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Coast Guard ends search for 2 after oil rig fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard on Saturday evening called off its search for two workers missing after an explosion and fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico a day earlier. Four others workers were badly burned in the blaze, which evoked memories

Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two oil workers remained lost at sea Saturday, a day after a torch being used to cut an oil pipe ignited a blaze that severely burned four others workers on a production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The four burned workers are in

Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By The Associated Press "Every time that Hamas fires there will be a more and more severe response. I really recommend all the Hamas leadership in Gaza not to try us again. ... Nobody is immune there, not Haniyeh and not anybody else." - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Channel 2

Egyptian train hits school bus, 51 killed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By AYA BATRAWY and MAMDOUH THABETAssociated Press ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) - A speeding train that crashed into a bus carrying Egyptian children to their kindergarten on Saturday killed 51 and prompted a wave of anger against a government under mounting pressure to rectify the former regime's

ar-school bus crash kills at least 3

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) - At least three people are dead after a car collided head-on with a school bus in Minnesota. Police say no children were on the bus during the fiery crash late Friday afternoon in Inver Grove Heights, just a few miles south of St. Paul. Officers found both vehicles

Israel bombards Gaza Strip, shoots down rocket

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

By IAN DEITCH and IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel destroyed the headquarters of Hamas' prime minister and blasted a sprawling network of smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, broadening a blistering four-day-old offensive against the

Fatal Structure Fire In North Spokane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. - One woman was found dead after a fire burned through her home Friday night. It happened at Smith St. and Bruce Ave. just after 7:00pm. When Fire District 9 firefighters arrived the roof was fully engulfed. Sheriff's Deputy on scene confirmed one person was found

Structure Fire In North Spokane

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. - A structure fire has burned through the roof of a north Spokane home near Bruce and Smith. We are being told there may be possible injuries. We are working on gathering more details and will update you as soon as we get them.

Woman Killed In North Spokane House Fire

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

Small plane crashes after takeoff in Maine; 3 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 17th

OWLS HEAD, Maine (AP) - A small plane has crashed in a wooded area in Maine shortly after taking off from an airport, killing three people. Witnesses say Friday's crash shot flames 20 feet in the air and sent smoke billowing into the night sky. Knox County Regional Airport manager Jeff