Crash probe focusing on weather, crew's training
CLARENCE, N.Y. - The man at the controls of a turboprop plane that pitched like a kite before crashing into a house last week had spent only 110 hours flying that model, and investigators said Tuesday they would look into the quality and quantity of his training.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Continental Air Crash Source:(AP)
2009-02-17
Palin allies report rising campaign tension
Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign's already-tense internal dynamics.
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin Katie Couric Barack Obama Tina Fey John McCain Bill Clinton Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-26
Candidates weigh in on stabilizing Fannie, Freddie
WASHINGTON - The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as Sunday, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as candidates and congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy.
Nations:U.S. People:Henry Paulson Sarah Palin Christopher Dodd Ben Bernanke Barack Obama Activities:U.S. Mortgage Giant Bailout US Election 2008 Global Financial Crisis
2008-09-06
Wildfires force firefighters to pick their battles
SAN FRANCISCO - With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced to strategically choose which to fight and which to leave to burn for weeks or even months.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
Firefighters in stalemate against Calif. blazes
SAN FRANCISCO - Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said dangerous conditions would not relent anytime soon.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
Polygamous-sect children ordered to stay in Texas custody
A chaotic two-day hearing ended with dropped heads and silence when a judge ordered that the 416 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous sect will stay in state custody for the time being.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Texas Polygamy Case
2008-04-19
Polygamous-sect children ordered to stay in Texas custody
The more than 400 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous sect will stay in state custody and be subject to genetic testing to sort out family relationships that have confounded welfare authorities, a judge ruled Friday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Texas Polygamy Case
2008-04-18
Colo. gunman's posting hinted of attacks
Authorities believe the man who killed four people at a church and missionary training center posted an anti-Christian diatribe online that closely repeated a rant by one of the Columbine killers, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2007 Colorado Church Killing Columbine Highschool Shootings
2007-12-11
4 die in Colo. church, mission attacks
A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center near Denver early Sunday after being told he couldn't spend the night. About 12 hours later, a gunman fatally shot a person at a megachurch in Colorado Springs before a guard killed him, police said.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2007 Colorado Church Killing
2007-12-10
2 dead in Colo. shootings 65 miles apart
A gunman killed two people at a training center dormitory for young Christian missionaries early Sunday after being told he couldn't spend the night, and hours later four people were shot outside a church in Colorado Springs.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2007 Colorado Church Killing
2007-12-09
Tornado kills 9 on Texas-Mexico border
A massive spring storm plowed toward the Midwest early Wednesday after dumping more than a foot of snow on the Colorado foothills and spawning a tornado that killed nine people along the Texas-Mexico border.
Nations:U.S. Mexico
2007-04-25
Tornado swarm kills 4 in 3 states
A tornado as wide as two football fields carved a devastating path through an eastern Colorado town as a massive spring storm swept from the Rockies into the Plains, killing at least four people in three states, authorities said Thursday.
Nations:U.S. China
2007-03-29
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