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Pizzeria owner accused of beating man over calzone - WTOP Radio
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) - Flagler County authorities said a restaurant owner pistol-whipped and beat a customer who complained that his takeout order was incorrect. The owner of Goomba’s Pizzeria was charged with aggravated assault and battery with a

Two teens injured in morning accident in Emmett - Idaho Statesman
Two teen boys in Emmett were struck by an 18-year-old driving a 1990 Honda Accord, the Idaho State Police said. The injuries aren’t life threatening, but one boy was taken to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. The other was treated and released

Car accident wipes out power for neighborhood - Daily Press
Crews are working on the power outage in the Summerlake area in Newport News. The area lost power this morning after a single-vehicle accident last night on Boxley Avenue uprooted some underground cables. ( Joe Fudge, Daily Press / January 30, 2009

Traffic-stop crash kills Middletown officer - Philiy.com
But within minutes, a popular suburban police officer lay fatally injured, pinned beneath his cruiser on the shoulder of northbound Route 1 in Bucks County. Officer Chris Jones, a 10-year veteran of the Middletown Township Police Department, died of

CHP issues 16 citations in Bay Area since texting and driving ban took - Contra Costa Times
The California Highway Patrol as of Wednesday has issued 16 citations in the Bay Area for text messaging while driving since a law banning that activity went into effect Jan. 1. Statewide, there have been 88 citations issued for text messaging while

Spring Grove woman sentenced for hitting bicyclist - Northwest Herald
KENOSHA, Wis. A Spring Grove woman received a four-year prison term on charges in a Kenosha County hit-and-run accident that left one bicyclist dead and another injured. Forty-one-year-old Barbara Lee pleaded guilty last month to a charge of hit

Governors Drive accident may have victims trapped - Everything Alabama Blog
HUNTSVILLE, AL. - An accident on Governors Drive near Cliff Manor may have victims trapped in the wreckage. The wreck has traffic blocked in both directions on Governors Drive as of 8:30 a.m. The accident was first reported at Old Big Cove Road but

Trooper dies looking for erratic driver who was text messaging State - Eagle-Tribune
BOXFORD, Mass. State police Capt. Richard “Rick” Cashin was killed yesterday while responding to a call about an erratic driver who was later determined to be text messaging while driving. Cashin, 52, of Boxford, died around 1:45 a.m., when his

State Patrol investigates fatal Clinton accident - Quad-Cities Times
CLINTON, Iowa One person died in a one-car accident early today in Clinton. Emergency crews were called at 1:20 a.m. to the accident in the 900 block of South 3rd Street. One passenger was killed, and the driver and another passenger were taken

Pa. officer injured in highway accident - Evening Sun
LANGHORNE, Pa. Authorities say a police officer has been injured in a crash that happened after he made a traffic stop on Route 1 in suburban Philadelphia. The crash happened shortly before noon Thursday in Middletown Township, Bucks County. The

Stuntman injured on Harry Potter set - The Independent
An investigation was launched after a stuntman was injured on the set of the latest Harry Potter film, the Health and Safety Executive said today. The man, who is understood to be a stunt double for star Daniel Radcliffe, was taken to hospital with a

Accident kills Ohio promoter at Wis. monster truck show - WYTV.com
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Officials say an Ohio monster truck show promoter was close friends with the driver of the huge truck that accidentally killed him. George Eisenhart Jr. stepped into the path of a truck driven by Daniel Patrick during a show

Parole rejected for RI man in ‘Jail Bird’ costume - Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Parole has been rejected for a Rhode Island inmate who was caught partying in a prisoner costume in a Facebook picture before he was sentenced for a drunken driving crash. Joshua Lipton must continue serving a two-year prison

2 Firefighters Die In East Texas Accident - Click2Houston.com
DALLAS — Two Kilgore firefighters died after falling from the roof of an 8-story building during a training exercise Sunday afternoon in East Texas, police said. The men were injured when they fell from Stark Hall, a men’s dormitory on the Kilgore

Monster truck promoter was pals with driver who ran him over in - Chicago Sun-Times
MADISON, Wis. A monster truck show promoter killed in an accident and the driver who smashed into him were as close as family and considered leaders in safety, industry officials said Monday. George Eisenhart Jr. stepped into the path of a

Update: Announcer killed at Madison monster truck show - Green Bay Press-Gazette
George Eisenhart Jr., 41, of Chardon, Ohio, died after he stepped into the path of one of the huge trucks and was run over. Dane County Coroner John Stanley said Sunday the cause of death was crushing internal injuries brought on when Eisenhart

Jet’s engine recovered from Hudson River - Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK — The battered, twisted left engine of the US Airways plane that crashed in the Hudson River was recovered Friday, after an eight-day struggle to find the wreckage and pull it from the murky water. Using a large, floating crane, salvage

Police: Helicopter crashes in southern NC Save Email Print - WVLT
MONROE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are on the scene of a helicopter crash in southern North Carolina. Monroe police information clerk Mike Thomas said Thursday that crews were responding to a helicopter crash in a field on the western side of town. He

Outdoorsman Vince Rook killed in Baldwin County hunting accident - Everything Alabama
BAY MINETTE A Baldwin County outdoorsman well known for organizing local bass tournaments was killed Thursday evening in a hunting accident in a wooded area near the Whitehouse Fork community, officials said. Larry Vincent “Vince” Rook, 42, was

Lance Armstrong back in pack - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, right, of the U.S., prepares to race in the fourth stage of the Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide, Australia, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma) ADELAIDE, Australia — Lance

Two children killed in Chinatown car accident - Newsday
Two children were killed and a third was seriously injured yesterday after a restaurant delivery van jumped a curb in Chinatown and slammed into a line of preschoolers and their escorts on a sidewalk, police said. Police identified the dead children

Probable Starting Lineup: Boston at Orlando - Sports Network
F Paul Pierce 19.1 5.7 3.7 F Hedo Turkoglu 17.2 5.3 4.8 F Kevin Garnett 16.1 9.2 2.6 F Rashard Lewis 19.1 5.9 2.6 C Kendrick Perkins 8.6 8.1 1.2 C Dwight Howard 20.2 14.1 1.4 G Ray Allen 18.1 3.4 2.7 G Courtney Lee 6.7 2.0 1.1 G Rajon Rondo 10.9 4.9

Shipyard worker killed, another injured in Hanjin accident - ABS-CBN
A Filipino worker was killed while another was severely injured in an accident at the Korean-owned Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines Inc. in Subic, Zambales Friday morning. Victim Raldon del Rosario, 19, of Kalinga, Apayao was

Police: Helicopter crashes in southern NC Save Email Print - WVLT
MONROE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities are on the scene of a helicopter crash in southern North Carolina. Monroe police information clerk Mike Thomas said Thursday that crews were responding to a helicopter crash in a field on the western side of town. He

Girl, 16, dies after skiing accident - Sun-Journal
CARRABASSETT VALLEY - Rebecca McGill, 16, of Connecticut, has died from injuries suffered after crashing into a tree at Sugarloaf/USA on Tuesday. McGill, a student at Stratton Mountain School in Vermont, was at the resort with other students as part

Video: Delhi man killed in Atwater Blvd accident - Merced Sun-Star
ATWATER A 55-year-old Delhi man was killed instantly on Wednesday after his truck slammed into a support pillar on Atwater Boulevard, underneath Highway 99. The man, identified by the Merced County Coroner s Office as Michael Van Guilder, died

N. Ky. school bus crashes into home - WZTV.com
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A bus carrying elementary school students crashed into a home in northern Kentucky Thursday, but officials said no one was seriously injured. Covington Independent Schools spokesman Bill Weathers said one girl was taken to a

Accident-hit junction work gets go-ahead - Westmidlands.com
An accident-plagued crossroads between Lichfield and Burntwood is set for a 1.8 million overhaul to improve safety and ease congestion. Staffordshire County Council has given the go-ahead for the massive project at the Pipehill intersection

Doctors Revive Frozen Woman Found in Milwaukee Snowbank - FOX News
The woman, Tia Ross, was in the intensive care unit of Waukesha Memorial Hospital. When Ross arrived at the hospital Sunday morning, trauma center medical director Michael Sore says she had spent nearly six hours outside, didn’t have a pulse and was

Man found burned in apartment with no sign of fire - Columbia Missourian
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Investigators are baffled as to how a man suffered second- and third-degree burns inside his apartment _ even though the only sign of a fire was a candle in the bathroom. Knoxville Fire Department crews found the 56-year-old victim

Officials: boat carrying up to 35 migrants capsizes off Tunisia, most - Newsday
LA MARSA, Tunisia (AP) Officials say a boat carrying up to 35 young Tunisians trying to travel to Italy illegally has capsized near Tunis. A government official in Tunis, the Tunisian capital, says that five survivors of Monday’s accident swam to

Pedestrian killed in Route 94 accident - Times Herald-Record
WARWICK A woman was killed after she was struck by a car on Route 94 Tuesday evening, Warwick town police said. Warwick police Lt. Tom Maslanka said the woman, whom he did not identify pending family notification, was crossing Route 94 at the

Accident slows traffic near Florosa - NW Florida Daily News
An accident involving minor injuries in front of Leisure Time RV on U.S. Highway 98 has traffic slowing while crews work. One eastbound lane has been shut down due to the accident. Please use caution and expect delays in this area. From the editor

Parents sue Ohio State over elevator death - Times Reporter
Ohio State University is being sued by the family of a student killed more than two years ago by a dormitory elevator. The suit seeking more than $50,000 says the school was negligent with regard to the elevator that crushed 18-year-old Andrew

Parts of monster truck examined after boy’s death - WTOP Radio
Phyllis Dwyer, mother of Sebastian Hizey, fights back tears while comforting her children Gabriel, 7, Morgan, 9, and Marissa, 10, the siblings of Sebastian Hizey, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009 at their home in Puyallup, Wash. Debris flew into the

UPDATE: Snowmobile accident claims life in Niles - 22 WSBT
Story Created: Jan 21, 2009 at 3:59 AM EST Story Updated: Jan 21, 2009 at 7:47 AM EST Officers continued to investigate a fatal snowmobile accident early Wednesday near Barron Lake. City 911 dispatch said the 2:50 a.m. accident happened at Michigan

Colonie man killed in Central Avenue accident - Times Union
COLONIE A 61-year-old Colonie man who was hit by a car while walking across Central Avenue Monday has died of his injuries, authorities said. Westley H. Williams, 61, was hit by a car driven by Brett J. Belleville, 18, also of Colonie, around 6:30 p

5 killed in crash of car, pickup truck in Wis. - WSVN-TV
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — Officials in northern Wisconsin say five people are dead after a highway collision between a car and pickup truck. The Marinette County sheriff’s department says the car may have failed to yield the right of way to the truck

Boy dies in accident at Tacoma monster truck show - Tri-City Herald
TACOMA, Wash. Flying debris fatally hit a young boy and injured a man in the first day of a three-day monster truck show at the Tacoma dome, officials said. Both of those who were hit Friday night were taken to the hospital and the 6-year-old boy

Air China faces losses due to fuel hedging - Everett Herald
BEIJING — Air China Ltd., one of China’s three major state-owned carriers, warned today it faces a “significant loss” for 2008 because of wrong-way bets on fuel prices that will cost nearly $1 billion. The airline joined a parade of Asian airlines

Car accident injures one - Shawnee News-Star
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports that a Tecumseh woman was injured early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle accident in Tecumseh. According to an OHP report, 21-year-old Jenna D. Cave was traveling east on Benson Park Road when the accident

Lane change error causes accident - Times-Argus
BERLIN A Quebec man escaped injury, but not a ticket after a dramatic crash on I-89 near Exit 7. Jan Davis of Montreal, Quebec, was traveling south when he tried to change lanes and hit a car driven by Allison Summerville, 20, of Fayetteville, N

Child killed in Tacoma monster truck show accident identified - Tacoma News Tribune
A 6-year-old Puyallup boy died from injuries sustained by flying debris during a monster truck show Friday night at the Tacoma Dome. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office today identified the child as Sabastian Hizey. Ryann Thill, a medical

Charlotte Observer: De Villiers and VW take last stage to get Dakar - ThatsRacin.com
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Giniel De Villiers of South Africa won the Dakar Rally on Saturday, holding off Mark Miller and NASCAR driver Robby Gordon, both of the United States. De Villiers finished in 48:10:57 after driving more than 5,600 miles