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FIFA, IOC send condolences to Brazil fire victims
FIFA and local organizers canceled an event celebrating 500 days to go until the 2014 World Cup because of a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 ...
Brazil blaze recalls pain for RI fire survivors
Argentina, a year later. Thailand in 2008. Russia in 2009. For survivors of a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire that was one of the deadliest in U.S.
1 officer killed, 2 wounded near La. casino
Police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies after allegedly ...
Garment factory fire kills 7 in Bangladesh
A fire swept through a two-story garment factory in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least seven female workers and injuring five others, police and ...
AP Interview: Haiti eyes tourism, other businesses
Haiti's prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it ...
Officials: 10 workers die in Russia building fire
A fire ripped through a new Moscow building's underground parking lot on Saturday, killing 10 migrant workers and injuring 13 others who had been ...
From the start, Dreamliner jet program was rushed
The 787 Dreamliner was born in a moment of desperation. It was 2003 and Boeing — the company that defined modern air travel — had just lost its title ...
For Sandy's homeless, lives of anxiety in hotels
Diane Burstein spends her days sifting through apartment listings and disaster paperwork and her nights lying awake with worry, her daughter and ...
Wind, snow thwart search for plane in Antarctica
Hurricane-force winds and snow were preventing searchers Friday from reaching a plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while ...
Freezing rain ices Salt Lake City roads, runways
A rare freezing rain caused major havoc in Salt Lake City Thursday, creating sheets of ice on roads, sidewalks and airport runways. The Salt Lake City ...
NTSB: Boeing 787 battery shows short-circuiting
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as ...
Northern Michigan player who drowned had epilepsy
A Northern Michigan University women's soccer player who drowned during a team workout in a campus pool had epilepsy and may have had a seizure as ...
Car accident triggers unrest in Azerbaijan town
It began late at night with a minor car accident. By midday Thursday, a hotel had been burned to the ground, several expensive vehicles torched and ...
Russian plane crash caused by equipment failure
Investigators say equipment failure caused a Russian airliner to crash in Moscow last month, killing five people. The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-204 ...
Bangladesh fire victims' families wait for money
When fire ravaged a Bangladeshi garment factory, killing 112 workers, dozens of their families did not even have a body to bury because their loved ...
Plane carrying 3 Canadians missing in Antarctica
Bad weather has forced rescuers to wait until Friday to try to reach a small plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while ...
Flooded and frozen: Cold torments storm survivors
Polar air settled in earnest over the Northeast after trekking through the Midwest, grinding trains to a halt, bursting pipes and bringing further ...
US Navy ship taking on water on Philippine reef
A U.S. Navy minesweeper that ran aground on a Philippine reef is damaged and taking on water and will have to be lifted off the rocks in an operation ...
Mississippi River shipping resumes at Ill. lock
A key stretch of the Mississippi River reopened to shipping Wednesday after hasty repairs were made to a lock damaged by a barge, marking the latest ...
Bus driver to serve 6 years for deadly Va. Crash
The driver of a bus that crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia, killing four passengers and injuring dozens, was sentenced Wednesday to spend six years ...
Pilot was warned about bad weather before crash
The pilot involved in last week's London helicopter crash had been warned about bad weather before he started his doomed flight, according to an ...
Convicted Pa. pastor faces trial in 1st wife death
A former Methodist clergyman convicted of bludgeoning his second wife to death in 2008 now faces trial on whether he killed his first wife, too.
Pa. ex-pastor convicted of murdering his 2nd wife
A former pastor awaiting trial in the 1999 death of his first wife was convicted Tuesday of fatally bludgeoning his second wife nine years later.
Jets coach Ryan uninjured in 3-car accident
Jets coach Rex Ryan was uninjured in a three-car accident in eastern Pennsylvania last week. A team spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Ryan was issued ...