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Derailment report could be released in January
(The following article by Ken Crites was posted on the Minot Daily News website on December 9.) MINOT, N.D. -- It's not yet carved in stone, but the National Transportation Safety Board's long-awaited report on the Jan. 18, 2002, train derailment near Minot might be...
Two-year prison sentence for wielding grenade in train station
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 9.) WASHINGTON -- A man who wielded a grenade in Union Station was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday. Juann R. Tubbs caused a scare on June 9 when he walked into a store inside the main...
Rail car burns in west Sacramento
(Sacramento television station KCRA posted the following article on its website on December 10.) SACRAMENTO -- West Sacramento fire crews battled a blaze inside a freight train early Tuesday. The fire was reported shortly after 5 a.m. on the tracks at Jefferson...
Cleanup continues on U.S. 90
(The following article by Todd Billiot was posted on the Lafayette Advertiser website on December 10.) MIDLAND, La. -- A four-mile section of U.S. Route 90 between Midland and Mermentau in rural Acadia Parish was still closed by Louisiana State Police Troop I late...
CN appoints Pacific division VP David Edison to oversee BC Rail takeover
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article on December 10.) VANCOUVER -- Canadian National Railway Co. has appointed a senior Pacific region executive to oversee the Montreal company's $1 billion takeover of BC Rail. Canada's largest railway said Tuesday...
Grocery strike bites into Albertsons’ profit
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Bob Fick on December 7.) BOISE, Idaho -- Albertsons reported a 51 percent decline in third-quarter profit Friday as the strike by Southern California grocery workers siphoned an estimated $132 million from...
Talks in Calif. grocery strike break off
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on December 8.) LOS ANGELES -- Labor negotiations between grocery companies and picketing Southern California grocery workers have broken off and no new talks are scheduled, officials said. About 70,000 grocery...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on December 8.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 2,397 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 135,197 WINDY CITY WINS--More than 1,000 building service workers, including janitors and security guards employed by...
Rail workers seek help finding their missing mascot
(Newhouse News Service distributed the following article by Joe Malinconico on December 9.) MEADOWLANDS, N.J. -- In the clockwork world of the sprawling railroad maintenance yard in Kearny, the mixed breed Labrador Retriever and Dalmatian seemed to live according to...
Nevada keeps on the attack in its nuclear war with feds
(The following article by Martin Kasindorf was posted on the USA Today website on December 9.) LAS VEGAS -- Despite Nevada's objections, President Bush and Congress last year approved a permanent national repository for 77,000 tons of radioactive waste on federal land...
