Marine pilot who crashed jet into San Diego homes, killing 4 on ground, cleared to fly againSAN DIEGO — The pilot of a military jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood and killed four people on the ground has been cleared to fly again. Safety board cites driver fatigue, says federal agency was factor in bus crash severityWASHINGTON — Maurice and Teresa Washington were relaxing in the back row of a charter bus the night of Jan. 6, 2008, watching a movie on the way home from a weekend ski trip, when their lives were shattered. Family of Drew Peterson’s late wife files wrongful death lawsuit against himCHICAGO — The family of Drew Peterson’s third wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, alleging the former Bolingbrook police sergeant drowned her in a bathtub. Mexican man pleads guilty in Ariz. fatal smuggling crash; avoids death penalty in dealPHOENIX — A Mexican national accused of transporting illegal immigrants after a rollover crash killed 10 of 19 people inside the vehicle has pleaded guilty in a deal with federal prosecutors. 2 Faulkner University football players killed in car crash in southern AlabamaMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two Faulkner University football players have been killed in a car accident in southern Alabama. NTSB report says small plane broke apart before San Diego crash that killed 2SAN DIEGO — A small plane broke apart in flight before it crashed almost two weeks ago near Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, killing two people, according to federal investigators. Committee: Bayer CropScience engaged in campaign of secrecy following deadly plant explosionWASHINGTON — Bayer CropScience withheld information from emergency responders after a deadly explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last summer, and has since used a terrorism-related law to keep some documents secret, a congressional committee said Tuesday. Police: Body found in bayou is 4-year-old girl drowned in dad’s Houston car wreckHOUSTON — Searchers believe they’ve found the body of a 4-year-old girl who drowned with four other children in a Houston car wreck. Safety board says federal agency supposed to protect public was factor in bus crash severityWASHINGTON — A federal safety board on Tuesday cited driver fatigue as the cause of an Utah bus crashed that killed nine and injured 43 others, but blamed inaction by another safety agency for the severity of the accident. Bob Seger and bandmate are named in Michigan lawsuit over crash injuriesPONTIAC, Mich. — Detroit rocker Bob Seger and a bandmate are named in a negligence lawsuit filed by a man who says he suffered injuries in a crash involving a car registered to Seger. Federal safety investigators cite high speed, driver fatigue in Utah bus crash that killed 9WASHINGTON — Safety investigators said Tuesday that a bus was traveling 88 to 92 miles per hour when it crashed last year in Utah, killing nine and injuring 43 others. Driver fatigue was likely the root cause of the crash, they said. Australian coroner says 3 asylum seekers died by drowning after boat explosion; 2 missingSYDNEY — Three people killed last week in the explosion of a boat carrying asylum seekers in Australian waters died by drowning, a coroner said Monday. Former Democratic Utah congressman Bill Orton, 60, killed in ATV accident on sand dunesSALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60. Former Democratic Utah congressman Bill Orton, 60, killed in ATV accident on sand dunesSALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah congressman Bill Orton died in an ATV accident when his machine flipped over on a sand dune at Little Sahara Recreation Area. He was 60. Vapor cloud from 27,000-gallon chemical spill dissipating hours after leak is containedDOVER, Ohio — A large hydrochloric acid spill early Saturday at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapor cloud that took hours to dissipate, officials said. No injuries were reported. Spring snowstorm starts to weaken after closing stretch of Colo. I-70, stranding travelersDENVER — A spring storm was weakening after dumping up to 3 feet of snow on the foothills west of Denver — stranding hundreds of people in shelters and forcing the closure of an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70. 18 people dead after explosives catch fire at coal mine in central China18 people dead in coal mine explosion in China BEIJING — China’s state television says 18 people have died and six are injured after three-story warehouse blew up at a coal mine in central China. Hundreds stranded at Colo. shelters after spring snowstorm shuts down 80-mile stretch of I-70DENVER — Hundreds of people were stranded at shelters Friday night after transportation officials shut down an 80-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between Vail and Golden because of wet, heavy snow and multiple accidents. Plane smashes into Fla. home, splitting it in half; 80-year-old pilot dies in crashPlane splits Florida home in half; pilot dies OAKLAND PARK, Fla. — A small plane sputtered and dove into a house shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday morning, slicing the home down the middle into two charred pieces. The pilot was killed. |