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Puerto Rico plane crash victims identified as Ohio couple; US investigator leads probe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. investigator is studying the charred wreckage of a small plane that plowed into a Puerto Rican rainforest to pinpoint the cause of the deadly crash. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says Todd Gunther...Tags: Government Health Care, Rockwell Automation Incorporated, Transportation Industry, Puerto Rico, Ohio
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: AT HOME
Teams searched a mountainside yesterday to locate a small plane with three people on board - including two American tourists - that crashed into a fog-shrouded forest east of Puerto Rico's capital. The twin-engine plane slammed into El Yunque mountain and...Tags: Prosecution, Crimes, Jennifer Hudson, Witnesses, Murder
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Woman sues cop in '07 nightclub incident
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 FBI to launch a probe into the April 2007 incident in which Jessica Asprilla claims...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Court Administration, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Police
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Plane crashes into mountain
A small plane with three people on board — including two American tourists — crashed into a fog-shrouded mountain in a national forest east of San Juan on Wednesday, emergency officials said. The twin-engine plane struck the side of El Yunque...Tags: Forestry and Timber, 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: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Court Administration, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Police
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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: Laws, Maryland, Medical Services, Emergency Planning, 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: Prosecution, Heavy Engineering, Witnesses, Transportation Industry, Montana
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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: Forestry and Timber, Tour Operations Industry, Family, Conservation, Forests
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Travis Barker and DJ AM to perform together for first time since plane crash
The Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Punk 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,...Tags: New Year's, Crimes, South Carolina, California, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Rescue crews search for plane-crash victims
The Associated PressThe Coast Guard is continuing its search for two men whose plane 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 were not immediately known. The pair...Tags: Tampa
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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: Fires, Basketball, Family, Police, Football
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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: Music, Carnegie Hall, New Year's, South Carolina, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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