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Part 3: A huge blast and a 2,500-degree fireball
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last part of a three-part serial that tells the story of what happened during America's worst mining disaster in nearly two decades.) BROOKWOOD, Ala. -- Gas was slowly gathering in the mine's Four Section. A half-hour after the first...
Part 2: Rescuers heading down the barrel of a gun
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part serial that tells the story of what happened underground during America's worst mining disaster in nearly two decades.) BROOKWOOD, Ala. -- Tony Key heard the explosion before he felt it. He half-turned to look and...
Part 1: Coal miners toil inside enemy
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Thirteen men lost their lives on Sept. 23, 2001, in America's worst mining disaster in 17 years. This is the first part of "Death Underground," a three-part serial that tells the story of what happened and why. It is a story of U.S. energy policy,...
Few commuters catch the habit of catching the train
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For Brian McNeill, a 13-year veteran of the grueling Frederick-to-Washington commute, the new MARC station in downtown Frederick seemed a perfect fit. The sparkling terminal is a five-minute walk from his house, and the trains -- at three times...
Maglev improves steel fabrication process
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- While pioneering methods of fabricating major steel components for high-speed trains, Maglev Inc. has been quietly working with the U.S. Department of Defense to use its product in stealth warships, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The Office...
Pa. maglev project faces hurdles
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- To get a high-speed maglev train project in the Pittsburgh region, the buck starts, not stops, at the top, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. That is, the Bush administration has yet to say if it is willing to invest $950 million in a project...
Maglev support falling off as communities oppose route
PITTSBURGH -- Residents of two growing suburban communities have organized opposition to a high-speed maglev train proposed for their neighborhoods, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Port Authority and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, government...
Police probe how hunter came to be killed by train
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Evans police were trying to determine why a hearing-impaired hunter from Angola was walking along railroad tracks near Gowans Road when he was hit by a freight train and killed Sunday afternoon, the Buffalo News reported. Police officials said Joseph...
City sounds off on train whistles
ROCKLAND, N.Y. -- A county proposal to keep Rockland free of blaring train whistles must now await a decision by federal officials trying to come up with a way to keep railroad crossings safe without splitting neighbors' eardrums, reports the White Plains Journal...
Train causes power failure
COVINGTON, Ky. -- The return to work and school got off to a confusing start in Covington and Newport this morning thanks to a rush hour power failure caused by a train which accidentally knocked down three utility poles in Newport, the Kentucky Post reported. Cinergy...
