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accident stories: 126 news summaries

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US Troops
Kill Seven Afghan Police

Police fired on GIs on night mission; mistook them for Taliban

Jun 12, 07 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - U.S. troops mistakenly killed seven Afghan police during a nighttime mission yesterday. The police originally fired on the Americans, thinking they were Taliban fighters; in response, the soldiers opened fire and called in attack aircraft. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai called the shooting "a tragic incident" sparked... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • investigation • insurgents • US troops • accident

Times Honcho on the Mend After Truck Accident

Abramson faces rehab from serious injuries

May 30, 07 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times managing editor for news headed home yesterday after three weeks in the hospital recovering from injuries suffered when she was hit by a truck. Jill Abramson, who has a broken femur and fractured hip, tells the New York Observer that she still must undergo “an... More »

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New York Times • car accident • news • Jill Abramson • injury • accident

Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse

Beer-themed baseball club won't
join recent sobering trend

May 11, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Milwaukee Brewers will not be enacting a clubhouse ban on alcohol, bucking a trend started by the A's and Yankees after St. Louis reliever Josh Hancock died in a drunk driving accident. Ten other clubs already have such a ban; the Brewers, who play in Miller Park, announced yesterday... More »

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MLB • Milwaukee Brewers • alcohol • Josh Hancock • Chris Capuano • beer • drunk driving • accident • baseball

Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

Cards' Hancock
was speeding,
talking on phone
before fatal crash

May 4, 07 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk, speeding, talking on the phone and not wearing a seatbelt when he died in a traffic accident, officials announced today. The St. Louis medical examiner said the 29-year-old right-hander's blood-alcohol level was 0.157, nearly twice the legal limit, when he crashed his SUV... More »

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St. Louis Cardinals • MLB • car accident • drunk driving • death • accident

Pilot Killed in S.C. Blue Angel Crash

First crash of elite Navy flyers since 1999

Apr 22, 07 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Davis crashed his F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter today during an air show in Beaufort, SC where he and five other members of the Blue Angel demonstration team were flying. The crash took the pilot’s life and also injured eight people on the ground. More »

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Navy • fighter jet • air show • Kevin Davis • Beaufort • Blue Angel • crash • plane crash • accident

(Newser) - Heather Mills, amputee victim and Beatle ex-wife, tried to foxtrot her way into the hearts of Americans last night on Dancing with the Stars. Much maligned by the British press since her acrimonious split with Paul McCartney last May, Mills, whom LInda Stasi calls "the most loathed amputee... More »

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television • media • Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Dancing with the Stars • dancing • tabloids • prosthesis • accident • prosthetics

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