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Policeman says Diana saw lover dying
Boston Globe - French and British police have concluded that Paul, the acting security chief at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, was well over the legal alcohol limit when the accident occurred. Previous testimony has said Fayed and Paul were pronounced dead at the scene

Sea Launch Thwarted by Ocean Conditions
Washington Post - The Odyssey platform underwent repairs after the January accident in which one of its Zenit 3SL rockets blew up seconds after ignition during Sea Launch’s 24th mission. The platform remained seaworthy, but its massive gas deflector, an approximately

Distraught tourist was dragged from blaze
Guardian Unlimited - It was an accident’.” Cooper has denied flicking a burning cigarette into the vegetation. His lawyer told the court that part of a match that shot off as his client lit a cigarette might have been responsible. On Tuesday, the first day of the trial

Says Man Who Rescued Boy: ‘I Never Could Have Left Him’
Washington Post - Neither Cordova nor Christopher spoke the other’s language, but the boy took the migrant to the edge of a canyon and showed him the accident site. Authorities said the boy and his mother, Dawn Alice Tomko, 45, had been in the area camping. Tomko was

11-Year-Old Skateboarder Dies in Accident
WRAL - Goldsboro A 11-year-old boy was skateboarding with some friends when a car hit and killed him in Goldsboro on Friday evening. Layne Knopick and his friends were riding skateboards along Church of God Road north of Goldsboro around 6 p.m. The

Family’s vow to Kathleen: ‘Justice will be served’
Chicago Sun-Times - As part of that probe, authorities have reopened their investigation into Savio’s drowning death, which originally was declared an accident. Savio, Peterson’s third wife, died a few months after the couple had divorced — though they hadn’t reached a

Man Arrested for DUI After Accident
22 WSBT - Story Created: Nov 24, 2007 at 8:16 AM EST Story Updated: Nov 24, 2007 at 8:16 AM EST (WSBT) A 20-year-old from Elkhart was arrested Friday morning for drunk driving with a 9-year-old in the vehicle with him. Shawn Bevins was on Winding Waters Lane

Thanksgiving accident kills 1, injures 6
Port Huron Times-Herald - Andrew LeRoy, 22, of Fort Gratiot, was pronounced dead shortly after his vehicle collided with that of a man believed to be intoxicated and driving the wrong way on eastbound Interstate 94 at the Interstate 69 interchange late Thursday night. The St

One flown to Covenant following three-vehicle accident Friday
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - RAYMOND — One person was airlifted from a three-vehicle accident near here Friday afternoon, and five others were taken by ambulance to area hospitals. Rachelle Nolan of Jesup was airlifted by AirCare to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo

Experts probe fatal boat capsize
BBC UK News - An marine accident inquiry has begun into the deaths of three people whose boat capsized in “atrocious” seas off the North Yorkshire coast. Two men and a woman who were rescued later died after the 24ft cabin cruiser, Last Call, overturned and sank

BRIDGE-DEATH ‘SIGN’ SLAP
New York Post - 27-year-old should not have lost his life because he couldn’t distinguish what roadway to use from what roadway not to use.” Hindy, son of Brooklyn Brewery co-founder Stephen Hindy, had been drinking at lower Manhattan bars the night of the accident.

AP Top News at 4:37 a.m. EST
Newsday - Its reinforced hull gashed and taking on water, the MS Explorer slipped beneath the waves Friday evening, about 20 hours after its pre-dawn accident near the South Shetland Islands, the Chilean navy said. Embattled Oral Roberts President Resigns

Gas leak in truck accident forces evacuation, road closure in Gansu
Xinhua News Agency - LANZHOU, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — A gas leak caused by a truck accident forced 185 villagers to evacuate and shut down a highway in northwest China’s Gansu Province, local government sources said on Wednesday. The accident happened around 7:45 a.m. on

Chancellor holds line on ID cards
Financial Times - Ross Anderson, professor of computer security engineering at Cambridge University, said the data loss was an accident waiting to happen given the scale of government databases to which many thousands of people need routine access in order to

Man hit by light-rail train, killed in south Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Paul International Airport. Light-rail service was shut down for an hour between the Fort Snelling and Franklin Avenue stations, but within 20 minutes after the accident buses were transporting passengers between the two stations, Johanson said. She

Accident slows I-71 northbound near I-264
Louisville Courier-Journal - Two vehicles are involved in an accident on Interstate 71 northbound between Indian Hill and Interstate 264. The accident happened aroung 6 p.m. and is expected to have traffic tied up until about 7 p.m. The accident is blocking the left lane and

Letters reveal voices from the Holocaust
Baltimore Sun - It was 1986, and Richard Hollander was emotionally spent after cleaning out the home of his parents, who had died suddenly in an automobile accident a few weeks before. He pulled a nondescript suitcase out of a crawl space and almost threw it on the

Accident shows how special area can be
Green Bay Press-Gazette - On Saturday, October 6, at 10 a.m. my husband and I were driving south on State Highway A when a motorist drove into our path from EE heading west. Fortunately, we are well aware of this dangerous intersection and as we approached we had reduced our

10 including seven kids killed in Punjab accident
Times of India - CHANDIGARH: Ten persons, including seven children, were killed when a car fell into a drain in Tarn Taran district, a senior police official said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Butcher Kalan village in the district when the victims were

Navy shelves training bomb after accident
Navy Times - VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. The Navy has suspended the use of its BDU-48 training bomb while it investigates how one accidentally dropped from a fighter jet on Tuesday. Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force spokesman Mike Moss says training will continue as

Berkshire Profit Surges 64 Percent on Sale of PetroChina Stake
Bloomberg - Accident Rates Until this year, U.S. auto insurers have been able to cut prices and still increase profit because of a steady decline in accident claims. Now, the trend is reversing, with Geico joining Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos. in

Wellesley Road car smash
Croydon Guardian - Two people were left injured this morning after their car crashed into traffic lights on Wellesley Road. Firefighters from Croydon fire station had to cut the pair out of the car after the accident at around 4am today. Both people were taken to

I-95 south in Conn. shut by fatal crash
Boston Globe - EAST LYME, Conn. - A fatal accident in southeastern Connecticut forced the shutdown of a key highway in the Northeast yesterday, and transportation officials warned it might not fully reopen until early today. The accident on southbound Interstate 95

News briefs
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Deputies are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that killed an Orleans County man Friday morning. James G. Osborne, 50, of Kent was killed about 5:35 a.m. Friday after two vehicles collided on Ridge Road (Route 104) in Murray, about a half

Passengers not seriously injured in Funkstown bus accident
Herald-Mail - FUNKSTOWN - A Washington County Public Schools bus driver was charged Wednesday with failure to control speed to avoid a collision after the bus she was driving rear-ended another vehicle in Funkstown, Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Matheny

Train and truck collide near Nunawading station
News.com.au - The accident scene is expected to be cleared by about 7pm. The train was near Nunawading Station and travelling relatively slowly . There are significant traffic delays on Whitehorse and Springvale roads. The truck driver is believed to have suffered

2 Winning Drug Tests, One Expected and One a Surprise
The Ledger - The drug s effectiveness against hepatitis C was discovered almost by accident. When tested as a treatment for parasites, the drug showed signs it was countering liver infection. Dr. Keeffe, who is researching how the Romark drug works, said

Accident on Big Bethel closes 2 lanes of I-64
Hampton Roads Daily Press - There is an accident on I-64 west, at Big Bethel Road, (Exit 259), in Hampton. The two right lanes are closed. Expect long delays. In addition, traffic is heavy on Route 164 east, at the Western Freeway Bridge, at the Midtown Tunnel, in Portsmouth

Minister used mobile phone when driving
MSN UK News - Anne Foster-Chia, 44, was jailed for two years for causing the death of 80-year-old pedestrian Dorothy Andrews while fiddling with her mobile phone at the wheel of her 4x4. The mother-of-four denied she was using her phone at the time of the accident

After accident, Jeune lives to play
Philadelphia Daily News - IT IS A PARENT’S worst nightmare. A teenager drives to see some friends, though still grossly inexperienced behind the wheel of a car. Curfew time comes and goes. There’s no answer on a cell phone and no one has heard from the child in hours. Patrick

Anderson deputies subject in two accident reports
Anderson Independent-Mail - ANDERSON COUNTY Two vehicles operated by the Anderson County Sheriff s Office were involved in traffic accidents between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday. The deputies were not injured. The first accident, which was reported at Whitehall

Police Divers Search Pond Near Home of Suburban Chicago Cop in Missing
FOX News - BOLINGBROOK, Ill. Illinois State Police executed a search warrant Thursday at the home of a suburban Chicago police in Sex Sting at Ohio Statehouse Tennessee Town Runs Out of Water in Southeast Drought Four Killed in Wisconsin Well Accident

Device Created to Prevent Red Wine Headache
FOX News - BERKELEY, Calif The effects are all too familiar: a fancy dinner, some fine wine and then, a few hours later, a No Stranger to Disappearances Elderly Man Beat to Death For Watering Lawn During Rationing Four Killed in Wisconsin Well Accident