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U.S. / NEWS Tue May 20, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- A mechanical failure or gas likely triggered an explosion that rocked a waterfront hotel under construction, damaging four floors and injuring 14 workers, five critically, a fire official said. The blast occurred around 2 p.m. Monday, ripping off part.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 30, 2007 @ 10:32am neoform

Yahoo News -- An explosion crippled the main pipeline supplying Canadian crude to U.S. Midwest refineries on Wednesday, forcing operator Enbridge to halt nearly a fifth of U.S. imports and sending crude prices as much as $4 higher. One of the set of four lines will.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- An explosion and fire caused part of a three-story apartment building's roof to collapse early Thursday, but it was unclear if anyone was injured, officials said. Firefighters were walking inside the charred rubble in the building, picking up burnt woo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 3, 2007 @ 11:37am neoform

FOX News -- An explosion that sent a plume of fire and debris 75 feet high flattened a suburban Milwaukee home Saturday, killing an elderly woman in the house and injuring three neighbors, authorities said. Neighbors had reported smelling a strong odor just before.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 12, 2007 @ 7:54pm neoform

FOX News -- Officials reported all workers were accounted for and safe after a gas pipeline ruptured and exploded, touching off a spectacular super-heated inferno that ignited several small brush fires and cut power to about 30,000 people in the surrounding area... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 7, 2007 @ 4:55pm neoform

Reuters -- An explosion and massive fire in an industrial complex near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, forced some evacuations and closed nearby roads, local media reports said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Dec 16, 2006 @ 6:46pm neoform

United Press International -- A watchdog group charges a nuclear warhead nearly exploded in Texas when it was being dismantled at the government's Pantex facility near Amarillo... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 6, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- An explosive device caused minor damage to an empty military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday, shaking guests in hotel rooms high above. Police blocked off the area to investigate the explosion, which occurred at about 3:45 a.m., shatt.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 6, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- New York police said a small explosion outside a military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday caused minor damage. The explosion occurred around at 3:45 a.m. There were no reported injuries. Two witnesses, a man and a woman, told a local.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 8, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

CNN -- Georgia firefighters battled flames, and rescuers searched for the missing Friday, after a massive sugar refinery explosion that was felt miles away left at least 42 people injured, authorities said. Six people were unaccounted for after the Imperial Suga.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 17, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

SF Gate -- An allegedly drunken driver is in critical condition after he crashed his car into a natural gas wellhead in rural Solano County, causing an explosion visible for miles, authorities said today. Michael Bellavia, 34, of Shasta Lake, ran off Binghampton.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 9:29am neoform

USA Today -- A tanker truck explosion led officials to order evacuations. Investigators said one person was hospitalized with undisclosed injuries. They said they are unsure what caused the blast Tuesday afternoon. Authorities ordered an evacuation within a half.. Read More

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

CNN -- A steam pipe explosion during Midtown Manhattan's rush hour Wednesday shattered New Yorkers' nerves. Moments after the blast, I-Reporters sent photos and video showing a huge steam plume rising into the air. The explosion scattered debris and fogged the c.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

USA Today -- —A steam pipe blew up near Grand Central Terminal on Monday and sent thousands of people running out of buildings in a panic that it was a terror attack. "The building started shaking. There was steam and smoke billowing out of the ground," said Bryan.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 15, 2007 @ 11:20pm neoform

CNN -- Friction between rocks and the metal roof-support system of the Sago Mine -- not lightning -- probably sparked the methane gas explosion that killed 12 men last year, the United Mine Workers argued Thursday. The union's report differs from the conclusi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 6, 2007 @ 9:49am mrmdc

CBS News -- A prisoner enraged by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by undercover detectives tried to hire someone to behead the police commissioner and bomb police headquarters for $65,000, authorities said. David Brown, 47, was arrested Monday on a char.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 27, 2006 @ 12:11am neoform

ABC News -- An explosion at an electrical transformer rattled the foothills west of Denver early Tuesday near an old uranium mine, authorities said. Jefferson County sheriff's deputies confirmed the explosion was in a transformer on a private road near the inactive.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 8:07am neoform

KTUV -- A thick glass window exploded at the four-story San Jose-based PayPal headquarters Tuesday night, a San Jose fire captain said... Read More