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1 killed, 1 injured in W.Va. chemical plant blast
- Federal officials are investigating the cause of a plant explosion that rocked an area west of Charleston, hurling a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, killing one worker and injuring a second.
Police: Aerosol chemicals caused SC explosion
- Two men are being treated for first- and second-degree burns after Anderson police say a lit cigarette caused the car where they were huffing aerosol chemicals to explode.
Yucaipa meth lab search uncovers strange brew
- Deputies following up on a forged Vicodin prescription found a makeshift mescaline laboratory inside a Yucaipa home.
Specter touts $750K camera system in Pittsburgh
- Republican U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter says Allegheny County is virtually guaranteed to get $750,000 for a system of anti-crime surveillance cameras in Pittsburgh and its suburbs.
1 injured, 1 missing in W.Va. chemical plant blast
- One worker was missing and a second injured in an explosion at a Bayer CropScience plant that left thousands of nearby residents being urged to stay indoors.
Huge underground water plant takes shape under NYC
- It requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York to Miami and enough pipe to reach the top of the Empire State Building 140 times over. Workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks.
Long-debated water plant takes shape below NYC
- It requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York to Miami and enough pipe to reach the top of the Empire State Building 140 times over. Workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks.
Critics say huge NYC water plant soaking taxpayers
- It requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from New York to Miami and enough pipe to reach the top of the Empire State Building 140 times over. Workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks.
Pool chemicals being mixed in kitchen explode
- Pool chemicals being mixed in a Mount Pleasant woman's kitchen exploded, sending her and a young boy to the hospital.
USW gets authority to strike against ArcelorMittal
- Members of the United Steelworkers union have voted to give the union authority to launch a nationwide strike against ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, if ongoing contract negotiations fail.
Man in chemical-filled car is Pasadena 23-year-old
- Authorities say a man who forced the evacuation of several large stores and hundreds of people in Pasadena when he was found dead in a car full of chemicals was a local 23-year-old.
Retired Yuma hairdresser gives cuts to patients
- Sometimes God arms his angels with clippers and combs. Sandy Ernst knows that, because four years ago she was looking to fill an empty place in her heart. Ernst found the outpouring of love she needed at the Yuma Rehabilitation Hospital, where she volunteers three times a week to calm fears, ease loneliness and give free haircuts.
Westerners call for national energy policy
- Westerners on the front lines of the region's natural gas drilling boom say the lack of a national energy policy is producing environmental and social problems they cannot solve alone.
