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Allegheny County police counting on remote-operated river vehicle
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewAllegheny County police received a $131,000 federal grant to purchase a remote-operated river vehicle that can go underwater and search for items ranging from evidence in crimes to bombs. The remote-controlled device is part of a larger river security...Tags: Pittsburgh, PNC Park, Xbox 360, Emergency Incidents, Petroleum Industry
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Two bombs kill 11 in Iraq's southern city of Basra -police, medics
ReutersBASRA, Iraq, May 20 (Reuters) - Two car bomb blasts in Iraq's predominantly Shi'ite southern oil hub of Basra killed at least 11 people early on Monday, police and medics said. (Reporting by Aref Mohammed; Editing by Catherine Evans)Tags: Iraq, Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Basra (Iraq)
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Bombs kill at least 20 in mainly Shi'ite areas of Iraq capital-police, medics
ReutersBAGHDAD, May 20 (Reuters) - Eight car bomb blasts in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people on Monday, police and medics said. Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the...Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Bombings, Emergency Incidents
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Assad, Hezbollah forces advance into Qusair
The Lebanon Daily StarSyrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters have reportedly advanced into the main square of besieged Qusair, with fierce battles continuing overnight Monday for control of the strategic city near the Lebanese border. At least 40 people were killed,...Tags: Activism, Beirut (Lebanon), Emergency Incidents, Human Rights, Rebellions
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Texas behind the curve on regulating fertilizer plants
Austin American-StatesmanIf the West Fertilizer Co. plant had been in Illinois, state regulators there likely would have inspected it annually, making sure that its bins storing tons of ammonium nitrate were still in good shape and that the potentially explosive chemical wasn't...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Chemical Industry, Services and Shopping, Plant Openings, Emergency Incidents
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BRIEF: Man burned in suspected meth explosion in St. Louis
St. Louis Post-DispatchA man was burned Saturday in a suspected methamphetamine-related explosion, police say. The 44-year-old man suffered facial and chest burns in an explosion about 4 p.m. Saturday in the 3800 block of Castleman Avenue in the city's Shaw neighborhood....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Police find explosives inside Belleville home following domestic dispute
Belleville News-DemocratBelleville police officers responding to a domestic disturbance early Saturday morning found improvised explosive devices inside a Belleville home in the 300 block of North Fifth Street. According to a news release, Belleville police responded to the...Tags: Emergency Incidents
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Anatomy of the Verso disaster
St. Cloud Times, Minn.For more than 105 years, the paper mill anchored on the east bank of the Mississippi River helped sustain a community. It provided jobs for generations of Central Minnesotans and a consistent and important stream of tax dollars for a city that grew with...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Water Supply, Paper and Product Packaging Industry, Human Interest, Layoffs and Downsizing
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For the record
Hotel workers: An article in the May 12 California section about a proposal to increase wages for hotel workers said that it would apply to unionized workers. Proponents want the higher $15-an-hour wage to go to both union and nonunion workers at larger...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Name of 3rd Fort Bliss soldier killed withheld
El Paso Times, TexasFort Bliss officials on Saturday did not release the name of one of three soldiers killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday. They did release the photographs of two soldiers killed in the attack. Officials said on Friday that they were...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Armed Conflicts, Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan
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Five cars burned in Columbus Historic District
Columbus Ledger-EnquirerFive cars were set on fire early Saturday morning in the Columbus Historic District, according to residents and the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services. Most of the cars were in the 500 block of Front Avenue and at least one was in the 500...Tags: Fires, Emergency Incidents, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...
Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Iraq, Emergency Incidents, Afghanistan, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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