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Safety groups urge swimming lessons for minorities
Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach black and ...
Gulf fishermen reel from seafood troubles
Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill ...
Bangor, Maine: The place where diverted flights go
Given the size of the place, the name "Bangor International Airport" might seem a little grandiose. But the airport actually gets an outsize share of ...
Injury forces Michael McKean out of Broadway show
Broadway producers scrambled Wednesday to fill Michael McKean's part in a revival of Gore Vidal's "The Best Man" as the actor recovers from a broken ...
UN: Fukushima workers' deaths not from radiation
A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none ...
Russian jet crash in Czech Republic injures 6
A Russian military jet's landing gear malfunctioned as it touched down in the Czech Republic on Wednesday, injuring six people when it rolled off the ...
Germany beefs up monitoring of nuclear shutdown
The German government will more closely oversee the country's move from nuclear power to renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday — ...
Susie Wheldon heads to Indy 500 to honor husband
Some days are better than others for Susie Wheldon, and there's rarely any warning what will trigger the emotional roller coaster she's been on since ...
Mountain lion killed in downtown Santa Monica
Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa ...
Reno Air Races plans to change course this fall
Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September ...
Premier inspects quake-hit Italian factories
The government approved some temporary tax relief to owners of property damaged in the quake-struck north Tuesday, as the premier promised swift help ...
Indian passenger train rams freight train; 25 dead
A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring ...
6 missing after boat reported sunk in Gulf
An extensive daylong search by the U.S. Coast Guard turned up no sign of six people who had radioed that their fishing boat was sinking in the Gulf ...
Bus with students falls off Albania cliff; 12 die
A bus carrying university students on a pre-graduation trip toppled off a mountain cliff in southern Albania, killing 12 people and injuring another ...
6.0 quake damages world renown cheese producers
Cheese producer Oriano Caretti woke up to the shaking earth, and then to the roar of some 30,000 39-kilogram (86-pound) wheels of Parmesan cheese ...
Romney faced leadership test in Big Dig tragedy
Mitt Romney was at his New Hampshire vacation home on a summer night in 2006 when 26 tons of concrete ceiling panels in one of Boston's Big Dig ...
Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old ...
4 people found dead after boat crash on Iowa river
The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according ...
Powerful quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy
One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least ...
Torch relay begins for London Olympics
British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics with a stroll through teary, ...
No signs of 4 people missing after Iowa boat crash
Crews searched Saturday for four people missing after an overnight boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa, although one official said it was ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...
Carpenter hits wall in 3rd crash of day at Indy
Ed Carpenter is the third driver to crash during Saturday's qualifications at the Indianapolis 500. The American was driving through the second turn ...
Ouch! Dog bites politician but she gets a vote
A woman running for the Michigan Legislature was bitten by a dog while going door to door. The dog's distressed owner has made amends: Ann Doyle can ...
Torch starts its 8,000 mile journey
British sailing hero Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics on Saturday with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds ...