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Small plane crashes in Puerto Rico mountains; 2 Americans on board
Associated Press WriterRIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) _ Search teams slogged up a muddy, densely-wooded mountainside on Wednesday to locate a small plane with three people on board — including two American tourists — that crashed into a fog-shrouded forest east of...Tags: Emergency Planning, Forestry and Timber, Rockwell Automation Incorporated, Puerto Rico
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Woman pushed by Orlando cop files civil lawsuit
Sentinel Staff WriterThe woman who alleged an Orlando cop shoved her down the stairs of a downtown nightclub filed a civil lawsuit against the officer Tuesday. Her attorneys also asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to launch a probe into the April 2007 incident where...Tags: Court Administration, Trials, Dining and Drinking, Val Demings, Orlando International Airport
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Medevac use down notably in state since fatal crash
The number of Maryland medevac transports has dropped significantly since new protocols were put in place after a fatal crash, causing lawmakers to question yesterday how many helicopters are needed to replace the state's aging fleet. Donald DeVries,...Tags: Emergency Planning, Transportation Accidents, Laws, Medical Services, Road Accidents
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Cause unknown in crash that killed 2 Illinoisans
Federal investigators say they can't determine the specific cause of a 2007 Montana plane crash that killed two Illinois men, but icing on the aircraft could have played a role. Allan Hamilton, 69, was flying his Cessna Citation 550 from Rockford, Ill.,...Tags: Frosting and Icing, Transportation Accidents, Heavy Engineering, Witnesses, Transportation Industry
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Forest journal: Twelve days in the jungle
Photos by Antonio PerezScreaming monkeys, falling trees, chainsaw loggers, village chiefs and a nation's president are on the docket as Tribune chief business correspondent David Greising takes to the Amazonian rainforest. -------------------- Along the Essequibo River,...Tags: John Keats, Government, Forestry and Timber, Family, National Government
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Size of state's medevac fleet under review
The Associated PressThe number of Maryland medevac transports have dropped significantly since new protocols were put in place after a fatal crash, prompting lawmakers today to question how many helicopters are needed to replace the state's aging fleet. Donald DeVries,...Tags: Emergency Planning, Laws, Transportation Accidents, Medical Services
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Making flights safer is key to saving lives
The editorial "Support for medevacs" (Nov. 28) focuses on the need to change the criteria used by EMTs when they decide to fly patients instead of driving them to the hospital. As a volunteer firefighter and EMT, I understand how difficult this on-the-...Tags: Air Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation
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Rescue crews search for Tampa-bound plane crash victims
The Associated PressThe Coast Guard is searching for two men whose plane lost radar contact with officials and may have crashed in the Gulf of Mexico near Yankeetown. Authorities say 35-year-old Darien Peckham and 28-year-old Zachary Schlitt are missing. Their hometowns...Tags: Tampa
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Mark Leckey takes 2008's Turner Prize
Mark Leckey wins U.K.'s top art prize Video artist Mark Leckey on Monday won the 2008 Turner Prize, the United Kingdom's top contemporary-art award. "It's great to do something that has some kind of effect on British culture," said the 43-year-old...Tags: Culture, Internet, West Hollywood, Film Festivals, Murder
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Search teams recover third body after Airbus A320 crash off France's southern coast
PERPIGNAN, France (AP) _ Search teams found a third body Monday following the crash of an Airbus A320 passenger jet off France's southern coast, bringing the official death toll to three with four others missing and feared dead, a French official said....Tags: Transportation Accidents, Honeywell International Incorporated
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Travis Barker and DJ AM to reunite for performance
The Associated PressPunk musician Travis Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM will perform together for the first time since the duo survived a fiery plane crash in South Carolina. The former Blink-182 drummer and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, will headline...Tags: Murder, West Hollywood, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), New Year's, Radio Industry
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Years later, team suffers unimaginable loss
As the years had passed, they had all scattered to some degree. They owned restaurants, they ran companies and small businesses, they sold products, marketed products, produced products, and one in particular - whom Calvert Hall's class of 1992 will never...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Thanksgiving, Fires, Mickey Mantle, Vehicles
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