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Connecticut gov. 5 are critically hurt
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Church of Scotland amends disputed Israel paper
paper it had published rejecting Jewish scriptural-based rights to the land of Israel after it caused waves of controversy among the Jewish community in the UK, BBC reported Friday. The report entitled "The Inheritance of Abraham" was changed after a meeting with representative of the British Jewish community and was set to be discussed and voted on next week at the convening of the ...
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Videla Dies in Prison – a Victory Against Impunity
BUENOS AIRES, May 17 2013 (IPS) - Thirty-seven years after leading the coup d'etat that ushered in the most brutal dictatorship in the history of Argentina, former army commander Jorge Rafael Videla died in a common prison ...
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U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era
World Nuclear Stockpile Report , an estimated 8,500 nukes belong to Russia and 7,700 to the U.S. The seven other nations with a nuclear arsenal trail far behind: they include France (300), China (240), the U.K. (225), Pakistan (90-110), India (60-110), Israel (60-80) and most recently North Korea (<10). "It's hard to imagine any military mission that will require the use of one ...
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Six-year-old British girl drowns in hotel swimming pool at popular Egyptian holiday resort
A First Choice spokesman said: 'First Choice can sadly confirm that a child has died while staying at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Egypt. The incident occurred in a pool in the hotel's ...
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Facebook taunt from criminal results in him being captured
‘Thankfully, we managed to track him down in no time at all and he is now back where he belongs for the time being – behind bars.’ Greenwood, from Rochdale, was sentenced to four months in a Young Offenders’ Institute in January after his driving conviction. He was freed on licence last month, but failed to attend mandatory appointments at Rochdale Probation ...
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Tory activists are swivel-eyed loons Cameron ally hits back after Philip Hammond says gay marriage plans have caused a real sense of anger
The senior figure was responding to comments by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond who suggested the Prime Minister’s proposals to legalise gay marriage had upset vast numbers of ...
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Im not half the woman I used to be Morbidly obese woman shamed into losing 21st after dentist chair failed under strain of trying to lift her
When she plucked up the courage to go to her GP, he warned her she was morbidly obese but it took the shock of what happened at the dentists to force a change of ...
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Litvinenko UK inquest in doubt after Russia evidence excluded
The inquest into the death in Britain of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko is close to being scrapped after the coroner ruled Friday he could not hear evidence about the alleged role of the Kremlin in his ...
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Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
CAIRO -- An international human rights group said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers recently captured by rebel fighters contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar ...
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Nearly 50 hurt as two trains collide in Connecticut
1 of 4. Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday in a train accident near Fairfield, Connecticut, a Fairfield Police spokesman said on ...
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Golf champion and CBS analyst Ken Venturi dies
This June 2, 2011 file photo shows retiring CBS golf broadcaster Ken Venturi waves to Kemper Open winner Bob Estes from the broadcast booth during the final round of the Kemper Open at the TPC at Avenel in Potomac, ...
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Toronto Mayor Is Accused of Using Cocaine
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At least 29 hurt in Connecticut derailment
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured, authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other train in Bridgeport, ...
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Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit
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U.S.-Russian Diplomacy With a Personal Touch
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Huge ash plumes erupt from Alaska volcano
One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 4,580 metres into the air in an ongoing eruption that is visible for kilometres. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes have flown around the plumes from Pavlof Volcano. Ash would have to rise tens of thousands of feet to threaten larger planes. The eruption began Monday, and a photograph shows lava spraying out from ...
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Its Fault-on Towers New roller coaster BREAKS DOWN on opening ride leaving guests which included Tinchy Stryder and Towies Jessica Wright dangling in mid-air
Tinchy, who travelled from to Alton Towers from London and never got his turn on the ride, said: 'I was in the carriage behind the one that broke down so if I was two seconds earlier I would have been ...
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Woman on Prince Harry stalker watch-list arrested for trying to sneak into his Connecticut polo game TWICE
Canadian Wen Qi, 26, was twice caught trying to gain entry to Greenwich Polo Club on Wednesday – the last day of Prince Harry’s successful US ...
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The diamond nine is back The Red Arrows famous formation is complete once more after an 18 month suspension following the death of two pilots
The display team had been grounded following the deaths of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunnigham due the failure of his ejector seat in November 2011 and that of Flight Lieutenant of Jon Egging at the Bournemouth Air Show in August ...
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Valuables stolen on holiday Dont rely on travel insurance as experts warn most policies are USELESS
For example, policies from Virgin Money and Insure & Go have a cap on the value of any claim for stolen valuables of ...
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Cheire Blair sets up private health company in a tax haven with a U.S. Right-winger
Can Cherie cut it as a capitalist? The wife of a socialist ex-prime minister is setting up a private health company in a tax haven with a U.S. ...
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