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Dec 19, 2007 4:10 AM CST

Deadly Pakistan Train Crash

Survivors trapped in wreckage

(Newser) - At least 41 people were killed early today when the Karachi Express derailed, and Pakistani rescue workers were scrambling to pull survivors from the twisted wreckage, CNN reports. Over 135 people were injured when 12 of the train's 17 cars overturned. Over a thousand people were on the train, many...

Big Night for Boston's Big Baby

Dec 13, 2007 1:21 AM CST

Big Night for Boston's Big Baby

Rookie Davis shines in first career start as Celts drop Kings, 90-78

(Newser) - With Boston center Kendrick Perkins sidelined by a freak bedroom accident, rookie Glen "Big Baby" Davis made the most of his first career start, helping the Celtics protect a perfect home record against the Kings. Davis had 16 points and 9 rebounds, statistically outperforming his frontcourt mate, Kevin Garnett....

'Dead' Canoeist Reappears Again—in Court

Dec 10, 2007 3:20 PM CST

'Dead' Canoeist Reappears Again—in Court

Seeking help, police release photo from fraudulent passport

(Newser) - The British man who faked his own death in a canoeing accident only to resurface 5 years later appeared in court today to face formal charges of fraudulently obtaining a life insurance policy and lying to procure a passport, the Telegraph reports. A hearing date of February 4 was set...

Darwins Were Planning Panama Canoe Resort

Dec 8, 2007 8:56 AM CST

Darwins Were Planning Panama Canoe Resort

'Dead' boater and wife were working on a Panama paradise

(Newser) - The British man who faked his own death in a boating accident had been planning with his wife to open an eco-tourism resort offering idyllic canoeing holidays, the Times of London has discovered. John and Anne Darwin spent almost half a million dollars on property in Panama, including $390,000...

S. Korea Rushes to Contain Spill

Dec 7, 2007 11:35 AM CST

S. Korea Rushes to Contain Spill

Spill occurred near ecologically sensitive coastline

(Newser) - South Korea has sent out a fleet of ships to try to prevent 2.7 million gallons of oil that leaked from a supertanker from reaching an ecologically sensitive shoreline, the AP reports. A crane-carrying barge collided with the tanker 93 miles southwest of Seoul, causing the spill. Authorities are...

Mine Blast Kills 70+ in China

Dec 6, 2007 11:54 AM CST

Mine Blast Kills 70+ in China

26 more trapped, feared dead in latest accident

(Newser) - A gas explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed at least 70 today and trapped 26 more, the New York Times reports, one of the year’s worst accidents in an industry that sees more than 4,000 die each year. Authorities believe miners triggered the explosion while illegally tapping...

Surf Champ Saves Partner

Dec 6, 2007 2:25 AM CST

Surf Champ Saves Partner

Laird Hamilton uses improvised tourniquet to stop partner from bleeding to death

(Newser) - Surf champ Laird Hamilton, known for his big-wave talents that have been documented in films, can add lifesaver to his resume. The star wave rider stripped off his shorts to create a makeshift tourniquet that prevented his surf partner from bleeding to death after a wipeout this week opened a...

30 Hurt in Amtrak Crash

Nov 30, 2007 7:26 PM CST

30 Hurt in Amtrak Crash

Officials probing accident that critically injured 5 passengers

(Newser) - Five were critically injured when an Amtrak passenger train rammed a stopped freight train in Chicago today, the Chicago Tribune reports. Nine more were seriously hurt, including five Amtrak workers, and another 30 suffered minor injuries. Officials, who freed some workers from the locomotive with hydraulic cutting tools, expect the...

The Exploding Phone Was
A Hoax!

Nov 29, 2007 7:00 PM CST

The Exploding Phone Was A Hoax!

Co-worker admits to backing over victim by accident with excavator

(Newser) - A South Korean man thought to have been killed by an exploding cell phone was actually accidentally run over by a coworker. The quarry worker, found dead yesterday morning with a melted cell phone in his pocket, was not in fact slain by his mobile. "I lied that the...

Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex

Nov 29, 2007 10:04 AM CST

Stacy Told 3 Drew Had Killed Ex

Peterson bragged of getting away with murder

(Newser) - Before her disappearance, Stacy Peterson revealed to three people, including a clergyman, that her husband had bragged of killing his ex-wife and making it look like an accident, a source tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Drew Peterson, now a suspect in his fourth wife’s disappearance, was already living with a...

Massive Paris Police Action Quells Riots

Nov 29, 2007 6:47 AM CST

Massive Paris Police Action Quells Riots

But amateur video contradicts cops' story about boys' death

(Newser) - The Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel was relatively calm last night as hundreds of police dressed in riot gear restored order and a helicopter with searchlights hovered over the town. France's interior minister visited the suburb late last night, where a few rioters burned cars but no mass action took place,...

Sarkozy Vows to Punish Rioters

Nov 28, 2007 10:26 AM CST

Sarkozy Vows to Punish Rioters

Attacks against officers won't be tolerated, he says

(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to bring armed rioters to justice after visiting wounded policemen in the hospital today, saying, “Opening fire at officials has a name—attempted murder.” More police were deployed last night, bringing violence down, but buildings and cars were burned throughout Paris and Toulouse, the BBC...

70 Cops Injured in Paris Riots

Nov 27, 2007 6:16 AM CST

70 Cops Injured in Paris Riots

Youths target police for second night in wake of fatal accident

(Newser) - More than 70 policemen were injured last night, five of them critically, as riots spread throughout the suburbs north of Paris. Teenagers burned dozens of cars, threw Molotov cocktails and fired guns at cops, the Guardian reports, in escalating anger over the death of two teens after their motorcycle collided...

80 Dead, 20 Missing in Ukraine

Nov 19, 2007 5:09 PM CST

80 Dead, 20 Missing in Ukraine

Hope dwindles for missing miners as death toll mounts

(Newser) - Rescuers today battled the fiery remnants of a deadly coal mine blast in Ukraine as the death toll was revised upward to at least 80, Reuters reports. Twenty miners are still missing, and given the intense temperatures and lack of air, chances of survival are slim. The explosion is the...

Ex-Cop's 3rd Wife Murdered,
Expert Says

Nov 17, 2007 10:32 AM CST

Ex-Cop's 3rd Wife Murdered, Expert Says

Case re-examined after Peterson's fourth wife disappears

(Newser) - Drew Peterson's third wife was murdered and did not accidentally drown in the bathtub as originally thought, a pathologist says. Bruises on the body of Kathleen Savio suggest she was beaten to death in 2004, the Chicago Tribune reports. The autopsy took place after police named Peterson, a former Chicago...

Peterson Threatened My Life: 2nd Wife

Nov 16, 2007 11:10 AM CST

Peterson Threatened My Life: 2nd Wife

Spouse of 10 years says ex-cop 'had a disease to his ego'

(Newser) - Drew Peterson's second wife says the ex-cop under suspicion in the disappearance of his current wife threatened to kill her and make it look like an accident, the Chicago Tribune reports. Vicki Connolly says of suspicions that Drew Peterson might have killed his foutth wife, Stacy Peterson, "He has...

Lights,
Camera,
Chads!

Nov 7, 2007 5:22 PM CST

Lights, Camera, Chads!

Set your TiVo for Gore v. Bush, the HBO movie

(Newser) - If you enjoyed the disputed 2000 election in real life, you get to experience it all over again by watching Recount, an HBO movie that will tell the story of intrigue among the butterfly ballots and hanging chads. The movie is now being filmed in Tallahassee, though some insiders sniff...

F-15 Fleet Grounded After Crash

Nov 6, 2007 4:00 AM CST

F-15 Fleet Grounded After Crash

Officials worry structural defect may have triggered accident

(Newser) - The US Air Force has grounded all 676 F-15 fighter jets after a plane flown by a member of the Missouri Air National Guard crashed last week during a training exercise. Investigators believe the crash may have been caused by a structural defect. A pilot whose name was not...

Brazil Plane Slams Into Homes

Nov 5, 2007 2:54 AM CST

Brazil Plane Slams Into Homes

Yet another disaster in Brazil's troubled aviation system

(Newser) - At least six people were killed yesterday when a private plane crashed into a residential district of Sao Paolo in the latest tragedy to rock Brazil's crisis-ridden air transport system. A 10-seater Lear Jet operated by an air taxi company had just taken off for Rio de Janeiro when it...

Danger! Crocs on the Escalator!

Sep 18, 2007 9:02 AM CDT

Danger! Crocs on the Escalator!

Accidents on the rise for kids wearing popular shoes

(Newser) - At rail stations, department stores and shopping malls from Washington to Tokyo, kids wearing Crocs shoes or similar footwear are getting their toes caught in escalators with painful and occasionally bloody results. The accidents have become so commonplace that the Washington Metro has posted ads—featuring a crocodile—calling for...