Toyota tells gov’t it is recalling 3.8 million vehicles, including top-selling Camry and PriusWASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. officially recalled 3.8 million vehicles in the United States on Monday to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas pedal to stick and cause a crash. Pa. woman who had cleaned pet bear’s cage ‘1,000 times’ is suddenly attacked, killedSAYLORSBURG, Pa. — For nine years, Kelly Ann Walz kept the black bear she called “Teddy” as a pet, raising it from cubhood at her hilltop menagerie where she also cared for a mountain lion and tiger. 74-year-old mauled, bitten by pack of raccoons that she tried to shoo from her Florida porchLAKELAND, Fla. — A 74-year-old who was “filleted” by raccoons when she tried to shoo them away from her central Florida home was hospitalized for more than two days, authorities said Monday. RI man faces Caribbean murder charges in wife’s scuba death; already responsible in civil casePROVIDENCE, R.I. — Scuba shop owner David Swain and his wife of six years, Shelley Tyre, traveled to Tortola in 1999 for what was to be a romantic Caribbean getaway. Deputies say more than a dozen injured when car crashes into inmate bus in AlbuquerqueALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Officials say 17 people were taken to the hospital after a car crashed into a bus transporting inmates in Albuquerque. Titanic memorial cruise to sail on 100th anniversary of doomed voyageNEW YORK — A trans-Atlantic cruise is being offered in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Baltimore Sun business editor Tim Wheatley killed in car crash; daughter seriously hurtHEREFORD, Md. — Tim Wheatley, the business editor of The Baltimore Sun, was killed Monday morning in a car accident in which his 9-year-old daughter was seriously injured, police said. Calgary Zoo says tiger mauled man who broke into zoo overnightTORONTO — A man who broke into the Calgary Zoo overnight and scaled a fence around a tiger exhibit is hospitalized with serious injuries to his arms after he was attacked by a tiger. APNewsBreak: Pa. exotic pet dealer had expired license when wife killed by captive black bearALLENTOWN, Pa. — A northeastern Pennsylvania dealer of exotic pets was operating with an expired license when his wife was killed by a captive black bear as she cleaned its cage. Boat runs aground in marshland off coast of NY’s Long Island, leaving 3 dead, 4 seriously hurtNEW YORK — A powerboat navigating a channel in an area dotted with boggy salt marshes ran aground off Long Island, killing three people and seriously injuring four others, authorities said. Raccoon pack surrounds, mauls 74-year-old Florida woman who tried to chase them from her yardLAKELAND, Fla. — Animal control officers hope to trap a pack of raccoons that mauled a 74-year-old Florida woman who tried to chase them from her yard. 7 killed when train derails in heavy rains near Thai resort city of Hua HinBANGKOK — A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand’s coastal city of Hua Hin, killing 7 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said. Woman in northeastern Pa. fatally mauled by pet black bear she kept caged near her homeALLENTOWN, Pa. — A woman was killed by a captive 350-pound black bear as she cleaned its cage Sunday night, officials said Monday as they revealed her husband, an exotic pet dealer, was operating with an expired license. Storm hangs off Philippines, whips up rough seas that sink ship near TaiwanMANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Parma weakened into a tropical storm but lingered off the northern Philippine coast Monday, causing widespread flooding and landslides that have killed 16 in the country and churning up rough seas that sank a cargo ship off neighboring Taiwan. 10 killed when train derails in heavy rains near Thai resort city of Hua HinBANGKOK — A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near Thailand’s coastal city of Hua Hin, killing at least 10 people, including a 2-year-old girl, and injuring 88 others, officials said. 3 dead, 4 seriously injured after speedboat rams marshland off coast of NY’s Long IslandNEW YORK — Three people were killed and four others seriously injured when their 40-foot powerboat plowed onto marshland on a moonlit Sunday night off Long Island’s southern shore, authorities said. Victims of Indonesian quake threatened by storms, possible landslidesPADANG, Indonesia — Heavy rain threatened to trigger more landslides and hamper delivery of desperately needed aid Monday on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where thousands of people were buried by last week’s powerful earthquake. 3 dead, 4 seriously injured after boat runs aground in marshland off coast of NY’s Long IslandNEW YORK — Three people were killed and four others seriously injured when their 40-foot powerboat plowed onto marshland on a moonlit Sunday night off Long Island’s southern shore, authorities said. 3 dead, 3 seriously injured after boat runs aground in marshland off coast of NY’s Long IslandWANTAGH, N.Y. — Three people were killed and three others seriously injured after their 40-foot boat ran aground in marshland off New York’s Long Island. 8 killed when train derails in heavy rains in central ThailandBANGKOK — A train derailed during heavy rains Monday near the coastal Thai city of Hua Hin, killing at least eight people, including a two-year-old girl and injuring 88 others, officials said. Some students get classes in tents after Indonesian quake ravages school systemPADANG, Indonesia — Hundreds of children went back to class Monday in schools set up in tents in Indonesia’s earthquake zone to get counseling on the loss of loved ones and homes, as authorities tried to restore normalcy after the disaster. Medical official: 4 killed when train derails in heavy rains in central ThailandBANGKOK — At least four people were killed and 23 others hospitalized when a train derailed during heavy rains early Monday near a popular seaside resort in central Thailand, a medical official said. Lions’ Stafford injures right knee in fourth quarter against BearsCHICAGO — Detroit Lions rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford and receiver Calvin Johnson left during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 48-24 loss to the Chicago Bears because of leg injuries. Heavy rains hamper search for bodies in Indonesia’s quake-destroyed hamlets
Medical teams rush to flood-devastated southern India, death toll rises to 205NEW DELHI — Medical teams rushed Sunday to flood-devastated southern India where five days of torrential rain have left at least 205 people dead and 750,000 displaced, authorities said. Deadly attacks, crashes for US troops in AfghanistanSome of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in Afghanistan: Indonesian villagers use bare hands to dig out corpses in four quake-destroyed hamletsJUMANAK, Indonesia — With no outside help in sight, villagers used their bare hands Sunday to dig out rotting corpses, four days after landslides triggered by a huge earthquake obliterated four hamlets in western Indonesia. Police: Landslides caused by Typhoon Parma have killed 12 in northern PhilippinesMANILA, Philippines — Police say landslides caused by Typhoon Parma have killed 12 people in two northern Philippines villages. The death from the storm is now at least 16. Russian industrial watchdog: Negligence a factor in hydropower plant disaster that killed 75MOSCOW — Russia’s top industrial safety oversight official said Saturday that negligence was a major factor in a devastating accident at the country’s biggest hydroelectric power plant, and hinted that high-level officials could face trial over the disaster that killed 75 workers. Quake-triggered landslides wipe out at least 4 villages in Indonesia, burying nearly 650PADANG, Indonesia — At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday. |
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