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U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 15, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Police are investigating whether a man who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Richmond this afternoon committed suicide. Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority spokeswoman Luna Salaver said the man, whose name was not released, was struck abo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 29, 2007 @ 12:22pm neoform

www.kpho.com -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man who Amtrak personnel kicked off a train in the middle of a national forest in Williams has been found dehydrated and disoriented two miles from where he was dropped off. Amtrak officials said train workers followed policy wh.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- A storm bearing hail and possible tornadoes struck central Nebraska Thursday night, damaging businesses, derailing train cars, tearing down trees and disrupting power to thousands. A possible tornado touched down near Aurora, about 70 miles west of Lin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 9, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

MSNBC -- A tale of online love inspired usually cynical New Yorkers this week to help a young man find the girl of his dreams after he spotted her on a crowded subway train. For Web designer Patrick Moberg, 21, from Brooklyn, it was love at first sight when he.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

SF Gate -- Two people were killed by trains today in the Bay Area, officials said. Caltrain officials said a person was struck and killed around 11:40 a.m. by a northbound train near Ninth Avenue in San Mateo. The engineer reported seeing someone trying to cro.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 21, 2007 @ 8:21pm neoform

CNN -- Storms dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of Texas on Saturday, stranding more than 170 passengers on an Amtrak train for hours and forcing rescue crews elsewhere to pull at least 50 people to safety. Water covering the tracks in Knippa, about 75 mi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:45am neoform

FOX News -- A dazed Missouri man was found wearing only boxer shorts and a sock four days after being removed from an Amtrak train in northern Arizona for unruly behavior and then fleeing from police into nearby woods, authorities said Friday. Roosevelt Sims, 65,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 6:43pm neoform

News.com.au -- A CALIFORNIAN man who tried to kill his girlfriend by leaving her in a car parked across railway lines was himself killed when an oncoming train hurled the car into him as he fled. His girlfriend survived, the Associated Press reported. The man drov.. Read More