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Human error blamed in gas explosion at strip club
Human error is to blame in last week's gas-fueled explosion that ripped through a strip club in the western Massachusetts city of Springfield, officials said Sunday. The blast injured at least 21...
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Lower gas prices give consumers a pre-holiday break
A November drop in gas prices drove down a key measure of inflation for U.S. consumers, the Labor Department said Friday. The Consumer Price Index fell 0.3% during the month, thanks to 7.4% drop in gas...
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Tank storing radioactive waste leaking in Washington
A tank storing radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington is leaking liquids to the tune of 150-300 gallons per year, the governor said Friday. "This is an extremely...
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Iran, P5+1 conclude second round of talks
Diplomats emerged Wednesday from an unusually secretive round of talks over Iran's controversial nuclear program with a joint announcement to hold a follow-up meeting within weeks. In a joint statement...
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U.S., China reach deal on N. Korea sanctions
The United States and China reached a tentative deal for a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution on more sanctions for North Korea after its latest nuclear test, a senior Obama administration...
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U.N. adopts new North Korea sanctions
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday for a resolution strengthening sanctions on North Korea. The Security Council resolution targeting North Korea and its nuclear program includes...
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Global warming is epic, new study says
Global warming has propelled Earth's climate from one of its coldest decades since the last ice age to one of its hottest - in just one century. A heat spike like this has never happened before, at...
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Pilot lights not snuffed before K.C. blast
A fatal explosion last month in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, was caused by the accidental ignition of natural gas vapors that had accumulated inside a popular restaurant, according to a report from...
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Report: Flawed device, errors contributed to Super Bowl blackout
A combination of technical and communication failures contributed to the partial power outage that disrupted this year's Super Bowl, an independent analysis has determined, utility Entergy New Orleans...
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Oil, money, politics: Keystone XL hits a snag
The politics of oil and ecology have put President Obama between a rock and hard place, as he faces a decision on whether or not to permit construction of a new pipeline. The squeeze just got tighter...
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12 die in Argentina building explosion
Leaking gas was likely to blame for an explosion that killed at least 12 people, injured 60 more and brought down part of a building in Argentina on Tuesday, state media reported Wednesday. A man who...
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Japan slams Tepco over toxic water crisis
Attempts by the operator of Japan's stricken nuclear power plant to deal with alarming leaks of toxic water are like a game of "whack-a-mole," the country's industry minister said Monday. The time has...
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Japan Fukushima toxic water leak 'serious'
Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said a toxic water leak at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant has been classified as a level 3 "serious incident" on an international scale. The...
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Japan outlines plan for Fukushima crisis
The Japanese government on Tuesday said it would spend the equivalent of $470 million to try to tackle the toxic water crisis at the country's crippled nuclear power plant. The government of Prime...
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Global warming is extremely likely our fault
The world's getting hotter, the sea's rising and there's increasing evidence neither are naturally occurring phenomena. So says a report from the U.N. International Panel on Climate Change, a document...
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