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BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 7:18am

By Rhys Jones and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly after take-off and the casing ripped away from the left. The British carrier, part of IAG, said all 75 passengers and five crew members were safe after having been evacuated from the aircraft down emergency chutes on landing. Video footage taken on board the plane as it came into land revealed the silver internal components of the engine. ...


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BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 7:14am

A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday after a technical fault in an engine.


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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 6:58am

Heated reactions made clear that the BSA's controversies aren't over.


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I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 5:58am

Authorities said it appeared nobody was killed in the bridge failure.


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No guarantee of peace, North Korean envoy warns China

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 4:55am

The official also stressed that his country is willing to hold talks.


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5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif.

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 4:51am
GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage.
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Fed's Bullard wants inflation pickup before tapering QE

Political News from Reuters - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 4:41am
LONDON (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official said on Friday U.S. inflation would have to pick up before he voted to scale back monetary policy stimulus and that this was unlikely to happen in the coming month.
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Obama's drone speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 4:10am

Pakistanis hope the policy could help relations and Yemen says it's killed terrorists.


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Jury in Arias case gives up after no consensus

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:52am

As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."


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15-year-old held in deaths of 2 younger siblings

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 3:04am

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.


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I-5 bridge collapses into Washington river, injuring three

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:35am

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers who searched the chilly waterway north of Seattle.


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Strong earthquake hits Russia's Far East

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:11am
A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter.
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Gov. Christie co-hosting 'Today' to promote N.J. shore

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 2:05am
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is co-hosting NBC's "Today" on Friday morning as part of a campaign to proclaim that the state's shore is ready for business seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
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Police: Suicidal jumper's fall kills SKorean girl

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:27am
South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building.
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Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:08am

Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.


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5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 1:07am
An earthquake has struck Northern California's Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7.
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5 climbers missing on world's 3rd highest mountain

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Fri, 05/24/2013 - 12:41am
A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain.
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No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse in northwest Washington

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:58pm

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping several vehicles into the water as authorities investigated the cause of the collapse that cut off the state's main north-south thruway and sent three people to the hospital.


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I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash.; people in water

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:24pm

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.


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In Iowa, GOP's Walker preps for presidential run

Yahoo! Democratic Party News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:48pm
Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do — one of their own.
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