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Ants can sense earthquakes a day in advance
Ants know when an earthquake is about to strike, researchers have discovered. Their behavior changes significantly prior to the quake and they resume normal functioning only a day after it.
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Terrorism strikes Boston Marathon as bombs kill 3, wound dozens
Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, turning a celebration into a bloody scene of destruction.The blasts threw people to the ground, killing two and injuring dozens.
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How to Get in Touch With Loved Ones During a Disaster
Disasters often strike without warning–and if you have family or friends who are in or near harm’s way, you’re going to want to get in touch. Unfortunately, that isn’t always so easy: Cell signals and land lines can be jammed with the massive amount of calls flowing in and out of an area.
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Cellphone use heavy, but still operating in Boston
Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. A law enforcement official, citing an intelligence briefing, said cellphone service had been shut down Monday in the Boston area to prevent any potential remote detonations of explosives.
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Massive 8.0 Earthquake Strikes Iran
A major earthquake centered on a border area of southeast Iran killed at least 13 people in neighboring Pakistan, destroyed hundreds of houses and shook buildings as far away as India and Gulf Arab states on Tuesday.
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How Social Media After the Boston Bombing Can Be a Recipe for PTSD
Monday's horrific events at the Boston Marathon produced equally horrific images, which in the age of social media news meant a constant, unsolicited bombardment of the gruesome aftermath of a gruesome event.
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Why Are Attacks Like Boston So Rare?
It would be easy to kill lots of people every day in a place as open as America. How come it doesn't happen?
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Explosion rips through Texas plant
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the small Texas town of West left at least two people dead, leveled several homes and prompted a widescale evacuation in the community of 2,600 people.
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WAKO Explosion Cell Phone Video
Explosions rocked a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, Wednesday evening as firefighters were battling a fire, causing multiple injuries, authorities said. Dani Moore, dispatcher with the Texas Department of Pubic Safety, said she did not know how many were injured or the extent of their injuries. "The fertilizer plant was on fire. Firefighters were on the scene.
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Key developments in Boston bombings investigation
Several sources tell CNN that the dead suspect has been identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26. Suspect No. 2 is at large. There is a large police presence in the Boston suburb of Watertown, where authorities have asked reporters to stay back from the area. The suspect at large is Dzhokar Tsarnaev, age 19, several sources told CNN.
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Earthquake in China has claimed 160 lives, with more than 5,700 injured
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in southwestern China has left 160 dead and more than 5,700 people injured. The Chinese army has stepped in to deal with the debris of collapsed houses and public building as death toll continues to rise.
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Chinese teams reach quake-hit region
Chinese rescue teams have reached some of the most remote areas of Sichuan province hit by Saturday's powerful earthquake, state media report.
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What BP Doesn’t Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill
The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was even worse than BP wanted us to know.
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Bangladesh building collapse kills at least 80
An eight-story building collapsed Wednesday morning on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds
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50 more survivors found amid Bangladesh building rubble
Rescuers tunneling Friday into the rubble of the eight-story building that collapsed Wednesday discovered another 50 people trapped on what remained of its third floor.
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In Cuba, much work remains 6 months after Sandy
Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces, residents and aid workers said Thursday.
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Bangladesh factory collapse: Who really pays for our cheap clothes?
The sad fact behind the building collapse in Bangladesh in which hundreds died is that it isn't an isolated problem. The story will leave the headlines at the end of this week but on Monday hundreds of thousands of workers will return to factories that are frankly further tragedies waiting to happen, and will keep producing clothes for high street brands.
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38 people dead in fire at psychiatric hospital in Russia
A fire tore through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow, killing 38 people, Russian officials said Friday.There were 41 people in the building and three escaped the blaze early Friday, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministries. Officials retrieved 38 bodies from the site of the fire.
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Powerful blast injures at least 35 in Prague
A powerful blast believed to be a gas explosion ripped open an office building in the center of Prague on Monday, injuring at least 35 people and sending shockwaves through the Old Town tourist district.The blast shattered windows in the scenic area of charming streets and postcard-pretty buildings, sending glass flying.
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Limo erupts in flames; 5 women die
A limousine carrying nine women burst into flames on a bridge over the San Francisco Bay on Saturday night, leaving five of them dead and the rest hospitalized, California Highway Patrol officials said.
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