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Calif. robbery spurs chase, long campus lockdown
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 ...
Police search Calif. campus for robbery suspects
Students at Cal State Fullerton who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms Wednesday afternoon prepared to stay put into the night as ...
NOAA chief says she will leave in February
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 ...
New inquiry in '86 crash killing Mozambique leader
South African police have opened a new investigation into the 1986 airplane crash that killed Mozambique's Marxist president and more than 20 others, ...
Mexico: Rivera's plane hit with 'terrible' impact
The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a ...
Cowboys' Brent attends memorial with team support
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 ...
Jan. date to rule on BP $4.5B plea deal over spill
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 ...
Medical helicopter hit bad weather before crash
A medical helicopter pilot hit bad weather and was trying to return to the hospital hangar shortly before the aircraft crashed into a northern ...
Why efforts to stop factory fires have failed
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 ...
NTSB: Use ignition locks for all drunken drivers
Every state should require convicted drunken drivers, including first-time offenders, to use devices that prevent them from starting a car's engine ...
Cyprus court orders retrial regarding plane crash
Cyprus' Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for four former airline officials who had been acquitted of manslaughter and other charges for ...
Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash
Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other ...
APNewsBreak: Explo faced scrutiny before La. scare
The explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town has come under scrutiny for explosions and its handling of dangerous ...
14 killed as bridge collapses in South Africa
Heavy rains in South Africa have caused a bridge to collapse, killing 14 people. The South African Press Association reported Tuesday that the bridge ...
Crashes raise concern about Pakistani air force
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 ...
FAA: 3 killed in medical helicopter crash in Ill.
Authorities say a medical helicopter has crashed in northern Illinois, killing all three people on board. The Federal Aviation Administration reports ...
NTSB: singer Rivera dead in Mexican plane crash
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 ...
Cowboys player death raises question of safety net
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 ...
List of music stars who have died in air crashes
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 ...
Gov't: Building felled by NZ quake poorly built
A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand's devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an ...
Singer feared dead in Mexican plane crash
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 ...
Hundreds of fishermen missing in Philippine storm
The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated the Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing ...
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says team is grieving
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 ...
Papal envoy to Ivory Coast dies in car accident
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 ...
Cowboy charged after player dies in auto accident
Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter Saturday after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident ...