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  • September 2008

    • Crews Fan Out in Texas to Gauge Ike's Wrath

      Associated Press  |  Sep 13, 08 5:54 PM CDT

      Crews Fan Out in Texas to Gauge Ike's Wrath

      (AP) - Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes today in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly stayed behind overnight to face Hurricane Ike. The storm blew out skyscraper windows, cut power to millions and swamped thousands of homes along the coast. Yachts were carried up onto roadways, buildings and homes collapsed and cars floated in floodwaters. More »

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      Texas  • disaster  • Hurricane Ike  • Houston  • Galveston  • damage

  • May 2008

    • Arsonist May Have Set Fla. Fires

      CNN  |  May 13, 08 4:53 PM CDT

      Arsonist May Have Set Fla. Fires

      (Newser) - Fires that have raged across Florida over the last 2 days may have been deliberately set, Gov. Charlie Crist said today. Investigators have pointed to the fact that many of the blazes in different places sprang up at once as evidence of arson, CNN reports. Almost 100 homes have been damaged by the fires, which authorities say are now mostly contained. More »

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      Florida  • wildfires  • arson  • homes  • Charlie Crist  • damage  • arsonist

    • China Quake Toll Rises to 7,600

      Washington Post  |  May 12, 08 11:16 AM CDT

      China Quake Toll Rises to 7,600

      (Newser) - The earthquake that shook central China has claimed at least 7,651 lives and injured 10,000 more in Sichuan province, the Washington Post reports. In Beichuan county, which accounted for more than 5,000 dead, local news said 80% of the buildings had been toppled.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • China  • earthquake  • death toll  • Sichuan province  • damage

  • November 2007

    • Trucks Pack on Illegal Pounds

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Nov 15, 07 1:17 PM CST

      Trucks Pack on Illegal Pounds

      (Newser) - More American truckers are carrying illegally heavy loads, looking to offset diminished manpower and skyrocketing fuel prices—and light fines encourage cheating, the Christian Science Monitor reports. With road damage at issue following August's Minnesota bridge collapse, 30% of trucks are reportedly overloaded—and each of the 8 million tractor-trailers on US roads has the impact of 5,000 cars. More »

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      Minnesota  • trucks  • damage  • roadways  • illegal activity

  • October 2007

    • Vandals Punch Hole in Monet

      BBC  |  Oct 8, 07 2:35 AM CDT

      Vandals Punch Hole in Monet

      (Newser) - Four or five people broke into a Paris museum on Sunday and punched a hole in a Monet. The group broke open a back door to the Musee d'Orsay and fled when an alarm sounded, but not before tearing a four-inch hole in "Le Pont d'Argenteuil," a scene of a bridge and boats on the Seine painted in 1874. The vandals appeared to be drunk. More »

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      France  • Paris  • painting  • art museum  • vandalism  • damage  • Monet  • vandals

  • August 2007

    • Luxury Cars Flunk Damage Tests

      CNN  |  Aug 2, 07 2:40 PM CDT

      Luxury Cars Flunk Damage Tests

      (Newser) - Luxury cars will rack up exorbitantly expensive damage after even low-speed impacts, a federal safety report says. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety numbers out today show that 11 high-end vehicles, including Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan models, have bumpers that are too weak and impact absorbers that don't extend far enough—a costly trade-off of design over durability. More »

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      car  • crash  • Nissan  • Mercedes Benz  • Audi  • luxury car  • damage

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