Thursday, September 1, 2011

Higher cancer risk for 9/11 firefighters

Higher cancer risk for 9/11 firefighters


Higher cancer risk for 9/11 firefighters

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Firefighters exposed to toxic dust and fumes clogging the air after the World Trade Center towers collapsed 10 years ago are more likely to get cancer, a study found.

Defiant Gadhafi claims capital moved

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:24 PM PDT

A man purported to be fugitive leader Moammar Gadhafi claimed in an audio message that Libya's capital has been moved from Tripoli to Sirte, Gadhafi's birthplace.

Syria's AG: Resignation or kidnapping?

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:35 AM PDT

What happened to the attorney general of Hama?

Van der Sloot charged with murder

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:27 PM PDT

Peruvian authorities have charged Joran van der Sloot with murder in the case of the death of a Peruvian woman.

NOLA preps for storm

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:47 PM PDT

A low-pressure system in the central Gulf of Mexico has a strong chance of turning into a tropical storm, forecasters said Thursday, prompting oil companies to start pulling workers out of platforms offshore.

Opinion: No divorce for U.S., Pakistan

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:32 AM PDT

Pakistan, and Pakistani-American relations, confront their worst crises in recent memory.

Gator attacks Florida woman, 90

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:33 PM PDT

An 8-foot-long alligator sunk its teeth into a 90-year-old woman's leg and tried to drag her into a canal in southern Florida, a spokeswoman for the state's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

Does autopilot dull skills of pilots?

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Long hours flying under computer control may have dulled the skills of airline flight crews, according to a U.S. advisory board that recommends more manual flight time for pilots.

Safest driving cities in U.S. ranked

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:39 AM PDT

Motoring through Allstate's seventh annual "America's Best Driver's Report" shows residents of smaller towns are steering clear of accidents.

Rapper T.I. in trouble for tour bus use

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:06 PM PDT

Rapper T.I. has been removed from a halfway house to a "different facility" because of prison officials' objection over his using a tour bus to move between facilities in Arkansas and Georgia, his attorney said.

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