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New York: 737 nose wheel fails on landing, 10 injured
Ten people suffered minor injuries Monday when the nose gear of a Southwest Airlines jetliner collapsed after landing at New…
China quake; 89 dead, 584 injured
Rescue teams are scrambling to reach the site of Monday morning’s strong and shallow earthquake in northwestern China that has…
Quake hits China, 296 injured, death toll now 47
Updated 6:05pm — At least 47 people were killed in an earthquake that struck central China today, China’s state-run Xinhua…
Studies: Martian atmosphere was destroyed long ago (+80 photos)
If we want to see a live Martian, even a tiny microbial one, we may be billions of years too…
Wildfire threatens 4000 Californian homes
It’s already torched more than 55 square kms — and the massive mountain fire in southern California is nowhere near…
Global air pollution killing over 2 million annually, study
More than two million people are dying every year from the effects of outdoor air pollution, according to a new…
Antarctic marine reserve plan blocked by Russia
A New Zealand-led plan to create the largest marine reserve in the world in Antarctica has been blocked by Russia….
US: Hope for 6-year-old trapped hours in sand dune
The 6-year-old boy swallowed whole in an Indiana sand dune over the weekend could make a full recovery, a medical…
Typhoon Soulik soaks Taiwan, heads for mainland China (+map)
Typhoon Soulik continued its trek over Taiwan on Saturday, where it lashed the capital of Taipei with strong winds and…
More Dreamliner dramas – a fire and “technical issue” spark new concerns
A fire and “technical issue” aboard two Boeing 787 Dreamliners today raised new safety concerns for the long troubled airliner….
