Disasters

December 30, 2014 11:31 AM

Cars buried in salt after storage wall collapse

A spokeswoman for Chicago-based Morton Salt Inc., which has a campus in the area of the spill, didn't immediately have further details.

by The Associated Press

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December 30, 2014 8:36 AM

AirAsia Crash: Rescue crews pull bodies, find plane wreckage in Java Sea

Rescue crews say they have found dozens of bodies and have spotted wreckage that belongs to AirAsia QZ8501, the jetliner that went missing Sunday.

by Susie Neilson

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December 29, 2014 1:00 PM

Lost plane's request to change altitude was denied

The plane is believed to have crashed into Indonesia's Java Sea, but broad aerial surveys on Monday turned up no firm evidence of the missing Airbus A320-200.

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December 29, 2014 11:06 AM

The explosive dangers of North America's oil-by-rail

Transportation of shale oil by rail has increased in tandem with ramped up U.S. production. This year, railway explosions have exposed safety issues within this practice.

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December 29, 2014 6:54 AM

8 die in burning ferry off Greek coast; all others now safe

After a harrowing rescue operation that involved airlifting hundreds of passengers off a burning ferry off the coast of Greece, most are now safe.

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December 29, 2014 5:43 AM

As night falls, still no signs of missing AirAsia airplane

Bambang Soelistyo, the head of the National Search and Rescue Agency in Indonesia, said early on Monday that the plane was probably "at the bottom of the sea."

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December 28, 2014 6:33 PM

Search resumes for missing AirAsia flight

Ships and planes have resumed the search for AirAsia flight QZ8501, which lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday. The search efforts, which were suspended overnight, picked up again at dawn.

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December 27, 2014 9:59 PM

AirAsia plane missing after takeoff from Indonesia

Search operations have been suspended for the night for an AirAsia plane with 162 aboard that lost contact with air-traffic control after takeoff from Indonesia on a flight to Singapore.

by L. Carol Ritchie

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December 27, 2014 2:01 PM

Maple Grove crash kills two

Police identified the victims Saturday as Sheron Swanson, 68, and Michael Kelley, 54. Police said Kelley was driving an SUV that crossed the center line of County Road 81.

by Jon Collins