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Insurers settle air crash suits
Forbes - Unfortunately, this aircraft had an accident because the pilot got in some clouds and got disoriented.’ Gary W. Westerberg, a lawyer for the London insurers, said his clients settled because of court rulings that AAR and Fleet controlled documents

Power Rankings: Hornish not in top 20, but 35th great for now
CBS Sportsline - Felt good about his chances at Bristol and then got caught up in an early race accident. 15 Clint Bowyer 18 Solid weekend with a Nationwide win and a third-place Cup finish, surely looking forward to a Bristol return in August.

Albania’s defence minister resigns over arms depot blast that killed
940 News - Berisha has said the explosions were an accident that occurred during work to destroy excess ammunition stockpiled since Albania’s communist past.

Live From Lhasa Shaky cell-phone videos from Tibet foretell doom for
Slate - That covert cell phones have become the most important means of transmitting news from certain parts of East Asia is no accident. Lhasa, Rangoon, Xinjiang, and North Korea:

Livonia woman charged in mother’s death
Detroit Free Press - It was not clear at that point if it was an accident and the daughter was distraught over the mother just dying,” but investigators later discovered the truth.

Greene County fatal accident
Dayton Daily News - Were you there? Check out the early morning St. Patrick’s Day festivities at Flanagan’s and the Dublin Pub. SARASOTA, Fla. Jim Leyland, with stops at Pittsburgh, Colorado, Florida and Detroit, knows a thing or four about managing a major-league

Leak of lubricant oil pollutes sea in north-eastern Brazil
Earthtimes - Beth Wagner, general manager of the Centre for Environmental Resources (CRA), said the ship NCC Jupail suffered an accident late Saturday, when it crashed into the Aratu harbour in the north-eastern state of Bahia and its hull broke.

Siran Stacy accident report shows other driver legally intoxicated
Dothan Eagle - Nearly four months after a crash that left six people dead, the Houston County district attorney s office has released the blood alcohol level for the driver authorities said was at fault. District Attorney Doug Valeska said a toxicology report

N.Y. exec’s lawsuit accuses stripper of injuring him
Houston Chronicle - Stephen Chang, a securities trader, said in court papers filed Friday that he was at the Hot Lap Dance Club near Madison Square Garden and was getting a paid lap dance when the accident occurred early Nov. 2, 2007.

Lawmakers call for ‘immediate action’ in FAA probe
Palm Beach Interactive - One accident is a terrible thing. A pattern of accidents is more than a tragedy. It sounds preventable.” Responding to the Congressmen, FAA officials reissued a statement circulated after Thursday’s crash.

Man acquitted in crash that killed 5 children
Seattle Times - WSP investigators testified they found no indication that Helm was drunk or on drugs or prescription medications at the time of the accident. The State Patrol subpoenaed cell phone records that showed Helm had briefly used his cell phone just before

Four-year-old girl dies from injuries in I-94 car-semi crash
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Jay Shake, a heart surgeon at Regions Hospital, was about 10 cars behind the accident and pulled to the shoulder to see if he could help. Sumalya’s chin was on her chest and she was unconscious and not breathing.

Southwest Grounds Dozens of Jets
AOL - percent. Since the Federal `Aviation Administration announced the penalty last week, Southwest has endured a steady drip of bad publicity, which is unusual for the nation’s most consistently profitable carrier and one that has never had an accident

2 injured in Route 25 crash caused by wrong-way driver
South Coast Today - WAREHAM Two people were seriously injured in a collision caused by a wrong-way driver on Route 25 Tuesday night. According to Onset Fire Capt. Howard Andersen, a call came in about 11:08 p.m., reporting the two-car accident. “When the chief

6 injured, 1 missing in Gulf explosion
The Daily Advertiser - NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard was searching Wednesday for a crew member who went missing after an explosion injured six members of a dive-support team working on a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard helicopters transported the six injured

1 woman dead in truck-motor scooter accident near Weldon
Pantagraph - UPDATED 11:00 p.m. WAPELLA — A DeWitt woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when the motor scooter she was driving was involved in an accident with a light pickup truck on Swisher Hill Road just north of Wapella-Parnell Road in DeWitt County

Grayslake woman dies in car accident
News Sun - No charges have been filed yet in an accident Sunday afternoon at Rollins Road and Route 45 that left a 20-year-old Grayslake woman dead and four people injured. Police said around 3:30 p.m. a 1995 Pontiac Bonneville driven by Lauren Perna, 18, of

Boy Survives Near-Decapitation After Car Accident
FOX News - Four years ago, Ricky Barber s plans included neither going to college nor taking on another mammoth challenge: recovering from an accident that left him nearly decapitated. Doctors say it is a miracle the then-13-year-old survived after being hit

Pedestrian Killed On Interstate 295
WLBZ 2 - BOWDOINHAM (NEWS CENTER) — State police say a man who was walking on the side of Interstate 295 was struck and killed by a tractor trailer truck Monday morning. The accident was reported at about 10:15 A.M. on the northbound side of the highway

Woman ID’d in fatal Langerado crash
Miami Herald - A woman killed Sunday when a truck and bus collided on the road to the Langerado Music Festival has been identified. Constance Leach, 36, of Clewiston died from her injuries, the Broward medical examiner’s office said. The accident happened on Snake

Man killed in accident on Rt. 250 near Wilmot from New Philadelphia
Times Reporter - WILMOT - A single-car crash this morning resulted in the death of a man who local authorities are still trying to identify. The victim was a rear-seat passenger in a car that crashed into a utility pole on the side of Sandusky Dr. SW (RT. 250

Conviction upheld in fatal wreck
Daily News - Tante was taken to Onslow Memorial Hospital for evaluation, according to the accident report. When the hospital released Tante later that day, the N.C.

Top ten stories
Minneapolis Star Tribune - 1 Puck Dreams: Leaving home to follow dream 2 U-turn driver’s story of being a road rage victim does a 180 3 It’s official: Favre is retiring 4 Fatal accident on I-35W snarls traffic in south Minneapolis 5 Hello, lovely new home: Keillor moving a few

Investigation of Litchfield crash continues
Observer-Dispatch - Police are continuing an investigation into the accident in which Kara Jweid, 22, of Chadwicks died late Thursday. No tickets have been issued as of yet, police said. The vehicle Jweid was riding in was hit by another car at around 11:30 p.m. at

Water ski champ dies in horror crash
News.com.au - Mr Eagle, 51, a businessman at Oatley, in Sydney’s south, had been on his way to compete in a warm-up event for tod ay’s inaugural Superboat Grand Prix on Sydney Harbour when the accident occurred.

Woman flung onto I-70 and struck by semi
Denver Post - A 44-year-old woman was killed in a chain-reaction accident in which she was standing on Interstate 70 when she was hurled into the path of a semi-tractor trailer, authorities say. Yelena A. Lyubimskaya of Aurora was taken to Denver Health Medical

Six dead, three seriously injured after head-on car accident in
Times Online - SIX people died and two children and their aunt are in a critical condition after a head-on crash in Gloucestershire last night at around 9.20pm. The collision occurred close to the Broadwell turning on the A429 between Moreton-in-Marsh and Stow-on

Ernie Els Reveals Son Has Autism
wnbc.com - When they discovered he was autistic, Els did not share this publicly through some of his toughest years in golf — having a chance to win all four majors in 2004 and coming away empty; a tubing accident that tore knee ligaments and ended his season

Student death ruled suicide
Detroit News - Despite the coroner’s ruling, Cotter’s friends continued to believe her death was an accident or a murder. Her roommates, Jessie Hummel and Jennifer Harkness, were stunned by the suicide pronouncement, declining to talk about it.

Thatcher ‘on good form’ after scare
Western Telegraph - Looking well, Lady Thatcher left the hospital guided by medical staff and took a short walk to the car from the Accident and Emergency entrance.