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Feds increased, state cut gas-safety funding
OF THE MORNING CALLFatal gas pipeline explosions in Allentown and Philadelphia this year are casting light on whether the nation's pipeline-inspection system, funded by state and federal assessments on gas utilities, is adequate to keep the public safe. Pipeline safety...Tags: Natural Resources, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Natural Gas, UGI Corporation, Energy Resources
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Bryan Anderson-A true Inspiration!
Bryan Anderson is not ordinary, he’s extraordinary. I had the chance to meet him when he first came home from the Army and through the years has become my friend. Here’s a guy that I am amazed by everytime I talk to him and who’s...Tags: Documentary (genre), Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Iraq, Rolling Meadows
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October Storm Hits Connecticut
Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...Tags: JetBlue Airways, Energy Saving, Halloween, Voting, Customs and Tradition
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Small town lit up by explosive early morning train derailment
Tribune reportersOne moment Joe Passi was asleep in his bed. The next, he was fully awake, rocked into consciousness by an explosion the likes of which he had never heard before. Looking out the front window of his home on the eastern edge of the town of Tiskilwa,...Tags: Railway Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Emergency Health Procedures, Explosions, Biofuels
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Scientist explains likely cause of grain elevator explosions
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWhen grain dust mixes with oxygen and it meets fire, the results are explosive. "It's very similar to a bomb," says Robert Henry, a science instructor at Wichita State University. "Basically, it ignites just like gun powder would." In a demonstration,...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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Mourners remember Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler said the Westminster man had followed his dream of serving his country, found a band of brothers in the Air Force and died protecting his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan.
"When we talked to him New Year'...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Defense, Explosions, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Military Equipment
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Airman from Westminster is killed in Afghanistan
A 24-year-old airman from Westminster was killed when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Saturday. Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler died Thursday in the attack, which killed two other airmen....Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Explosions, Disasters and Accidents
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Maryland Guard travels dangerous road in hopes of Afghan peace
For the soldiers of Task Force Raven in Afghanistan, the tempo is high, the roads are rough, and the work is dangerous.
The Maryland National Guardsmen, members of the 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, carry equipment through insurgent-...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Iraq, Hamid Karzai, Havre de Grace, Explosions
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Discovery of WWII shells at state park spurs search
Growing up, George E. Raley Jr. heard stories that the military had conducted some sort of testing during World War II on the quiet Southern Maryland peninsula known as Newtowne Neck.
As an adult, he would learn that his father had assisted in...Tags: Natural Resources, Wars and Interventions, Manhattan (New York City), Explosions, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Pendleton Marine posthumously awarded Navy Cross
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterCAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - The Secretary of the Navy was at Camp Pendleton Tuesday morning to award the Navy Cross to the parents of Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan who was killed in 2009 after saving at least one Marine from a roadside bomb. In addition to...Tags: Afghanistan, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Bombings
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UGI was warned about pipes
Of The Morning CallFederal investigators, responding to a fatal gas explosion in Allentown, told UGI Corp. 19 years ago that the company probably would need to replace miles of corroding pipeline in the city to reduce the threat to public safety. The conditions described...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), United Way , Conservation, UGI Corporation, Social Issues
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UGI settles with family of two gas blast victims
Of The Morning CallUGI Utilities has settled the wrongful-death claims for two of the victims of the natural gas explosion in Allentown -- a confidential agreement that comes just four months after an accident that killed five and leveled a city block. The settlement,...Tags: Bill Hall, Lawyers, Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Justice System
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