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Investigation into Washington, D.C. Metro crash finds need for new safety rules

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 An investigation into the fatal 2009 Washington Metro train collision conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for new safety and maintenance rules. The report, released today, blamed the crash on the faulty automatic train-control system. The report also cited the use of dated 1000-Series train cars. The 2009Read More

Investigation into Washington, D.C. Metro crash finds need for new safety rules

Get Newer Looking Floors With Carpet Cleaners In Bellingham, WA

Here’s An Opinion On: Leather Sofas Sydney Desired Living bytimothyharvard There is a wonderful feeling when a home or business is clean and well organized. Clean homes and businesses are healthier to live and work in. Organized, neat rooms are calming and easier to think productively in. But, cleaning a room takes effort and time.Read More Get Newer Looking Floors With Carpet Cleaners In Bellingham, WA

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Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful

Sunday, May 18, 2008 This article is part of the series New Zealand General Election Other election coverage Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful Background Wikipedia, Wikinews’ sibling project, has in-depth background articles on: Political parties in New Zealand New Zealand House of Representatives Politics of New Zealand Mixed Member Proportional votingRead More

Q and A with New Zealand Prime Minister hopeful

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Canadian jail inmates used nail clippers to escape, report finds

Friday, March 13, 2009 According to a government report released on Tuesday, six inmates of a Regina, Saskatchewan jail managed to escape last summer after spending four months using nail clippers and other makeshift instruments to break out. We didn’t think we would get away with it The report stated that no fewer than 87Read More

Canadian jail inmates used nail clippers to escape, report finds

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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

Wednesday, November 30, 2005File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human computerRead More

Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.

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Gunman kills self and hostage in Texas NASA building

Friday, April 20, 2007 Around 1:40 p.m. CDT, NASA employees reported that two shots were fired in the NASA Building 44 in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. A SWAT team later reported that Bill Phillips, a contract engineer with Jacobs Engineering, had killed David Beverly as well as himself, leaving a female hostageRead More

Gunman kills self and hostage in Texas NASA building