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Train travel still safe, records show
Tallahassee BureauWhen a silver Amtrak train loaded with 452 passengers and crew twisted off the track and crashed north of Orlando on Thursday, four people died, 133 were injured and fears about rail travel were rekindled. The scene of crumpled rail cars strewn side by...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Iowa, CSX Corporation, Transportation Industry, Travel
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Demand for respiratory masks soars as fear of SARS grows
Associated PressVALLEY, Neb. - Nothing - not the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the anthrax threats or the Sept. 11 attacks - has spiked demand in protective respiratory masks the way the SARS scare has. 3M Co. plants in Valley and in Aberdeen, S.D., are cranking out...Tags: Alabama, Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Hong Kong, 3M Co.
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Closer inspection reveals a long trail of rap sheets
DONALD Q. WHITAKER Age: 55 Residence: Moreno Valley, Calif. Background: Convicted in February of 11 counts of child molestation for fondling and undressing girls in his southern California neighborhood. One 8-year-old girl said that while in his...Tags: Lawyers, Ohio, Dining and Drinking, Travel, Crimes
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U.S. Senate to examine fraud, waste in FEMA storm aid
Staff WriterA U.S. Senate committee will have a hearing next week on allegations of waste and fraud in the federal government's disaster assistance program. Testimony will focus on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to the 2004 hurricanes and...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), U.S. Senate, Disasters, North Carolina, Washington, DC
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Cubs, Lieber roll over Sox
Tribune staff reporterAfter Sunday's game James Baldwin will board a plane to Atlanta, where he will pitch in his first All-Star Game. And Jon Lieber will hop a flight to Mobile, Ala., where he will help construct a baby room for his wife, Jessica, who is expecting their...Tags: Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Jon Lieber, Sammy Sosa, Joe Girardi
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FEMA payout scrutiny spreads to other states
Staff WritersFrom Mobile, Ala., to Detroit to rural eastern North Carolina, the federal government has approved millions in assistance to areas largely unaffected by disasters, even after local officials warned of possible fraud. The $29.2 million sent so far to...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lawyers, American Red Cross, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, North Carolina
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Bomb kills U.S. soldier, injures 3 in Baghdad
From Wire ReportsBAGHDAD, Iraq - An American soldier was killed and three were wounded yesterday when their Humvee was bombed as it traveled beneath an overpass in the capital, the latest in a string of deadly ambushes against the occupation forces. Military officials...Tags: Murder, Bombings, Road Transportation, Witnesses, Travel
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Calm at the eye of 1997 hurricane season
Sun-Sentinel1997 was an unusually quiet year in the tropics, one that crossed up forecasters and was a welcome relief from the ferocious 1995 and 1996 seasons. The year's meager totals -- seven named storms, three hurricanes, one major hurricane with winds of more...Tags: Tropical Weather, Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms
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Hispanic Influx Causes Tensions with Blacks
Tribune Staff WriterIn a region where race relations traditionally have been defined in terms of Black and White, an influx of immigrants to the Deep South in the last decade has upset the delicate cultural balance and created tensions among longtime residents and new ethnic...Tags: Arkansas, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Supreme Court, Mississippi, Council on American-Islamic Relations
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Killed or missing, but not forgotten in the wake of attacks
A partial list of those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attacks or still unaccounted for. American Airlines Flight 11 Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center CREW: John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain Thomas McGuinness, 42,...Tags: Akamai Technologies Incorporated, John Hancock, Aerospace Manufacturing, Rancho Santa Margarita (Orange, California), United Air Lines
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1926 Miami: The blow that broke the boom
Special to the Sun-SentinelThe 1926 storm was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States." It hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami. The death toll is estimated to be from 325 to...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Natural Disasters, Hotels and Accommodations, Family
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