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US says goodbye to Earl as storm spins into Canada - Boston Herald

Y ARMOUTH, Mass. - The remnants of Hurricane Earl took aim at Nova Scotia early Saturday after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping heavy, wind-driven rain on Cape Cod cottages and fishing villages accustomed to nor’easters. The worst of the damage amounted to ...

BP carefully raises blowout preventer, key evidence in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - Orlando Sentinel

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP crews worked Saturday to slowly raise the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation. When the blowout preventer reaches the surface after its mile ...

3 LAX terminals shut down after guard leaves post - Las Vegas Sun

Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 | 7:16 a.m. Officials say three terminals at the Los Angeles International Airport were briefly shut down after an airport contract worker left an exit from a secure area unattended. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jon Allen says an officer discovered about 4 ...

Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident - Poughkeepsie Journal

PHOENIX — Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accident. He was 60. Schimmel's spokesman, Howard Bragman, says Schimmel died Friday evening in a Phoenix hospital. Schimmel was a passenger Thursday in a car ...

Body of Bob Arum’s son spotted on Washington peak - Boston Herald

S EATTLE — A five-day search for the missing son of top boxing promoter Bob Arum ended when a helicopter located John Arum’s body on a rugged Washington state mountain in North Cascades National Park, authorities say. The body of the younger Arum, an experienced mountain climber, was spotted ...

Oil platform explodes in gulf; crew rescued - Denver Post

NEW ORLEANS — An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile long ...

Device intended to halt blowout is removed from BP well - Bend Bulletin

The “blowout preventer” from BP’s Macondo well — which infamously failed to prevent this summer’s spill — has begun its transition from subsea equipment to federal evidence. The 450-ton device was removed Friday afternoon from the Gulf of Mexico floor and attached to a long section of ...

911 callers describe Discovery Channel gunman - The Oakland Press

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Emergency calls placed minutes after a gunman entered the Discovery Channel’s headquarters include descriptions of the propane tanks strapped to his body and a blinking device in his left hand. Montgomery County police released recordings of radio transmissions and ...

Michigan man encounters alligator in corn field - Macomb Daily

BURR OAK, Mich. (AP) — A Burr Oak man simply wanted to gather some sweet corn for the family freezer. He didn't expect to have to deal with an alligator rushing at him. Jeff Adamski was in a corn field on a recent evening when two women came running from a few rows over, screaming that they had ...

What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate - Reporter

WASHINGTON — What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling. Just when it seemed the Obama ...




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