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| May.30 |
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Chaos as crane collapses At least one person has been killed by the sudden collapse of a crane in Upper East Side during the morning rush hour
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| Mar.15 |
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Deadly crane collapse A construction crane, which had stood 19 storeys high, has toppled into apartment block, killing at least four people and injuring 10
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| Aug.8 |
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Storms lead to chaos| Torrential rain and heavy winds have caused havoc, flooding subway and overground railway lines and delaying flights | |
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| Jul.18 |
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Explosion rocks midtown Manhattan One person has been killed and at least 18 others injured after a steam pipe exploded underneath a street during the evening rush hour
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| Jun.6 |
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Oil prices rise on cyclone, unrest Prices rose over $71 a barrel after news Turkish troops conducted operations in Iraq rekindled concerns over escalating tensions
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| Mar.8 |
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Bronx fire leaves 8 children from Mali dead A devastating fire swept through a 3-story brick house, killing 9 people and leaving several others seriously injured
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| Feb.9 |
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Upstate New York buried in snow Residents are bracing themselves for more heavy snowfalls as they struggle to clear up to 6 feet of snow
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| Jan.8 |
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New York probes 'gas-like odour' Authorities are investigating a persistent gas smell across a large part of lower Manhattan
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| Dec.27 |
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New Yorkers given rabies warning Health officials are warning residents to stay away from stray animals over the holiday period
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| Oct.11 |
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Yankees pitcher killed in crash of plane Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed when the plane crashed into a high-rise in Manhattan
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| Aug.2 |
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Emergency in NY as city swelters
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Subway crash: 41 dead
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| Jun.28 |
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Severe floods leave 10 dead Flooding forced mass evacuations, including two-thirds of the residents of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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| Feb.13 |
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City buried in snow
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| Oct.2 |
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21 elderly tourists die on lake
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| May.3 |
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Babies inherit 9/11 mums' stress
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| Apr.18 |
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Damaged cruise ship back
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| Sep.3 |
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Clinton awaiting heart operation
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| Oct.16 |
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At Least 10 Killed in Ferry Crash
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| Sep.3 |
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Rain causes US Open havoc
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| Aug.28 |
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Tapes rekindle horror of 9/11 Port Authority has released transcripts of frantic emergency calls made as people tried to flee the towers
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Relatives split over 9/11 tapes
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| Aug.18 |
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Power cuts: Blame game intensifies
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| Aug.16 |
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Brights lights back in big city
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| Aug.15 |
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New Yorkers urged to stay away Mayor has urged people to stay away from the city as electric power is gradually restored to the eastern part of N. America
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| Aug.14 |
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Major power outage| An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada | | |
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Feb.21 |
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Blast hits oil plant A massive explosion has struck an Exxon Mobil facility on Staten Island. The blast started a huge fire
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| Nov.14 |
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Crash: tail breakup mystery Flight 587 's tail section may have sheared off the plane first, making the plane uncontrollable
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| Nov.12 |
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Jet crashes, killing 260| An American Airlines plane crashed in a residential neighborhood after taking off, killing all 255 people on board | |
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| Nov.4 |
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Anthrax reaches City Hall Mayor Giuliani confirms that a tape sent by Tom Brokaw's office contained anthrax
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| Sep.13 |
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5,000 people remain missing| New Yorkers are carrying photographs of their missing relatives to trace them. 190 people died when a plane crashed into Pentagon | |
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| Sep.12 |
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8 survivors have been pulled Rescue teams are sifting through the rubble to find people trapped
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| Sep.11 |
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Rescuers comb through rubble Mayor has declared the lower part of Manhattan off limits to civilians. 170 hospitals are on alert. 300 firefighters missing
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Terror attacks hit U.S. Map 3 commercial jets crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon. Both towers collapsed. United Airlines plane crashed
| 2,973 people died. 19 terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Passengers and members of the flight crew on the Flight 93 attempted to retake control of their plane from the hijackers. The plane crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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| Dec.30 |
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Snowstorm in New York 14 inches of snow predicted
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Kursk submarine went down
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| 2006 |
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| Jun.28 |
Severe floods leave 10 dead Flooding forced mass evacuations, including two-thirds of the residents of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.8 |
Bronx fire leaves 8 children from Mali dead A devastating fire swept through a 3-story brick house, killing 9 people and leaving several others seriously injured
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.11 |
Yankees pitcher killed in crash of plane Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed when the plane crashed into a high-rise in Manhattan
| 2001 |
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| Nov.14 |
Crash: tail breakup mystery Flight 587 's tail section may have sheared off the plane first, making the plane uncontrollable
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| Nov.12 |
Jet crashes, killing 260| An American Airlines plane crashed in a residential neighborhood after taking off, killing all 255 people on board | |
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| Sep.11 |
Terror attacks hit U.S. Map 3 commercial jets crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon. Both towers collapsed. United Airlines plane crashed
| 2,973 people died. 19 terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Passengers and members of the flight crew on the Flight 93 attempted to retake control of their plane from the hijackers. The plane crashed into a field near the town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.8 |
New York probes 'gas-like odour' Authorities are investigating a persistent gas smell across a large part of lower Manhattan
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| 2008 |
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| May.30 |
Chaos as crane collapses At least one person has been killed by the sudden collapse of a crane in Upper East Side during the morning rush hour
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| Mar.15 |
Deadly crane collapse A construction crane, which had stood 19 storeys high, has toppled into apartment block, killing at least four people and injuring 10
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| 2001 |
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| Sep.13 |
5,000 people remain missing| New Yorkers are carrying photographs of their missing relatives to trace them. 190 people died when a plane crashed into Pentagon | |
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| Sep.12 |
8 survivors have been pulled Rescue teams are sifting through the rubble to find people trapped
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| Sep.11 |
Rescuers comb through rubble Mayor has declared the lower part of Manhattan off limits to civilians. 170 hospitals are on alert. 300 firefighters missing
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| 2006 |
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| Dec.27 |
New Yorkers given rabies warning Health officials are warning residents to stay away from stray animals over the holiday period
| 2005 |
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| May.3 |
Babies inherit 9/11 mums' stress
| 2004 |
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| Sep.3 |
Clinton awaiting heart operation
| 2001 |
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| Nov.4 |
Anthrax reaches City Hall Mayor Giuliani confirms that a tape sent by Tom Brokaw's office contained anthrax
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| 2005 |
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| Oct.2 |
21 elderly tourists die on lake
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| Apr.18 |
Damaged cruise ship back
| 2003 |
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| Oct.16 |
At Least 10 Killed in Ferry Crash
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| 2003 |
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| Aug.18 |
Power cuts: Blame game intensifies
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| Aug.16 |
Brights lights back in big city
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| Aug.15 |
New Yorkers urged to stay away Mayor has urged people to stay away from the city as electric power is gradually restored to the eastern part of N. America
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| Aug.14 |
Major power outage| An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada | | |
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.8 |
Storms lead to chaos| Torrential rain and heavy winds have caused havoc, flooding subway and overground railway lines and delaying flights | |
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| Jun.6 |
Oil prices rise on cyclone, unrest Prices rose over $71 a barrel after news Turkish troops conducted operations in Iraq rekindled concerns over escalating tensions
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| Feb.9 |
Upstate New York buried in snow Residents are bracing themselves for more heavy snowfalls as they struggle to clear up to 6 feet of snow
| 2006 |
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| Aug.2 |
Emergency in NY as city swelters
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| Feb.13 |
City buried in snow
| 2003 |
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| Sep.3 |
Rain causes US Open havoc
| 2000 |
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| Dec.30 |
Snowstorm in New York 14 inches of snow predicted
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.18 |
Explosion rocks midtown Manhattan One person has been killed and at least 18 others injured after a steam pipe exploded underneath a street during the evening rush hour
| 2003 |
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| Feb.21 |
Blast hits oil plant A massive explosion has struck an Exxon Mobil facility on Staten Island. The blast started a huge fire
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