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Severe weather partly a result of climate change
Damaging tornadoes are an annual springtime threat in parts of the country, but Monday's massive storm in Oklahoma, in a year that seems to have had more than its share of extreme weather, has many wondering whether things have gotten even more extreme than usual. NBC's John Yang ...
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Missouri highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass
CHAFFEE, Mo. – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a cargo train collision in southeast Missouri. Authorities say a highway overpass collapsed early today when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after the collision. Seven people were injured, though none seriously. The bridge collapsed after a Union Pacific train hit the side of a Burlington ...
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Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse officials
MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on ...
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Video Torrential rains cause record flooding in south Texas
The San Antonio area faces major flooding problems after nearly 10 inches of rain in just a few hours caused the San Antonio River to reach record levels. Gary Cooper of CBS affiliate KENS ...
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Video Train collision brings down highway overpass
Two freight trains collided under a highway overpass near the town of Rockview, Missouri, causing it to come crashing down. Two cars were driving over it at the time causing minor injuries. Chip Reid ...
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Video Cold start to summer season for Sandy-impacted shore towns
Towns along the Jersey Shore hard hit by superstorm Sandy kicked off the summer season this Memorial Day weekend on a cold and wet note. Terrell Brown ...
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Animals At Zoo Miami Paint For A Good Cause
MIAMI (CBSMiami) -Attention Miami art collectors, there's a group of new artists in town and they are all painting in the name of charity. At Zoo Miami Saturday, animals, like Peggy the elephant and Toshi the rhino, explored their artsy side all in the name of benefiting each ...
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Honduras gangs announce truce to reduce violence
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Following in the footsteps of their counterparts in neighboring El Salvador, Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang lifestyle, a Roman Catholic bishop said Friday. San Pedro Sula's bishop, Romulo Emiliani, told The Associated Press ...
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American Restoration crews designs unique trophy
NASCAR turned to Rick Dale and his wife, Kelly, of the History Channel's "American Restoration" show to come up with a unique trophy to present to the winner of Saturday's Nationwide ...
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Tyson Gay roars to 100m victory at New York Diamond League meet
United States Tyson Gay roared to a 100-metres victory while Sanya Richards-Ross withdrew and high jumper Blanka Vlasic made an emotional comeback triumph in Saturday's New York Diamond League athletics meet.Cold, windy and rainy conditions dimmed bids for spectacular performances at the third of 14 stops in the global series, making health issues a concern as athletes look to the world ...
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Accidents spotlight nation’s aging infrastructure
some high pro file accidents lately involving both have raised some worrisome questions about the state of this country's rails and highways. the latest happened ...
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Flash floods hit San Antonio Texas
In Texas, torrential rains brought flash flooding to the streets of San Antonio Saturday. NBC's Lester Holt reports and The Weather Channel's Todd Santos looks ahead with a weather ...
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It is getting a lot harder to do this Doctor shortage strains practices
Chiara Sottile writes Tucked among the cornfields, windmills and water towers of Littlefield, in west Texas, Dr. Isabel Molina treats one patient after the next at Lamb Healthcare Center.Littlefield is a small, dusty town of about 6,500 people, but Molina's two-doctor practice draws from a much larger area. She and her partner serve a total population of about 15,000, she estimates. To keep ...
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Public education fight heats up in Chicago
The largest round of school closures in American history hit Chicago this week as 50 schools were shut down. Ed explains who the real heroes are and John Nichols of The Nation Magazine breaks down all the ...
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Jenna Lyons fashion queen of America | profile
It is Memorial Day weekend in America, the unofficial start of summer, and my friend and her teenage daughter are in the Hamptons, having scored an invitation to stay at the beachside mansion of one of New York's wealthiest families."What are you going to wear?" I asked my friend, before she set off, mindful of the grey and drizzly weather and the fact that grand-style ...
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AP PHOTOS Bayern beats Dortmund 2-1 in final
Bayern Munich defeated German rival Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League final Saturday night, ending four years of frustration for Bayern in Europe's biggest soccer tournament. Arjen Robben ran onto Franck Ribery's backheeled flick in the penalty area and put the ball past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller in the 89th minute to send Bayern to its first Champions League victory ...
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The Ecuadorian president said Thursday during his inauguration that the times we are now living in Latin American countries is thanks to the election of progressive governments from their people which is now said that Latin America is not the backy
The Ecuadorian President said his government will keep fighting for the deepening of the Citizen Revolution, "not only in Ecuador, but in Latin America", noting that "we are no longer anyone's ...
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New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins Live Stream Free Watch Online Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 5
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) celebrates defeating the Washington Capitals with team mates Anton Stralman (6) and Derek Stepan (21) during Game 7 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinal playoff hockey game in Washington May 13, 2013. New York Rangers vs Boston Bruins takes place in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 on Saturday afternoon, with the Rangers knowing they are on ...
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New Jersey proves its stronger than the storm
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone, D-NJ, who represents much of the Jersey Shore, talks with MSNBC's Craig Melvin about the region's efforts to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane ...
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Open season for sex at Alaskan base military officials say
By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News An Army battalion commander at the Space and Missile Defense Command at Fort Greely, Alaska, is under investigation for allegedly "condoning" adultery and creating an "open season" climate when it comes to sexual activity among the troops, military and defense officials tell NBC ...
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Mississippi monument rededicated to mark Iowas role in Civil War siege
VICKSBURG, Mississippi (Reuters) - A century and a half after the Civil War's battle of Vicksburg, a large group of Iowans led by Governor Terry Branstad joined Southerners on Saturday to commemorate the Iowa soldiers who lost their lives on the Mississippi ...
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Maersk Brings Transpacific 7 to Port Miami
Maersk Line, the global containerized division of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, and the leading container shipping company in the world added PortMiami to its Transpacific 7 (TP7) ...
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Most Chicago-area CEOs benefit from booming markets
Coming off a year when most stock markets generated double-digit returns, CEOs of Chicago-area companies, whose pay is powered by lucrative stock awards, took home more money last year. But at a handful of companies where profits dropped, CEOs took pay cuts, a sign that companies are doing a better job of structuring executive compensation to better align pay and performance. Median pay ...
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Tornado Victims Include Animal Lover Man in Truck
One was an animal lover. Another loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the victims' stories. ——— ...
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North American College Breaks Ground On 10-story Building
ROME, ITALY, April 15 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Seminarians filled the North American College with strains of "Holy God We Praise Thy Name" as they took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 10-story structure."Things have gone so well in the last decades, that we need more space and it's wonderful," Archbishop John J. Meyers of Newark explained to CNA April 12 after he ...
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Memorial Bridge is falling down, falling down
The Memorial Bridge linking New Hampshire and Maine is a historical landmark, its been there for over 80 years, but the bridge is old and in this age of recession, expensive repair work versus more valuable replacement may soon see the structure razed and replaced.
The Memorial Bridge that links Portsmouth in New Hampshire to Kittery in Maine is ageing. The through truss lift bridge is over 80 years old and has begun to feel its age in recent years, on the 16th of October, 2009 state authorities issued an emergency closure of the bridge due to essential repairs that were needed and its weight limit has steadily been reduced over the last year or so. Read more
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