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Swarm of Quakes Rattles Arkansas Residents and Seismologists
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsDozens of small earthquakes have rattled towns in Arkansas in the past few days, puzzling seismologists who say the exact cause of the tremors is unclear. The U.S. Geological Service has reported at least 40 earthquakes in the northern Arkansas towns of Greenbrier and Guy this week -- 18 on Wednesday alone. Since October, the area has seen nearly 700 earthquakes. No injuries or damage have been reported. The earthquakes, although small -- generally ranging from 1.8 to 3.5 in magnitude -- appear to be increasing in strength. This morning, residents in the Greenbrier, about 50 miles north of ...
Could a Pipeline Explode in Your Community?
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsThe apparent gas line explosion in Allentown, Pa., that killed five people is certain to refocus attention to the 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines that lie under neighborhoods and subdivisions from coast to coast. The Allentown explosion came three weeks after a gas main explosion in Philadelphia killed one person and gas pressure buildup caused an explosion and about 15 fires in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, about 30 miles northeast of Cleveland. The National Transportation Safety Board also will convene a public hearing March 1 into the explosion of a gas transmission line in San Bruno, ...
Allentown, Pa., Explosion [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsAn apparent gas explosion forced hundreds of people to evacuate homes in Allentown, Pa., Wednesday night. The Morning Call reports that three deaths have been confirmed by authorities. However, residents say two more people, including a 4-month-old infant, were killed in the blast. Allentown fire officials say the explosion and subsequent fire destroyed eight homes. Several more homes and businesses suffered damage. The cause of the explosion is assumed to be natural gas, but that has not been confirmed. An investigation by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission is under way. Watch ...
Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Natural Gas Explosion Aftermath [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsEarly this morning residents of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, were told to evacuate their homes after one of the village's natural gas lines malfunctioned and began leaking gas into buildings. The tiny Lake Erie shore town, which has a population of 3,000, also closed schools and businesses. One building explosion and at least 15 fires were reported. Several structures have been destroyed, but there appear to have been no injuries. By midafternoon residents were allowed to return to their homes. Mayor Frank J. Sarosy has said that emergency crews have put out the blazes and that the situation ...
Philly Gas Explosion Kills 1, Injures 5
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA natural gas explosion in Philadelphia that sent a fireball 50 feet high and shook a neighborhood killed a utility worker and injured five people, three critically. "Oh man! It just blew up the whole street," Jim Campoli, 61, told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Campoli was evacuated from his apartment in the Tacony neighborhood about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday amid reports of a gas leak. An hour later, the gas main blew, shaking houses and sending a fireball high into the sky, said Campoli, who was watching from the street. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the ...
Nigeria Charges Dick Cheney in Corruption Case Stemming From Halliburton Bid
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAn anti-corruption unit in Nigeria has charged former Vice President Dick Cheney in an alleged bribery scheme dating back to his days as CEO of Halliburton, the huge oil services company. Halliburton and other firms are accused of paying as much as $180 million in bribes to win a contract to build a $6 billion liquefied natural gas plant in the African country's southern delta, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Cheney, who headed Halliburton before he was elected vice president in 2000, is one of several company officers and former officials named in the case, which comes about four ...
Pa. Gov. 'Appalled' at State's Tracking of Peaceful Activists
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says he is "appalled" that gay pride parades, taxpayer rallies and peaceful protests against oil giant BP all became the target of anti-terrorism bulletins distributed by a state agency. "I am deeply embarrassed, and I apologize to any of the groups who had this information disseminated on their right to peacefully protest," the governor told reporters Tuesday evening. The bulletins were issued by the state's Department of Homeland Security, but Rendell said he learned about them from a news story in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg this week. ...
After Gas Blast, Spotlight Shines on Pipelines
By Laura Parker - AOL News(Sept. 10) -- Damaged pieces of 30-inch steel pipe pulled from the ashes may tell the tale of what happened in Crestmoor Canyon on Thursday night, when gas from a ruptured transmission pipeline fed a fire so intense it devoured 15 acres of houses in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, Calif., and killed four people. What's certain is that the accident, coming on the heels of the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, will once again cast a spotlight on the effectiveness of state and federal safety regulations governing the energy industry. Regulations passed by Congress in 2002 require safety ...
Natural Gas Explosion Kills 2 Workers in Los Angeles
By not in system - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (July 30) -- A suspected natural gas explosion Friday shattered a metal-fabricating business and killed two people, including one worker who was hurled across the street by the blast and another man who was electrocuted by a downed power line, fire officials said. The explosion at about 6:15 a.m. turned the front of the wooden building into a mass of downed, shattered wooden beams. The building caught fire and 100 firefighters doused the blaze in about 25 minutes, fire spokesman Erik Scott said. A worker was thrown into the street and died from his blast injuries, fire Capt. ...
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