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Investigators hunting clues in Denver jet accident

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DENVER (AP) — Investigators took photos and measurements at the charred wreckage of a Continental Airlines jet Monday, searching for clues about why the plane veered off a runway and skidded into a shallow ravine. The twin-engine Boeing 737-500 still …

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Divers recover Airbus cockpit box

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French search divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the Airbus plane that crashed in the Mediterranean killing all seven people on board. The black box was to be dried out in Paris before data was retrieved, said Air …

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B.C. plane crash survivor’s brother, doctors awed by his survival

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The lone survivor of a plane crash that killed seven people in British Columbia is not deeply religious but he must have received help from above to survive against staggering odds, his brother said Tuesday. “There’s no …

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Collapsed Haiti school owner arrested; toll at 88

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PETIONVILLE, Haiti – Haitian police on Sunday were holding the owner of a school that collapsed, killing at least 88 people and setting off a desperate search for survivors trapped in tons of rubble. Fortin Augustin, the preacher who owns …

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Hillside School Collapses in Haiti, Killing 30

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A hillside school operated by a church, in which about 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed Friday during classes, killing at least 30 people and injuring many more. Rescuers used bare hands to pull bleeding students from the wreckage.

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