Accident

Cody Survives Accident On Deck Of 'Bering Sea Gold'

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Reality TV, Bering Sea Gold, Accident, Gold Mining, Discovery, Alaska, Tv Replay, TV News

It's risky work on "Bering Sea Gold" (Fri., 10 p.m. EST on Discovery), with perhaps as much danger coming from the ships the crews are working on as i...

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1 Dead After BMW Crashes Through KFC Window

AP | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Kfc, Car Accident, Accident, Maryland, Landover, DC News

LANDOVER, Md. -- Police say a BMW crashed into a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in suburban Washington, killing the driver and injuring several oth...

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Police May Have Found Driver Who Fled After Striking Cyclists

Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Michele Traverso, Rickenbacker Hit and Run, Aaron Cohen Hit and Run, Aaron Cohen Hit and Run Arrest, Accident, Aaron Cohen, Enda Walsh, Michele Traverso Miami, Cyclist Hit Miami, Miami News, Aaron Cohen Rickenbacker, Cyclist Gets Hit on Key Biscayne 2012, Key Biscayne Hit and Run, Miami Crime, Miami News

Miami police report they have arrested Michele Traverso, 25, in the Rickenbacker Causeway hit-and-run on Wednesday morning that left one cyclist injur...

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New Year Fireworks Accidentally Set Fire To Melbourne Landmark (VIDEO)

Simon Crisp | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Video, Weird News, Accident, Australia, Celebrations, Weird Photos and Videos, Fire, UK Weird News, New Year, Melbourne, 2012, Home News

2012 got off to a dramatic start in Melbourne -- when a misfiring celebratory firework is thought to have set fire to a landmark and arts centre. M...

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Miami Texter Owes $8.8 Million After Fatal Car Crash

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Handheld Devices, Luis Cruz-Govin, Accident, Miami News, Texting While Driving, Myriam Del Socorro Lopez, Texting, Miami-Dade Jury, Miami News

In 2008, Myriam del Socorro Lopez was in the car with her husband on Bird Road when 17-year-old Luis Cruz-Govin, speeding and weaving, crashed into th...

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DUI Near Millenium Park Kills Washington Man

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Pedestrian Killed, Pedestrian Struck, Dui, Millenium Park, Stephen Dapogny, Accident, Aggravated Dui, Fatality, Jimmy Members, Chicago News

A man from Chicago's Near West Side has been charged in a Saturday morning DUI near Millenium Park that left a visiting Washington man dead. Jimmy ...

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Famed Lawyer's In-Law Dies In Crash

AP | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Lawyers, Accident, Hit and Run, Alan Dershowitz, Marilyn Dershowitz, Marilyn Dershowitz Rip, US Postal Service, New York News

NEW YORK — A U.S. Postal Service truck driver accidentally struck and killed a retired state Supreme Court special referee who was the sister-in...

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Scorching Roma in the New Lamborghini Aventador

James M. Clash | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Super Car, Auto Racing, Italy, Rome, Mexico, Exotic Cars, Jim Clash, Giuseppe Greco, Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, Murcielago, Super Veloce, Speeding, Aventador, Accident, Adventure Travel, Gallardo, Ceo, Nardo, Travel News

There's a good reason why experts advise against taking the last ski run of the day. Whether from fatigue, carelessness or a sense of invincibility, it often ends in disaster. In Italy, I found that out for myself.

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UPDATE: Pro Wrestler Secures Prosthetic For Girl, 9, Who Lost Leg To Save Sister

Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Video, Madison, Accident, Car Accident, Andrea Taylor, Langdon Athletics, Anaiah Rucker, The Freak, Georgia, Steve "The Freak" Chamberland, Steve Chamberland, Amputation, Impact News

UPDATE: After hearing her story, the community has reached out to help Anaiah Rucker. Georgia-based Langdon Athletics informed pro wrestler Steve ...

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Lemons Into Lemonade With the Skater Sasha Cohen

James M. Clash | Posted 05.25.2011

Sometimes catastrophe is the perfect catalyst for making lemonade from lemons. Such was the case when I skated with 2006 Torino Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen.

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Peru Police Officer Narrowly Escapes Being Crushed By Truck (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carina Jessica Nalvarrte Tippe, Peru, Motorcycle Accident, Accident, Car Accident, Motorcycle Crash, Police Officer, Peruvian Policewoman, Collision, World News

A Peru policewoman's near-fatal collision with an 18 wheeler has been captured on CCTV. In the clip, the officer -- identified by the New York Daily...

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PHOTOS: In Hungary's Wake, A Look Back At 10 Terrible Toxic Spills

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cyanide, Toxic Sludge, Toxic Disaster, Gulf Oil Spill, Slurry, Coal, Chernobyl, Poison, Bhopal, Accident, Dow Chemical, Water, Mining, Spill, Slidepollajax, Hungary, Green News

As headlines and photos pile up of the toxic sludge accident in Hungary, we're unfortunately reminded that it isn't unique. Toxic spills have a long a...

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Robert Schimmel Dead

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Schimmel Dies, Life Since Then, Accident, Car Crash, Cancer on $5 a Day, Robert Schimmel Dead, Howard Stern, Aliyah Schimmel, Robert Schimmel, Robert Schimmel Howard Stern, Comedy News

PHOENIX (AP) -- Standup comic Robert Schimmel, a frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show, has died after suffering serious injuries in a car accid...

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WATCH: Hotel Collapses Onto Street After Botched Demolition

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Canada News, Demolition, Accident, Failed Demolitions, Canada, Edmonton, Video, World News

The supposedly controlled demolition of a hotel in downtown Edmonton resulted in a minor headache after the building took an unexpected plunge onto th...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unprecented Emergency, Environmental Protection Agency, Bp, Louisiana, Black Gold, Mississippi and Florida, Environment, Alabama, Environmentalism, Oil Slick, Volcano, Barack Obama, State of Emergency, Exxon Mobil, British Petroleum, Oil Companies, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Exxon Valdez, Gulf of Mexico, Energy, Safety Record, Nuclear Power, Economy, Safety, Green Energy, Contingency Planning, Oil Spill, Crude Oil, Business News, Impact, Crude Oil Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Exxon-Valdez-Worse, Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010, Deepwater Horizon, Lousiana Oil Spill, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Explosion, Climate Crisis, Offshore Drilling, Oil Drilling, Climate Change, Climate, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Birds, Longevity, Marine Life, Sustainability, Food, Sustainable Seafood, Wildlife, Accident, TransOcean Accident, Admiral Thad Allen, Transocean, Noaa, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi River, Mississippi-River-Delta, New Orleans, Halliburton, North Atlantic Ocean, East Coast, North Atlantic Current, Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup, Gulf Stream Oil, Catastrophe, Man Made Catastrophe, Green News

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Landra Reid Undergoes Surgery After I-95 Crash: Senator Harry Reid At Hospital, Daughter Released

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landra Reid, Minivan, Surgery, Truck, Lana Barringer, Washington DC, Capitol, Nevada, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Serious Injuries, Harry Reid, Accident, Tractor Trailer, I-95, Traffic Accident, Minor Injuries, Crash, Politics News

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trai...

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Trucker Kills Four Developmentally Disabled Adults In Accident

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interstate 70, Highway Accident, Trucker, Accident, Zygmunt Wieckowski, Chicago, Developmentally Disabled, Chicago Trucker, Van, Chicago News

Icy roadway conditions led to a brutal head-on collision outside of Springfield, Ohio on Friday morning, as a tractor-trailer slammed into a van, kill...

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PBS' 'This Emotional Life': How I Coped With A Life Changing Accident

Francesco Clark | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Life Changing Accident, Christopher Reeve, Accident, Health, Skin Cream, Botanicals, Francesco Clark, Wheel Chair, Superman, Homeopathy, The Inner Life, PBS' This Emotional Life, Pbs-This-Emotional-Life, Healthy Living News

Most of what I've learned from my experience, from aging, and from questioning and meeting others is that there is no set way in leading and being happy in life.

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'Is There a Doctor in the House?'

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: David's Quotes, Gates, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Accident, Murray, Victor Hugo, Palin, Featured Contributor, Walter Cronkite, Simple Tip, The Unexpected, Obama, Buddha, Health, Video, Healthy Living News

Of all the words I've heard in the past few days, the ones that spoke most deeply to me were these aboard the returning Amtrak train to Seattle: "Is there a doctor on board?" Believe me, I was invested in the answer.

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The Media's Double Standard On Showing Neda's Death

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pixelize, Pixelation, Msm, Body, Violence, Bodies, Media, Death, Mainstream Media, Editorial Standards, Plane, Television, Decency, Pixelization, Accident, Primetime, Chris Weigant, Body Parts, Blood, Prime Time, Neda, Train, Editors, News, Censorship, Media News

Either show us the Neda video uncensored, or don't show the poster. You can't really have this one both ways. The American public can either handle this image or we can't. Decide, and be consistent.

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Talk and Die: Six Questions (and Answers) About Natasha Richardson's Ski Accident

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

How can someone seem fine one moment and then quickly deteriorate? In the field of trauma medicine, it's called "talk and die syndrome."

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