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Gas leak reported before blast leveled restaurant
A day after a natural gas explosion leveled a popular restaurant, investigators raced to search the rubble and tried to understand how the blast ...
Official: Cadaver dogs search in Kansas City blast
Cadaver dogs searched through the smoldering rubble of a Kansas City restaurant after a gas explosion sparked a massive blaze Tuesday evening in an ...
Cuba, too, reports powerful meteorite explosion
Cuba apparently experienced a phenomenon similar to but smaller than the meteorite that detonated over Russia this week, island media reported, with ...
Skyfall: Meteorites strike Earth every few months
A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out countless windows and injured hundreds of ...
Homes wrecked, dozen hurt in Mississippi tornado
Residents shaken by a tornado that mangled homes in Mississippi were waking up Monday to a day of removing trees, patching roofs and giving thanks for ...
Official: Gas leak caused Mexico oil company blast
A gas buildup under a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state oil company caused a blast that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, the ...
Another 2 bodies found in Mexico oil company blast
Mexico's state-owned oil company says it has found two more bodies amid the rubble of a headquarters building damaged by a still-unexplained blast.
Illegal fireworks blamed for deadly blast in China
A truck that exploded and caused an elevated stretch of highway to collapse in central China, killing 10 people, was loaded with holiday fireworks ...
4 detained after deadly highway collapse in China
Chinese authorities have detained four people, state media said Saturday, a day after at least 11 people died when a truck loaded with fireworks for ...
33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast
A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath ...
A glance at Mexico oil company incidents
Jan. 31, 2013: A blast collapses the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people ...
25 dead, 101 hurt in Mexico oil company blast
An explosion at the office headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company killed 25 people and injured 101 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three ...
3 hurt in hotel explosion near SeaWorld San Diego
A powerful explosion on Wednesday ripped through a hotel near SeaWorld San Diego from a room where authorities say a couple was extracting hash oil, ...
Next in BP spill saga: civil trial worth billions
Now that a $4 billion plea deal has resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill nearly three years ago, the company will ...
Tremors, gases will be best proof of NK nuke test
With North Korea appearing set to detonate an atomic device, the U.N. agency that detected two previous tests says it is prepared to confirm an ...
Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a ...
Zimbabwe: Big blast at sorcerer's house kills 5
Police in Zimbabwe say they are investigating a massive explosion at a tribal sorcerer's house outside the capital, Harare. Police officials said ...
At least 13 suspected al-Qaida men killed in Yemen
A Yemen security official says an explosion in the province of Bayda has killed at least 13 suspected al-Qaida militants. The official in Bayda's ...
Rig victims' relatives weigh in on BP plea deal
Shelley Anderson, whose husband was one of 11 workers killed in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, made a New Year's resolution to try to avoid ...
3 hurt in blast that levels North Texas house
An explosion Friday in a North Texas neighborhood leveled a home that is part of a nonprofit group's affordable housing program, injuring three men ...
Detective: Holmes played puppets with paper bags
It was just hours after a deadly Colorado theater shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack and ...
Fireworks warehouse in Nigeria explodes, killing 1
A massive explosion ripped through a warehouse full of fireworks in Nigeria's largest city on Wednesday, sparking a fire that threatened surrounding ...
3 held without bond in fatal Ind. house explosion
Residents whose Indianapolis homes were battered by a gas explosion and relatives of a couple who were killed packed a court hearing Monday for the ...
6 children hurt when gas can explodes in Texas
Four children were airlifted to a Dallas hospital with critical burns after a gas can exploded on Christmas Eve next to an open fire pit in a ...
Authorities: 3 set deadly Ind. blast for insurance
Three people charged in a gas explosion that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood deliberately set up the deadly blast to collect a big insurance ...