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U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:35pm neoform

CNN -- The air was declared clean, but the carcinogen asbestos was found in dust and debris hurled into midtown Manhattan by a steam pipe explosion the day before, New York City announced Thursday. The city's Department of Emergency Management will continue to t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

New York Times -- A storm system that stretched nearly 1,000 miles from the Midwest to the Southeast on Thursday killed at least 20 people in three states, including eight who died when what appeared to be a tornado caused the roof to collapse at a high school in Enterpris.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- For decades, Seattle has led the nation in 911 medical response with a strategy of basic life-support services by firefighters trained as emergency medical technicians, advanced care by paramedics when needed, and citizen participation in lifesaving. T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- An American Airlines flight from Orlando, Fla., to Dallas-Fort Worth was diverted to Houston on Saturday night after a passenger tried to open an emergency door. The passenger was unable to open the door and no one was injured. The passenger, a woma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 15, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- A group of college students who didn’t emerge for more than a day from a cave they were exploring have been found safe, an emergency worker said Sunday. The two women and one man were found in a 500-foot-long crawl space about the width of a sewer pi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- Political turmoil in Pakistan deepened Thursday when the government raised the possibility that embattled President Gen. Pervez Musharraf might impose a state of emergency, drawing condemnation that doing so would be a desperate bid to hold onto power... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 5, 2007 @ 4:51pm neoform

FOX News -- A state of emergency was declared in Montana on Sunday because of wildfires, including one northeast of Missoula that had forced the evacuation of 200 homes. Lighter wind and higher humidity were expected Sunday, although wind-blown embers were still a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

FOX News -- A plane carrying six members of a University of Michigan organ transplant team went down Monday afternoon in Lake Michigan shortly after the pilot signaled an emergency, authorities said. There was no word on survivors. As many as 32 divers from the po.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun May 20, 2007 @ 1:00pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- In the emergency room at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, Edith Isabel Rodriguez was seen as a complainer. "Thanks a lot, officers," an emergency room nurse told Los Angeles County police who brought in Rodriguez early May 9 after finding her in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 12:38am neoform

FOX News -- A teenager who was chasing a ball at recess became trapped under a heavy concrete slab for about two hours Tuesday before emergency crews could remove it and rush him to a hospital. Robert Maust, 14, was pale and cold but otherwise in good spirits when.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 2, 2007 @ 1:34am neoform

Globe and Mail -- Tornadoes ripped through Alabama and killed at least seven people Thursday, including five at a high school where students became pinned under debris when a roof collapsed, state officials said. As night fell, crews dug through piles of rubble beneath.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 23, 2007 @ 10:05am mrmdc

Houston Chronicle -- A six-month extension of emergency housing assistance will stave off an immediate catastrophe but will not solve the underlying problems preventing hurricane victims from rebuilding their lives, evacuees and their advocates said Monday... Read More