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AP NewsBreak: Refinery probe focuses on corrosion
Federal investigators probing the cause of a massive Chevron oil refinery fire are focusing on possible corrosion in a decades-old pipe the company ...
52 killed as bus falls into gorge in north India
An overcrowded bus fell into a deep gorge in a mountainous area of northern India on Saturday, killing 52 people and injuring 46 others, police said.
Thousands file claims after Chevron refinery fire
Several thousand Richmond residents have filed legal claims against Chevron Corp., seeking compensation for a refinery fire that fouled the region's ...
Legal claims rolling in after Calif. refinery fire
Hundreds of Richmond residents descended on a makeshift Chevron Corp. claim center Friday with legal claims caused by a refinery fire that fouled the ...
Slew of legal claims expected after refinery fire
Chevron Corp. was bracing Friday for an onslaught of legal claims after one of its Northern California refineries caught fire and sent thousands of ...
Chimp attack victim: Let me sue state for $150M
The state attorney general's office urged a key official on Friday to dismiss a $150 million claim filed by a woman who was mauled and disfigured by ...
Swede in Cuba car crash worried about driver
A Swedish politician who survived a car crash in Cuba says he is deeply worried about the fate of a Spanish colleague who was driving the vehicle and ...
Rescued Filipino miner 'said a thousand prayers'
Rescuers who pleaded for help from tribal deity saved a miner on Friday who had been trapped for a week in a collapsed tunnel in the northern ...
Gas prices rise; officials wait to enter refinery
A fire at one of the nation's largest oil refineries helped push West Coast gas prices close to $4 a gallon Thursday, as the same federal team that ...
Survivor's video shows harrowing Idaho plane crash
The survivors of a plane crash in central Idaho can prove just how close they came to death, with a seven-minute video documenting their harrowing ...
Petrino regretful, apologetic in ESPN interview
Bobby Petrino regrets the affair that led to his April firing, and the former Arkansas coach said he hopes to return to the sidelines.
USAID officer killed in Afghanistan
The Obama administration says a U.S. government aid worker was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
Travis 911 call: 'I want to say he had no shirt'
Country singer Randy Travis was lying in the middle of the road with no car in sight when another driver spotted him and called 911, according to a ...
Nagasaki marks anniversary of Nagasaki bomb attack
Japanese officials pledged to seek a society less reliant on nuclear energy as the country marked the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of ...
Propeller of 1946 US plane crash in Swiss glacier
Mountain rescuers have recovered the propeller of a U.S. Air Force plane that crashed in November 1946 on a glacier in the Bernese Alps. The crash of ...
1 teen killed, 4 hurt in Ohio car crash
A 15-year-old boy was killed and his four friends were injured when the car they were riding in crashed about 18 miles west of Columbus. They were all ...
Teenager killed, 4 others hurt in Ohio car crash
A 15-year-old boy was killed and four other teenagers were injured after the car they were riding in crashed in Brown Township, the Franklin County ...
Refinery fire highlights pollution concerns
A massive Chevron oil refinery fire that sent hundreds of people rushing to hospitals and is pushing West Coast gas prices higher was just the latest ...
No one injured in Megabus fire on Georgia highway
A double-decker bus caught fire Wednesday along Interstate 85 in northeast Georgia, forcing passengers to scramble off and closing the northbound ...
Residents near refinery fire heckle Chevron execs
A major fire at one of the country's biggest oil refineries that sent hundreds of people to hospitals with complaints of breathing problems will push ...
Jamaican rap pioneer Ranking Trevor dies in crash
Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician's brother, Robert Grant, ...
Girl found clinging to floating body in NY lake
Boaters rescued a 6-year-old girl from a small reservoir north of New York City after finding her clinging to the floating corpse of a family friend ...
Former NBA All-Star Roundfield drowns in Aruba
Dan Roundfield, an NBA veteran who had three consecutive All-Star seasons, has drowned off the Caribbean island of Aruba while helping his wife as she ...
FAA suspends operation that led to near-collision
The Federal Aviation Administration will bar airports nationwide from using a traffic-reversing operation that led to a close call last week at an ...
Russian rocket fails to reach target orbit
Russia's space pride suffered another blow Tuesday when a booster rocket failed to place two communications satellites into target orbits, a mishap ...