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Singer George Michael Gets Medical Treatment After Car Crash
British singer George Michael has received medical treatment after a car crash on Thursday, his publicist said. The 49-year-old former Wham! frontman was being treated for "minor cuts and bruises" after the accident, Michael's spokeswoman said....
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Pneumonia, George Michael
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Trace Adkins Joins Disaster Concert
Trace Adkins and Little Big Town have joined the lineup for Music Builds: CMT Disaster Relief Concert on Thursday, May 12th. Previously-announced performers include Hank Williams Jr., Alabama, Ronnie Dunn, Sara Evans, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, Tim...Tags: Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, ESPN (tv network), Charity, Keith Urban
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READER SUBMITTED: MidState Launches New Senior Emergency Care Services
MeridenWith an eye on the health needs of our aging population, MidState Medical Center has launched a new initiative to build a senior-friendly emergency department called Senior Care Emergency Services. MidState launched this initiative on May 25. Nurses in...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Specialization, General Practitioners, Pharmaceuticals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bangladesh disaster crushes owner's ideal of clothes with a conscience
ReutersBy Frank Jack Daniel, Serajul Quadir and Fiona Ortiz SAVAR, Bangladesh/MADRID, June 17 (Reuters) - When Spanish garment maker David Mayor arrived in Bangladesh a decade ago the fashion label he set up had the motto "clothing with a heart". In an...Tags: Mangos, Barcelona (Spain), Manufacturing and Engineering, Values, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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MTA bus driver killed in crash 'looked after everyone else first'
Olivia Gamboa began her route through downtown Los Angeles in the pre-dawn darkness. After 13 years as a bus driver with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, she could have chosen any shift. She opted to drive at 5 a.m., as most of the city slept,...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Heart Attack, Accidental Death, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Investigators seek cause of chemical blasts in Louisiana
State and federal investigators in Louisiana are working to uncover what caused fatal blasts at two different chemical plants in the span of two days. The second explosion took place Friday night at the CF Industries plant in Donaldsonville, a small...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, Health and Safety at Work
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Worker remains hospitalized after Louisiana plant explosion
ReutersBy Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, June 15 (Reuters) - One worker remained hospitalized on Saturday following an explosion at a Donaldsonville, Louisiana, nitrogen production plant on Friday that killed one worker and injured seven. CF Industries said one...Tags: Fertilizer, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Explosions, Plant Openings, Emergency Incidents
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Hospital siege, blasts new Pakistan government's first security test
ReutersQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Militants in a volatile region of western Pakistan bombed a bus carrying women students on Saturday and then seized part of the hospital where survivors were taken, in the first major security test for the new prime minister,...Tags: Bombings, Human Interest, Armed Conflicts, Suicide, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Car crashes into Hampton house
Daily PressHAMPTON--A car crashed into a house in Hampton shortly before noon on Saturday, according to Hampton Police. This is at least the fourth vehicle that has crashed into a building on the Peninsula in recent weeks. Hampton Police Department spokesman...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Triage system sorts injuries quickly
Two trains collided in Chatsworth. The death toll would reach 25. More than five times that were injured. Peering through a home's chain-link fence, first responders saw fire licking twisted metal. Soon they brought order to the chaos with color-...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Fires, University of California, Irvine, Everglades, Los Angeles Fire Department
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Blast at Louisiana petrochemical plant kills 1, injures 77
HOUSTON — At least one person was killed and 77 injured Thursday in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in the Louisiana town of Geismar, part of a heavily industrial region known as “Cancer Alley.” “This has been a...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Manufacturing and Engineering, Environmental Politics, Water Pollution, Industrial Component
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2nd victim dies from Louisiana chemical plant explosion
HOUSTON--A second worker injured in an explosion and fire at a central Louisiana petrochemical plant has died and a few others remained hospitalized Friday. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, La., suffered burns Thursday morning in the explosion at the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Environmental Politics
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