo Systems Inc. was cited for safety violations by the federal g... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757734-apnewsbreak-explo-faced-scrutiny-la-scare.html 2012-12-11T15:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758412-14-killed-bridge-collapses-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Heavy rains in South Africa have caused a bridge to collapse, killing 14 people. The South African Press Association reported Tuesday that the bridge collapsed in the nation's Mpumalanga province. Joseph Mabuza, a spokesman for the province's safety department, said that three vehicles drove onto the bridge in the dark after it had col... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758412-14-killed-bridge-collapses-south-africa.html 2012-12-11T15:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757504-crashes-raise-concern-pakistani-air-force.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Over a dozen Pakistani air force planes have crashed in roughly the past 18 months, raising concerns about the health of an aging fleet that officials are struggling to upgrade because of a lack of funds. A significant number of the air force's combat aircraft are nearly half a century old and have been called on in recent years to help t... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757504-crashes-raise-concern-pakistani-air-force.html 2012-12-11T05:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757440-faa-3-killed-medical-helicopter-crash-ill.html ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in northern Illinois, killing all three people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration reports the helicopter crashed Monday night while traveling from Rockford, near the Wisconsin border, to a hospital about 60 miles south in Mendota. The helicopter was registered to Rockford Me... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757440-faa-3-killed-medical-helicopter-crash-ill.html 2012-12-11T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T01:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1757104-cowboys-player-death-raises-question-safety-net.html IRVING, Texas (AP) — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Demarcus Dobbs walked away from a one-vehicle accident on his 25th birthday last month and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Less than two weeks later, with the NFL rocked by the car crash that killed Dallas Cowboys player Jerry Brown and left his teammate, Josh Brent, facing a... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1757104-cowboys-player-death-raises-question-safety-net.html 2012-12-10T22:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1756740-list-music-stars-who-died-air-crashes.html With hectic tours to often remote places, the music world has been hit hard by air tragedies over the years. On Sunday, Mexican singing star Jenni Rivera and six others were killed when their Learjet crashed in rugged territory following a concert in Monterrey, Mexico. Here are other notable musicians who lost their lives in air crashes: — Dec. 15, 1944:... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1756740-list-music-stars-who-died-air-crashes.html 2012-12-10T19:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755084-govt-building-felled-nz-quake-built.html SYDNEY (AP) — A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand's devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an inexperienced engineer, inadequately constructed and should never have been issued a building permit, a government report said Monday. The Canterbury Television (CTV) building crumbled to the ground dur... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755084-govt-building-felled-nz-quake-built.html 2012-12-10T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1754550-singer-feared-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying Jenni Rivera, the U.S-born singer whose soulful voice and unfettered discussion of a series of personal travails made her a Mexican-American superstar, was found in northern Mexico on Sunday. Authorities said there were no survivors. The singer's father, Pedro Rivera, said he t... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1754550-singer-feared-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html 2012-12-10T04:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750318-hundreds-fishermen-missing-philippine-storm.html NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated the Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen at sea, officials said. The fishermen from southern General Santos city and nearby Sarangani province left a few days before Typhoon Bopha hit ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750318-hundreds-fishermen-missing-philippine-storm.html 2012-12-09T23:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1754594-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-team-grieving.html CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cowboys bowed their heads, put hands over their hearts and honored a teammate killed in a car accident during a moment of silence before their game on Sunday, their minds never far from the NFL's latest tragedy. Dan Bailey's 40-yard field goal as time ran out gave Dallas a 20-19 win over the Cincinnati Bengals that provided a few sec... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1754594-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-team-grieving.html 2012-12-09T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753998-papal-envoy-to-ivory-coast-dies-car-accident.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's president says that the papal envoy to Ivory Coast was killed in a traffic accident. Ouattara expressed "deep regret," in a statement read out on state television Saturday evening over the death of Indian archbishop Ambrose Madtha. Madtha, who assumed his post in 2008, had officiated a service in the northwestern ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753998-papal-envoy-to-ivory-coast-dies-car-accident.html 2012-12-09T11:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1753328-cowboy-charged-player-dies-auto-accident.html IRVING, Texas (AP) — Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed teammate Jerry Brown. Irving police spokesman John Argumaniz said the accident happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday in the Dallas suburb, hours before Brent was to be on a team fli... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1753328-cowboy-charged-player-dies-auto-accident.html 2012-12-09T04:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1751146-bus-driver-guilty-manslaughter-ny-crash.html NEW YORK (AP) — A tour bus driver who prosecutors said was all but asleep at the wheel was acquitted Friday of manslaughter and negligent homicide in a crash last year that killed 15 gamblers on their way from a Connecticut casino to New York City. Ophadell Williams was found guilty on one count of aggravated unlicensed driving. Williams wept and covered ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1751146-bus-driver-guilty-manslaughter-ny-crash.html 2012-12-07T23:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750326-black-boxes-cars-raise-privacy-concerns.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday proposed long-delayed regulations requiring auto manufacturers to include event data recorders — better known as "black boxes" — in all new cars and lig... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750326-black-boxes-cars-raise-privacy-concerns.html 2012-12-07T18:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750240-apnewsbreak-dhaka-factory-lost-fire-certification.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The factory where 112 garment workers died in a fire should have been shut down months ago. The fire department refused to renew the certification it needed to operate, a top fire official told The Associated Press. And its owner told AP that just three of the factory's eight floors were legal. He was building a ninth. Government ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750240-apnewsbreak-dhaka-factory-lost-fire-certification.html 2012-12-07T13:19:00Z