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Man dies in Montreal parking-garage collapse

msnbc.com: World news — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:54:03 +0000

The top story of a parking garage collapsed Wednesday dropping a giant slab of onto the floor below and killing one man, authorities said.

Mukasey returns to work after collapse

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:59:34 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With briefcase in hand and a smile on his face, Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work Friday after collapsing during a speech the night before and spurring a 14-hour scare about his health....

Mukasey feeling better, checks out of hospital

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:03:36 +0000

The attorney general was given a "clean bill of health" and went back to work Friday after his harrowing collapse at a late-night dinner speech.

Bakshi: Is No News Really Good News?: On the road to peace between Israel and Palestine

Juan Cole — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:05:00 +0000

Gitanjali Bakshi writes in a guest op-ed for IC:

After months of slow but substantive progress, recent developments in Occupied Palestine, Israel and the U.S. have been largely unproductive. If we continue along this path in 2009, it will lead to a collapse in the on-going Israel-Palestine peace process.

There are currently three main obstacles in the way of an Israel-Palestine roadmap to peace

Gusset plates, deck weight contributed to 35W bridge disaster, NTSB told

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:24:49 +0000

Source: [b]Finance & Commerce[/b] November 14, 2008 4:22 PM CST by Bob Geiger Staff Writer The weakness of gusset plates, the weight of construction materials and the design of the 35W bridge emerged as prime causes of the structure’s Aug. 1, 2007, collapse during the second day of heari...

Did environmental disasters play role in Mayan decline?

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:24:47 +0000

Apocalypto fans might be forgiven for thinking the fabled collapse of the ancient Maya, the retreat of a civilization from pyramids and ceremonial centers across Central America from 800 to 1000 A.D., involved all sorts of cataclysmic events, war, famine and devastation. Jared Diamond

Stung by AIG Collapse, Transit Agencies Seek Legislative Protection

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:09:19 +0000

Executives of public transit agencies facing imminent default on billions of dollars in financing deals say they may ask Congress to include language protecting them in any economic stimulus legislation.

Retailers post worst October sales figures since at least 1971

JCMach1 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:23:12 +0000

The report sends stocks lower for a second straight day. More bad economic news is expected as the government reveals unemployment figures for October. By Maura Reynolds and Andrea Chang November 7, 2008 Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington — New signs piled up Thursday that the ailing economy is taking another turn for the worse, with a [...]

Crandall Canyon Mine Owner Showed ‘Callous Disregard for the Law’

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:44:21 +0000

The owner of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah where six coal miners and three rescue workers died last year showed a “callous disregard for the law and for safety standards, and hardworking miners lost their lives,” says Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The committee issued [...]

Yemen’s water nightmare

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:46:01 +0000

Sanna: Black-clad women trudge across a stony plateau in the Yemeni highlands to haul water in yellow plastic cans from wells that will soon dry up. “We come here three or four times a day,” says Adiba Sena, as another woman draws water six metres to the surface and pours it into jerry cans [...]