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/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/300-accidents.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861042-33-die-mexico-oil-company-office-building-blast.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath tons of rubble and injuring 121, is being looked at as an accident although all lines of investigation remain open, the head of Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday. As hundreds of emergency worke... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861042-33-die-mexico-oil-company-office-building-blast.html 2013-02-01T23:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862844-indian-film-star-faces-homicide-charge.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — An attorney says Indian movie star Salman Khan will be tried for homicide for his alleged involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago. If convicted he faces up to 10 years in jail. Deepesh Mehta, Khan's lawyer, says a magistrate on Thursday accepted an appeal by state government prosecutors that he should be charged wi... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862844-indian-film-star-faces-homicide-charge.html 2013-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862306-nasa-marks-10-years-loss-columbia-crew.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Schoolchildren joined NASA managers and relatives of the lost crew of space shuttle Columbia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy and remember the seven astronauts who died. More than 300 people gathered at Kennedy Space Center for the outdoor ceremony, just a few miles from where Columbia was supposed to land ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862306-nasa-marks-10-years-loss-columbia-crew.html 2013-02-01T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861808-space-shuttle-doomed-you-tell-crew.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia? When the NASA official raised the question in 2003 just days before the accident that claimed seven astronauts' lives, managers thought — wrongly — that Columbia's heat shield was fine. It... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861808-space-shuttle-doomed-you-tell-crew.html 2013-02-01T13:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860976-4-detained-deadly-highway-collapse-china.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained four people, state media said Saturday, a day after at least 11 people died when a truck loaded with fireworks for Lunar New Year celebration exploded, collapsing an elevated portion of highway in central China. The accident sent vehicles plummeting 30 meters (about 100 feet) to the ground, and state-run Ch... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860976-4-detained-deadly-highway-collapse-china.html 2013-02-02T07:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861128-2-children-1-adult-die-detroit-freeway-pileup.html DETROIT (AP) — It took only seconds for the light snow to turn into a blinding curtain of white. Drivers slammed on their brakes, others swerved to avoid tractor-trailers jackknifed across a busy Detroit freeway that quickly turned into a mile-long string of wrecks. Three people were killed, including two children. The maze of mangled vehicles closed Inte... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861128-2-children-1-adult-die-detroit-freeway-pileup.html 2013-02-01T21:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861040-coast-guard-blames-officer-deadly-boat-crash.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — The failure of a Coast Guard boat operator to drive his craft safely led to a 2009 collision with a pleasure boat that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured 10 people in San Diego Harbor, according to a final Coast Guard report released Thursday night. The report also cites failures of the crew to follow standard risk management methods an... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861040-coast-guard-blames-officer-deadly-boat-crash.html 2013-02-01T05:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860544-25-dead-101-hurt-mexico-oil-company-blast.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion at the office headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company killed 25 people and injured 101 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of a building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over Mexico City's skyline. Rescuers continued to search the rubble for victims trapped in the debris late... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860544-25-dead-101-hurt-mexico-oil-company-blast.html 2013-02-01T04:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859582-2-children-1-adult-die-detroit-freeway-pileups.html DETROIT (AP) — Blinding snow squalls, high winds and a slick highway led to a mile-long series of crashes in Detroit that left at least three people dead Thursday, including a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl. Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw said visibility was extremely poor when the mass of crashes happened on Interstate 75 on the southwest sid... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859582-2-children-1-adult-die-detroit-freeway-pileups.html 2013-02-01T03:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859660-winter-x-games-snowmobiler-dies-colo-crash.html DENVER (AP) — Caleb Moore was a Texas kid drawn to the snow, rehearsing complicated tricks on a snowmobile into a foam pit back home until they became second nature and ready for the mountains. With his younger brother following along and constantly pushing him, Moore became a rising talent in action sports. The innovative freestyle snowmobile rider, who ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859660-winter-x-games-snowmobiler-dies-colo-crash.html 2013-02-01T02:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860206-space-shuttle-columbia-what-happened-10-years-ago.html Ten years ago Friday, the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed and its seven astronauts killed during the final minutes of its flight. NASA will mark the 10th anniversary of the accident at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, and take part in an observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where three of the astronauts are buried. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1860206-space-shuttle-columbia-what-happened-10-years-ago.html 2013-01-31T20:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859170-correction-nigeria-plane-graveyard-story.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In a story Feb. 2 about Nigeria dismantling abandoned airplanes at airports around the country, The Associated Press reported erroneously what material airliner fuselages are constructed from. They are made of aluminum, not steel. A corrected version of the story is below: Nigeria starts dismantling its plane 'graveyard' Workers dism... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859170-correction-nigeria-plane-graveyard-story.html 2013-02-02T14:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859338-body-us-pilot-missing-f-16-adriatic.html ROME (AP) — The body of a U.S. Air Force pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went missing Monday during a nighttime training mission has been found in the Adriatic Sea. The family of Capt. Lucas Gruenther said his body was found on Thursday afternoon. Italian rescue teams were joined by F-16s in the search for Gruenther, and earlier in the week recovered debris ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859338-body-us-pilot-missing-f-16-adriatic.html 2013-01-31T15:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani polio workers on their way to vaccinate children in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, an official said. The two men were on their way to Malikhel village as part of the U.N.-backed anti-polio campaign when the bomb hit their motorcycle, said government administ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858404-roadside-bomb-kills-2-polio-workers-nw-pakistan.html 2013-01-31T13:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html JERUSALEM (AP) — It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy. People gathered around their TV screens to watch the anticipated return of Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, from a 16-day journey in space aboard the American Columbia shuttle. A hero's welcome awaited, but as people watched ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858236-israeli-astronauts-widow-carries-tragedy.html 2013-01-31T05:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853688-guard-vessels-pass-leaking-miss-river-barge.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Coast Guard is letting vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman said Wednesday. Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski told The Associated Press that a 16-mile stretch of the river re... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853688-guard-vessels-pass-leaking-miss-river-barge.html 2013-01-31T02:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom. Now, 10 years later, Iain Clark is a young man on the cusp of college with a master's rating in scuba diving and three parachute jumps in his new log book. His mother, Dr. Laurel Clark, loved scuba and skydiving. So did her flight surgeon hus... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1857170-ten-years-loss-space-shuttle-columbia.html 2013-01-30T23:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1857288-operator-contractor-cited-nyc-crane-collapse.html NEW YORK (AP) — A crane operator and a contractor didn't inspect equipment, failed to take proper precautions and ran the rig unsafely before it collapsed while building a New York City apartment tower and injured seven construction workers, officials said Wednesday. Crane operator Paul Geer and contractor Cross Country Construction LLC have each been cit... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1857288-operator-contractor-cited-nyc-crane-collapse.html 2013-01-30T22:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855834-toyota-recalls-129m-vehicles-air-bags-wipers.html TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is recalling over one million cars around the world for faulty air bags and defective windshield wipers. The move comes just days after Toyota regained its spot as the world's No. 1 automaker from U.S. rival General Motors Co., with global vehicle sales that climbed to a record 9.748 million vehicles. The company is now recalling 907,0... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855834-toyota-recalls-129m-vehicles-air-bags-wipers.html 2013-01-30T16:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1855776-dutch-court-rejects-shell-spill-case.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ruled that a subsidiary of international oil giant Royal Dutch Shell should be held responsible for a pipeline leak poisoning farmland in Nigeria, as it had failed to take adequate measures to prevent sabotage. In its ruling Wednesday the Hague Civil Court rejected most of the case brought by Nigerian farmer... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1855776-dutch-court-rejects-shell-spill-case.html 2013-01-30T13:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855678-bp-spill-saga-civil-trial-worth-billions.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the company will turn its focus to a trial that could potentially cost it billions of dollars more in civil penalties. At the conclusion of a hearing Tuesday that included emotional testimony and a BP exe... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855678-bp-spill-saga-civil-trial-worth-billions.html 2013-01-30T07:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1855468-snowmobiler-critical-condition-winter-x.html DENVER (AP) — Snowmobiler Caleb Moore was in critical condition Tuesday in a Colorado hospital after a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Aspen, and a relative said the family wasn't hopeful about the 25-year-old's chances for survival. Moore was performing a flip Thursday when he clipped the top of a jump and went over the handlebars and landed face... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1855468-snowmobiler-critical-condition-winter-x.html 2013-01-30T03:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854214-judge-oks-4b-bp-oil-spill-criminal-settlement.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a federal judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties. What the plea deal appro... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854214-judge-oks-4b-bp-oil-spill-criminal-settlement.html 2013-01-29T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1854754-nj-man-hudson-plane-crash-called-wife-then-911.html YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was plucked from a plane crash in the icy Hudson River said Tuesday that he wasn't sure he'd survive, and he'd contacted 911 only after calling his wife and asking her to "tell the kids I love them." But thanks to the pilot's skill, a fast-acting corps of policemen and one 12-year-old boy, he said, "the stars were aligned fo... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1854754-nj-man-hudson-plane-crash-called-wife-then-911.html 2013-01-29T20:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1854612-humble-nickel-1913-to-fetch-millions.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted. The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is one of only five known to exist, but it's the coin's back story that adds to its cachet: It was surreptitiously and illegally cast, discovered in a car wrec... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1854612-humble-nickel-1913-to-fetch-millions.html 2013-01-29T19:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854258-egypt-cruise-ship-runs-aground-aboard-safe.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police officials say a cruise ship has run aground on the Nile River near the southern city of Aswan, but all 120 people aboard survived. The officials said the ship was travelling to the city of Luxor, north of Aswan, when it hit rocks and took in water before running aground on Tuesday. Local villagers and police helped rescue all ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854258-egypt-cruise-ship-runs-aground-aboard-safe.html 2013-01-29T17:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852942-policeman-protecting-pakistani-polio-team-killed.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer protecting polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the police said. The attack took place as dozens of polio workers — including several women — were going door to door to vaccinate children in Gullu Dheri village o... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1852942-policeman-protecting-pakistani-polio-team-killed.html 2013-01-29T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1853410-6-police-injured-fight-with-steel-workers.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Six Belgian police officers were injured in Tuesday's scuffles with some 2,000 steel workers protesting plans to lay off 1,300 workers at several ArcelorMittal plants in Liege. Workers attempting to get close to the regional government offices in southern Namur threw bricks at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Police sa... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1853410-6-police-injured-fight-with-steel-workers.html 2013-01-29T15:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853658-wreckage-believed-to-us-f-16-adriatic.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says Italian rescue teams have recovered debris from the Adriatic Sea that is believed to belong to a U.S. F-16 fighter jet that went missing on Monday after taking off from a base in Italy. The combined U.S.-Italian rescue effort has not found any sign of the pilot, according to a statement from the 31st Fighter Wing at Av... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853658-wreckage-believed-to-us-f-16-adriatic.html 2013-01-29T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853002-20-killed-kazakhstan-plane-crash.html ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A passenger jet carrying at least 20 people crashed Tuesday in heavy fog near Kazakhstan's principal city, Almaty, killing all on board, the airline and officials said. The Kazakh Prosecutor-General's office listed 21 people as having been killed. The SCAT airline said the plane carried 20. The accident highlights persistent conc... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853002-20-killed-kazakhstan-plane-crash.html 2013-01-29T11:07:00Z