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Southwest Airlines engine explosion linked to prior accident| Philadelphia: A female passenger died after she was nearly sucked from the cabin of a Southwest Airlines flight travelling from New York to Dallas | |
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Snow emergency in US city Erie after huge storm  Map of Erie Pennsylvania Pennsylvania A record-breaking snowfall of more than 60 inches (150 cm) has hit the Pennsylvanian city of Erie over the Christmas period
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Pennsylvania man crawls to safety three days after car crash Indiana: Kevin Bell, 39, has survived a horrific car crash that killed his girlfriend by crawling to a road three days after the accident
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Amtrak Philadelphia: Two dead as train derails Map of Chester USA Amtrak's Train 89 has derailed south of the US city of Philadelphia, leaving two people dead and more than 30 others injured
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At least three dead in 50-vehicle Pennsylvania pile-up At least three people have been killed and scores injured in a motorway pile-up involving more than 50 vehicles in Pennsylvania, authorities...
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East coast struck by mammoth snowfall  | New York: Parts of the eastern United States have received more than two feet (71cm) of snow fall in a huge blizzard that is sweeping across the region | |
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'Crippling' snow storm could slam US east coast | Philadelphia: Hundreds of thousands of people along the US mid-Atlantic region should be bracing for 'perhaps crippling' snow | |
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Zimbabwe seeks second American 'lion killer' Zimbabwe says it is seeking a second American over the illegal killing of a lion, as the outcry over the death of famed animal Cecil continu...
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Dense mayfly swarm causes crashes, closes US bridge A dense swarm of mayflies caused motorcycle crashes and the overnight closure of a bridge over the Susquehanna River
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Crashed Amtrak train 'may have been struck by object' Philadelphia: The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday may have been hit by an object shortly before the crash, a US investigator has sai...
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Amtrak rail crash driver interviewed by investigators Philadelphia: Brandon Bostian, was 'extremely co-operative', the National Transportation Safety Board said, but he could not remember what happened
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Derailed Philadelphia Amtrak train 'was speeding' A commuter train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was travelling at twice the speed limit, say safety experts
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US Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia, 8 killed Map of Frankford Philadelphia USA| Up to 10 carriages of the Washington-New York train reportedly went of the track and a number of people have been reported injured | |
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Snow emergency declared in US Boston: An emergency has been declared in several states as a storm bringing hurricane-force winds and 90cm of snow barrels down on the north-east
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Philadelphia Inquirer's Lewis Katz dies in plane crash Boston: Lewis Katz has been killed in a plane crash near Boston. a private jet that burst into flames as it was trying to take off from Hanscom Field...
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Storm dampens Thanksgiving getaway A winter storm that had threatened Thanksgiving travel gridlock on the US East Coast has so far proven less troublesome than originally fear...
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Six dead as US building collapses Philadelphia: Six people have died and at least 14 have been hurt after a building collapsed in the centre of the US city of Philadelphia, officials say
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Bogus pilot caught in US jet cockpit. Philadelphia
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Child killed in African wild dogs pen. Pittsburgh
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| Oct.27 |
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US East Coast braced for storm People along the East Coast of the US are preparing for Hurricane Sandy, which has killed nearly 60 people across the Caribbean
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Early snowstorm killing three people
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| Oct.28 |
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Snowstorm to hit US East Coast An unseasonable snowstorm may bring up to 10 inches (25 cm) of early snowfall to the US East Coast this weekend
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US airports reopen after blizzard New York: Airports have reopened in the north-eastern US after blizzards caused some 7,000 flights to be cancelled over the busy post-Christmas travel...
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Severe floods leave 10 dead New York: Flooding forced mass evacuations, including two-thirds of the residents of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Teamwork helped miners survive
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All 9 pulled alive from mine Map of Quecreek Pennsylvania One by one, miners, their faces blackened with dust, were pulled from a flooded coal mine after being trapped for 3 days
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United Airlines Flight 93 crashed Map of Shanksville Pennsylvania| The crew and passengers, alerted through phone calls to loved ones, had overpowered the hijackers. The flight was from Newark to San Francisco. The hijackers had turned the plane around and were headin... | |
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