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No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in NW Wash.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Authorities say there were no fatalities when an Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed. The Thursday evening bridge failure dumped vehicles and people into the water. Marcus Deyerin , a spokesman for the Northwest Washington Incident Management team, said there were no fatalities or suspected fatalities. He said three people were rescued from the water ...
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Muslim hardliners ID suspect in London attack
LONDON A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday. Police raided houses in connection with the brazen slaying of the off-duty soldier, identified as Lee Rigby, of the 2nd Battalion The ...
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Freeway bridge collapses in Washington state
Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher said. Washington State Patrol dispatcher A.J. Cooper could give no further details and said she did not know if people were in the water under the portion of Interstate 5 that collapsed over the ...
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Venezuela prosecutor to open probe over leaked recording
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new ...
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Bridge collapses in Washington state sending cars into river
(Reuters) - Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher ...
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Highway bridge collapses into US river
The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed late Thursday, dumping at least a handful of vehicles and people into a river, the Washington State Patrol said. The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge collapsed about halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, Trooper Mark Francis said. Francis said he did not ...
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Stockholm riots continue for a fifth night
At least nine cars, twoschools and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs early Friday for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters ...
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Kids teachers from destroyed Okla. school reunite
Class photos still decorate a classroom wall amid the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Thursday, May 23, ...
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Two more arrested over UK soldiers killing
Police in London have arrested a man and a woman in connection with the murder of a British soldier near a military barrack.Detectives said on Thursday they had arrested the unidentified suspects, both aged 29, over the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, 25, who was hacked to death in Woolwich on Wednesday."This is a large, complex and fast-moving investigation which continues to develop," ...
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Small plane crash reported in Gregg County
Sgt. David Roberts, with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office, said the crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. on County Road 2156D and Farm-to-Market 2011, near the county ...
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Woolwich attack Descent into evil of teenager Michael Adebolajo from devout Christian family
His mother and father are hard-working Nigerian immigrants from an academic family in West Africa who settled in London in the early 1980s. A Christian couple, they believed in assimilating into British life, and Michael seems to have forged easy friendships with schoolmates of all colours and ...
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One in five firms will freeze or cut wages to pay for staff pensions after introduction of new rules
All staff over 22 who do not have a private pension are automatically signed up to the state scheme. But the report, from the Institute of Directors, says one in five bosses plan to recoup the cost by freezing, or even cutting, their workers’ ...
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Summer diets Women overhaul their bodies five times a year for holidays and the wedding season
Being beach ready for a Summer holiday topped the survey as a reason to kickstart a new diet or workout regime. Taking part in a wedding as a bridesmaid placed ...
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Female unemployment Number of young women out of work or education soars by 26000
While the number of young men among Neets – under-24s not in education, employment or training – fell by 8,000, there were 28,000 more women Neets compared with the end of ...
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What makes us itch Scientists pinpoint the rogue chemical thats to blame
Researcher Dr Mark Hoon said: ‘The challenge is to find similar biocircuitry in people, evaluate what’s there and identify molecules that can be targeted to turn off chronic itch without causing unwanted ...
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Police pair who were suspended over leak of commissioners expenses are cleared of any wrongdoing
The two men were quizzed by police after details of chauffeur-driven trips taken by Police and Crime Commissioner Richard Rhodes were leaked to the ...
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Breast cancer cells can SUPPRESS tumour growth by releasing protective proteins
Scientists originally believed the production of the enzyme - MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) - by breast cancer cells worked to promote tumour ...
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17 MILLION Britons risk starting a house fire by cooking while drunk
And it seems that celebrity chefs who are seen glugging glasses of wine while whipping up culinary delights might be partly to blame for the trend in drunken ...
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Woolwich attack Baroness Warsi tells TV to stop giving air time to idiots and nutters
Baroness Warsi spoke out amid a growing furore at Westminster about the amount of coverage given to Anjem Choudary and other militant Islamists on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 ...
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The purple tomatoes with double the shelf life Compound that could help them stay fresh may also have health benefits
Scientists say adding a compound high in antioxidants, anthocyanin, to purple GM tomatoes can more than double the shelf life of the world’s most popular fruit from 21 days to 48 ...
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The final moments of Richard IIIs burial revealed King was squashed into tiny grave with his hands still tied by gravediggers in a hurry
Richard III was squashed into a tiny, badly prepared ‘lozenge’ shaped pit with his hands tied as gravediggers rushed to bury him, a new paper ...
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT A grotesque attack on Britains values
It's the most terrible irony: Drummer Lee Rigby, the married father of a young child, had survived fighting in Afghanistan – a country which had claimed the lives of 444 of his heroic colleagues – only to be murdered in a grotesque act of terrorism in a London suburban ...
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TOM UTLEY Listen up folks this British snob has a confession to make. Americans speak better English than us... its a no-brainer
During my childhood in the Fifties and Sixties, I was brought up with an ingrained patriotic belief, widespread among my generation, that the British and all things British were superior to Americans and all things American in every conceivable ...
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Pictured The dramatic moment Woolwich killers are shot by officers after one charged at a police vehicle
Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment two terrorists were shot as they charged police officers called to the scene after a soldier was hacked to death in the ...
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Parents forced to turn to payday loans to fund baby daughters head deformation treatment after NHS refuse to help
Doctors diagnosed her with a severe skull deformity called plagiocephaly or ‘flat head syndrome’ – but told Michelle and Peter Askham that treatment wasn’t available on the ...
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Massive Beijing Subway expansion plans
The Beijing Subway is one of the biggest, most efficient and most used subways in the world. It is constantly undergoing expansion and upgrades, and yet is unable to keep up with the growth of the capital city. With the recently announced plans for the expansion of the subway by over 60%, the city will certainly be hard-pushed to meet the massive task.
The Beijing Subway is one of the largest in the world. It carries over 5 million people every day, and hundreds of trains run on 228kms of track and service 147 stations. It is a feat of engineering, planning and coordination every single day. It is a network that Beijing commuters should be proud of, it represents the forward-thinking and development of the city. Read more
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