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Waukegan house fire injures man, daughter
A man and his teenage daughter were injured early Friday in a house fire in Waukegan, officials said. Firefighters responded to the blaze iin the 700 block of South Fulton Avenue about 6:45 a.m., said Fire Chief Dan Young. Monroe Dunlap, 67, was in...Tags: Park Ridge, Waukegan
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No to Obama's experimental government
On Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama told "60 Minutes" that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be a model of sorts for him. "What you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence and a...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Bankruptcy, Consumer Confidence
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No sign of arson in Kentucky blaze that killed 27 horses
The Associated PressFire investigators say they have found no sign of arson in a blaze that killed 27 horses at a thoroughbred training facility in western Kentucky. The state fire marshal's office said Friday that the cause of the fire at Riverside Downs is undetermined,...Tags: Pentecost, Arson
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Firefighters discover body at Spencer apartment
Fire officials say they discovered the body of Spencer man after an electric space heater caused a sofa at his rental house to start on fire. Firefighters responded to the blaze at about 12 a.m. Friday and found the body of 59-year-old Wayne Weier Sr.... -
Man, 75, dies after fire traps him in basement
A Kenosha County man has died after a fire trapped him in his basement. Authorities say 75-year-old Robert Towmey of the Town of Salem called about 9 a.m. and said he couldn't get out of his basement because the door was too hot to open....Tags: Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
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1 dead, 1 still in critical condition after refinery blast and fire in Texas
TYLER, Texas (AP) _ A man has died a day after an oil refinery explosion and fire in Texas. The mother of 49-year-old James Dale Sharman says he died Friday of injuries from an explosion at the Delek Refining plant in Tyler. A spokeswoman for Parkland...Tags: Heavy Engineering
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Iraqi troops donate $500 to help California wildfire victims
BAGHDAD (AP) _ The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims. Iraqi Col. Abbas Fadhil at the Besmaya range complex south of Baghdad says his troops want to send a message to the American people with...Tags: Charity, Wildfires
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Cause of fire that killed 3 undetermined
The police chief in Wausau says the investigation into a duplex fire that killed three young siblings is complete and the cause remains a mystery. Chief Jeff Hardel said Friday the fire started in a bedroom near a bed where a baby was sleeping. He... -
House in fatal fire had no working alarms
matthew.chayes@newsday.comFor the third time in a month, someone has died in a fire in a Nassau County home without a working smoke detector, authorities said Friday. The death of Jeanmarie Rosalbert, 51 on Thursday could have been prevented if the Freeport home where he was...Tags: Medical Conditions
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Aide: Obama to nominate Clinton after Thanksgiving
Associated PressPresident-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday. One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to discuss the idea of Clinton becoming the...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Robert Gates, Kathleen Sebelius, Defense, Local Elections
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Fire chief: Overheated furnace caused Slatington blaze
An overheated furnace caused a fire that damaged a twin house in northern Lehigh County this morning, displacing the residents of both houses. The fire started in the basement of Derek Worman's house at 59 North St. in Slatington and spread smoke to...Tags: Lehigh County, Slatington
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Victim hit by firetruck identified
Of The Morning CallThe driver of a car that plunged down a steep embankment off Route 33 north of Wind Gap on Thursday crawled out of the wreckage and scrambled back up to the highway, where minutes later he was struck and killed by a firetruck, police said. State police...Tags: Road Accidents, Family, Vehicles, Wind Gap, Health and Safety at Work
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