Wis. university chancellor resigns amid donors’ criticism, questions about hitting parked carMADISON, Wis. — A central Wisconsin university chancellor announced her resignation Thursday after a series of conflicts with students and donors and questions about how she handled a traffic accident. Federal judge finds Indiana money manager competent to stand trial on Florida charges in JunePENSACOLA, Fla. — A troubled Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death and escape financial ruin by parachuting before crashing his plane is competent for a June trial, a federal judge ruled Thursday. NTSB report: Plane that crashed into south Florida home had engine problems before takeoffOAKLAND PARK, Fla. — A report says a plane that crashed into a south Florida home had engine problems before takeoff. Ships collide near Singapore port, freighter grounded for repairs, but no injuriesSINGAPORE — Two freight ships collided Thursday near Singapore’s port, grounding one of the vessels for repairs, the port authority said. This plan won’t fly: Transportation secretary rejects FAA secrecy on bird-plane collision dataWASHINGTON — The government is opening up its records of tens of thousands of collisions of birds with airplanes, such as the accident that led US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch into the Hudson River. Obituaries in the news
Obituaries in the news William Avery Ind. money manager accused of staging his death in Fla. says he ’snapped’ in letter to APPENSACOLA, Fla. — A troubled Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death by parachuting from his plane to escape financial ruin told The Associated Press in a letter that he “snapped,” never got help and then “it all came crashing down around me.” Miss. appeals court agrees tire, not alcohol or speed caused crash that killed 1, injured 2JACKSON, Miss. — Three young friends were drinking on a summer night in 2000 when their speeding sports car blew a tire and careered off a rural Mississippi highway, killing one and injuring the other two. Transportation secretary rejects FAA plan to keep secret its data on bird-plane collisionsWASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is scrapping a proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration that would make secret its data on when and where birds and airplanes collide. Jamaica airport operator says unarmed security team followed procedures as gunman seized planeKINGSTON, Jamaica — The unarmed security guards who allowed a gunman to seize a Canadian jet near Montego Bay were following procedures, the airport’s operating company Wednesday. DOT Secretary LaHood to reject FAA plan to keep secret data on bird-plane collisionsWASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he intends to overrule the Federal Aviation Administration on its plan to keep secret data on where and when collisions between birds and airplanes occur. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. |
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