A Continental Express flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed into a house about five miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing 49 people, officials said.
AP - A commuter plane crashed into a suburban Buffalo home and erupted in flames late Thursday, killing all 48 people aboard and one person on the ground, authorities said.
AP - Authorities charged a man Friday with lighting one of the wildfires that killed a total of more than 180 people in Australia, and whisked him into protective custody to guard him from public fury.
AP - Saying "I made a mistake," Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire abruptly withdrew as commerce secretary nominee on Thursday and left the fledgling White House suddenly coping with Barack Obama's third Cabinet withdrawal. Gregg cited "irresolvable conflicts" with Obama's policies, specifically mentioning the $790 billion economic stimulus bill and 2010 census in a statement released without warning by his Senate office.
New York State police have confirmed all 48 people on board Continental Flight 3407 were killed when their plane crashed late Thursday in Clarence Center, New York. The plane was heading from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo when it went down shortly after 10 p.m. Authorities said a person on the ground at the time of the crash was also killed.
The Texas Department of State Health Services on Thursday ordered the recall of all products ever shipped from the Peanut Corporation of America's plant in Plainview, Texas, after discovering dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers in the plant.
Republican Sen. Judd Gregg withdrew his nomination as President Barack Obama's commerce secretary Thursday, citing "irresolvable conflicts" over the administration's stimulus bill and the upcoming 2010 census. President Obama says Gregg withdrawal was "somewhat of a surprise."