An inquiry is announced into the deaths of four miners in a flooded Swansea Valley colliery, with Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan insisting lessons must be learned.
Three people die and 54 injured are taken to hospital, some in a critical condition, as a World War II-era fighter plane crashes at an air race near Reno, Nevada.
Willow the cat has been grabbing headlines for her mysterious 5-year journey that took her from Colorado to New York City and eventually back home to Colorado thanks to the microchip her owners had implanted when she was a kitten.
Willow the cat has been grabbing headlines for her mysterious 5-year journey that took her from Colorado to New York City and eventually back home to Colorado thanks to the microchip her owners had implanted when she was a kitten.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - A World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during a popular air race, killing three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris.
AP - Friends of an air racer and movie stunt pilot whose plane crashed into the edge of the grandstand at a show said the 74-year-old was a skilled airman and member of a tight-knit flying community.
AP - General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers, sobered by the government bailout and bankruptcy at the automaker just two years ago, reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract late Friday without the public acrimony or strikes that have plagued the talks in the past.
A plane crashed near the grandstand at an air race in Reno, Nevada. An event official said 54 people were injured, and a hospital said at least two people died.
U.S. Air Force officials called off their response late Friday afternoon at a Tucson, Arizona, base after reports that an armed man had entered an office building, the U.S. military branch said in a statement.
Three months after he first appeared in an Internet video -- in uniform, denouncing his government and calling on fellow soldiers to rebel -- Lt. Col. Hussein al-Harmoush was back on television Thursday night, this time in a televised confession on Syrian state TV.
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