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Explosion-shattered town buries victims - Catholic San Francisco
Catholic San Francisco
Explosion-shattered town buries victims
Catholic San Francisco
WEST, Texas – The town of West all but shut down April 25 as most of its 2,800 residents headed to Baylor University in Waco, 20 miles south, for a memorial service for the first responder victims of an April 17 factory explosion. A dozen flag-draped ...
— San Jose (Calif.) Mercury NewsButler Eagle (subscription)
United States: Fertiliser blast a corporate-made catastropheGreen Left Weekly
Residents of hardest-hit areas of West to return homeABC 57 News
Huffington Post -KXXV News Channel 25
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FBI takes hard look at bombing suspect's widow - The Seattle Times (blog)
The Seattle Times (blog)
FBI takes hard look at bombing suspect's widow
The Seattle Times (blog)
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Tuesday that its inspector general has launched an inquiry into U.S. counterterrorism agencies' handling of the pieces of information they had collected on the brothers in the 18 months leading ...
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Transcript of Obama's News Conference - New York Times
New York Times
Transcript of Obama's News Conference
New York Times
Published: April 30, 2013. Following is a transcript of a news conference by President Obama at the White House on Tuesday, provided by Federal News Service. Click on a topic below to navigate to ..... White House tours, this is terrible. How can we ...
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Chris Christie Comes Out For Good Samaritan Drug-Overdose Bill - Huffington Post
Chris Christie Comes Out For Good Samaritan Drug-Overdose Bill
Huffington Post
Esequiel Hernandez, 18, was herding goats near his home in Redford, Texas, when he was killed by a team of U.S. Marines in 1997. Dressed in camouflage, the Marines were deployed near the .... Seven years later, CIA Inspector General John Helgerson ...
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Commentary: We're in danger - Elko Daily Free Press - Elko Daily Free Press
Commentary: We're in danger - Elko Daily Free Press
Elko Daily Free Press
So I'm a bit perplexed — frustrated and angry, really — that so far, no one in Congress is calling for a hearing about the explosion in West, Texas. Fifteen people died, nearly 200 were injured, and a school and other buildings were damaged ... (Tell ...
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Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice - KIII TV3
Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice
KIII TV3
James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy, was found guilty last year of charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. The incident ...
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Inspections could have saved lives in Bangladesh - Stockton Record
Inspections could have saved lives in Bangladesh
Stockton Record
The collapse comes only five months after a garment factory fire killed 112 people in Bangladesh. Thirteen days ago, a Texas fertilizer plant blew up, killing 14 people and injuring dozens. In the days ahead, building and safety inspectors will swarm ...
United States: Fertiliser blast a corporate-made catastrophe - Green Left Weekly
Green Left Weekly
United States: Fertiliser blast a corporate-made catastrophe
Green Left Weekly
The close-knit Texas town of West, population 2800, was shaken to the core, literally and symbolically, on April 17 when the West Fertilizer Co facility exploded with the force of a small earthquake. The blast killed 14 ... Up to 75 homes and buildings ...
West Blast Obliterates Safety LieHuffington Post
Residents of hardest-hit areas of West to return homeABC 57 News
Regulation of chemical industry is haphazard, ineffectiveMidland Reporter-Telegram
KXXV News Channel 25
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101 Spring Street by Donald Judd (and ARO) - ARCHITECT Magazine
ARCHITECT Magazine
101 Spring Street by Donald Judd (and ARO)
ARCHITECT Magazine
Changing nothing about Donald Judd's original vision for his cast-iron building home and studio made for an unprecedented restoration project for ARO. By: Greg ... The Chinati Foundation, the collection of permanent art installations that Judd created ...
The Week Ahead: Republican victory in sequestration cuts give GOP upper hand ... - Houston Chronicle (blog)
Houston Chronicle (blog)
The Week Ahead: Republican victory in sequestration cuts give GOP upper hand ...
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Welcome to Texas on the Potomac's “The Week Ahead,” a preview of events to come on Capitol Hill and at the White House this week. This week's report was written by William K. Moore of ViaNovo. • • •. Congress departed for a week long recess with ...
Worst Congress money can buySalon
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Study: State hospitals need more oversight - Longview News-Journal
Study: State hospitals need more oversight
Longview News-Journal
The doctor, Simmons said, replied that one wasn't planned and asked which funeral home the family wanted to use. “She kept changing the subject,” he said. “I asked her like three or four times. ... When people die, a number of outside agencies can ...
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Are Americans willing to pay price to keep our country safe? - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Are Americans willing to pay price to keep our country safe?
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The Texas fire and deadly explosions seem to be the result of negligence and complacency: the factory had been there so long that people forgot those chemicals were dangerous and should not be so close to two schools and a nursing home. The ricin ...
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Texas blast reminds us that plant inspections are vital - Vallejo Times-Herald
Texas blast reminds us that plant inspections are vital
Vallejo Times-Herald
Now imagine if a fraction of those resources had gone into preventing incidents like the explosion that killed at least 15 , including 11 first responders, and injured 200 at a Texas fertilizer plant two days after the marathon bombing that claimed ...
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There's little to come home to in West's 'Zone 3' - San Antonio Express
San Francisco Chronicle
There's little to come home to in West's 'Zone 3'
San Antonio Express
Photo: Rod Aydelotte, Waco Tribune Herald. Dr. George Smith walks through his home with longtime friend... Daniela Ranzinget holds the front door of longtime friend West EMS Director Dr. George Smith home located in zone 3 of the most damaged area of ...
Records: Texas plant hadn't told feds about explosive fertilizerCNN
Texas blast highlights weak regulationsSan Francisco Chronicle
Texas Fertilizer Plant Fell Through Regulatory CracksNew York Times
Sydney Morning Herald -Workers World -Realty Today
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Buyer demand high for spring sales season - Seacoastonline.com
Buyer demand high for spring sales season
Seacoastonline.com
Glen Gill, broker and owner at Landmark Properties in Sugar Land, Texas, says three things sell a home in any season: location, condition and price. "If one of those three isn't good, your home may not sell, but you can always compensate for a less ...
Ex-BR producer investigated - The Advocate
Ex-BR producer investigated
The Advocate
In a telephone interview from Austin, Texas, Walker said he mistakenly had sold tax credits he did not own. He said there was no ... The FBI agent added that the meeting was recorded by officials of the Louisiana Office of Inspector General. Walker ...
In West, residents allowed to return to damaged homes closest to the blasts - Dallas Morning News
Dallas Morning News
In West, residents allowed to return to damaged homes closest to the blasts
Dallas Morning News
Mike Maler (right) comforts his neighbor Lori Eisma when he visited Eisma's house in West, Texas on April 27, 2013. Maler lives about ... The house Maler shared with his mother on North Davis Street was deemed unsalvageable by inspectors. Maler lived ...
NASCAR: What did the “biggest cheater of all time” have to say about cheating? - Beyond the Flag
NASCAR: What did the “biggest cheater of all time” have to say about cheating?
Beyond the Flag
Cup has had Martin Truex's low car, the Penske boys having questionable rear ends at Texas, Johnny Sauter's bad fuel cell, and finally the amazingly harsh Matt Kenseth ruling (Taking away an owner license? Did anybody think NASCAR could do that before ...
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Zone 3 Damage More Than Residents Expected - KXXV News Channel 25
Zone 3 Damage More Than Residents Expected
KXXV News Channel 25
Zone three resident, Donald Cernosek told Texas report that he didn't expect to come home to a disaster. He was home at the time of the ... Before residents were allowed back in, inspectors divided the homes into three categories. Green meaning safe ...
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Questionable investigations, little oversight in state hospital deaths - Austin American-Statesman
Questionable investigations, little oversight in state hospital deaths
Austin American-Statesman
Sometimes she became paranoid or delusional, believing that the president was coming to her house or that people were out to get her, her daughter said. Over the years, Simmons had been hospitalized in private .... When people die, a number of outside ...
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