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More money, time needed to remove Concordia wreck
More time and money will be needed to remove the Costa Concordia cruise ship from the rocks off Tuscany where it capsized last year, in part to ensure ...
Bahrain opens probe into deadly labor camp fire
Officials in Bahrain have opened an investigation into the cause of fire that killed 13 people in a labor camp. The official Bahrain News Agency says ...
Police official says 30 die in Nepal bus accident
A police official says a bus veered off a mountain road in west Nepal leaving at least 30 people dead and several more injured. Police official Ramesh ...
Mexicans protest dog detentions, tests negative
Dozens of protesters chanting "Free the dogs, arrest the criminals!" demonstrated outside Mexico City police headquarters Friday, demanding the ...
Man mauled by tiger at NYC zoo pleads not guilty
A man who jumped into a tiger den at the Bronx Zoo and was mauled by a 400-pound animal told police, "Everyone makes choices," a court complaint says.
Argentine court charges officials for train crash
An Argentine court is charging two former government officials and the owners of a train company in connection with a crash that killed 51 people last ...
Texas blood alcohol reports shows Travis was drunk
Blood alcohol results show country star Randy Travis was legally drunk when he was arrested naked following a Texas traffic accident. Grayson County ...
Victims' relatives sue Rivera's company over crash
Relatives of four passengers killed last month with Jenni Rivera in a plane crash in Mexico filed a lawsuit against Rivera's company Thursday alleging ...
Hawaii-based US Navy sub damaged in Persian Gulf
A Pearl Harbor-based submarine was damaged early Thursday when one of its periscopes struck an unidentified vessel in the Persian Gulf, the U.S.
Mexicans doubt dog-death theory, despite evidence
In a country beset by the most gruesome forms of drug violence, many residents of the capital are rejecting the theory of prosecutors that stray dogs ...
NY captain: Ferry suffered mechanical failure
The captain of a commuter ferry that crashed into a lower Manhattan wharf told federal investigators Thursday that the vessel had a mechanical failure ...
2 trains collide in Switzerland, 17 injured
Two passenger trains collided Thursday morning near a station in northern Switzerland, injuring 17 people, police said. The accident near Neuhausen ...
Search continues for missing plane off Venezuela
The owner of a plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of the Missoni fashion firm said that his company hadn't yet received its ...
NYC crane collapses at construction site; 7 hurt
With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront Wednesday, ...
High-speed ferry strikes NYC dock; dozens injured
A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, ...
Officials: Possible 5th killing by Mexico dog pack
A 15-year-old girl found fatally bitten by dogs outside a Mexico City park in mid-December may have been the first victim of a feral pack suspected ...
Bobcat that attacked Mass. man had rabies
The bobcat that attacked a Massachusetts man and his nephew had rabies. The Telegram & Gazette (http://bit.ly/11f0LY7 ) reports that state lab results ...
Pilot who struck Bay Bridge had 3 prior accidents
The pilot of an empty oil tanker that crashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was involved in three previous accidents, records obtained ...
Salazar, Coast Guard announce drill vessel reviews
A day after Royal Dutch Shell PLC towed a damaged floating drill rig to shelter from a remote Alaska island, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced ...
Officials: Wild dogs kill 4 in Mexico City park
Wild dogs mauled and killed four people whose bodies were found over the past two weeks in a park on the edge of Mexico City, authorities said Monday.
Hundreds hold Colo. vigil for elk killed by police
The elk was honored with a makeshift memorial of candles, songs and stories. Several hundred people attended a vigil Sunday in Boulder, Colo., for the ...
Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
An empty oil tanker caused minor damage Monday when it struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath ...
Retired Pa. pastor standing trial in wife's death
A retired Pennsylvania pastor charged with killing both of his wives is on trial in the death of his second wife. Arthur "A.B." Schirmer, 64, is ...