Roundup Train Kills 2 Maintenance Workers Amid Strike
Oakland area report details a BART commuter train under computer control that fatally struck two maintenance workers in Walnut Creek as unions warned of risks during a strike. One BART employee and a contractor died, with managers operating the train during the incident.
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Oakland
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
East Bay City
Walnut Creek
Bay Area Rapid Transit
BART
Grace Crunican
Amalgamated Transit Union 1555
ATU
Antonette Bryant
Voters blame themselves as Congress faces judgment
Fed-up voters see Congress as a reflection of the people who sent them to Washington. Amid a shutdown and budget standoff, public sentiment is grim with most wanting incumbents defeated and the country viewed as moving in the wrong direction.
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Washington
Congress
John Adams
Ross
Baker
Rutgers University
Barack Obama
Obama
House
John Boehner
West Chester
GOP
Pew Research Center
Pew
David Winston
Associated Press
Gfk
U.S. restarts aid to Pakistan after suspensions
The United States plans to release over 1.6 billion dollars in military and economic aid to Pakistan, halted after the Osama bin Laden raid and later strikes on Pakistani soldiers. Officials say ties have warmed, with a restart of strategic talks as Nawaz Sharif visits Washington.
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Washington
U.S
Pakistan
Osama bin Laden
NATO
Afghanistan
Nawaz Sharif
Barack Obama
Egypt
Syria
CIA
bin Laden
Abbottabad
Islamabad
State Department
Congress
ObamaCare signups reach 476000 with enrollment unclear
About 476000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges amid a troubled rollout. Officials again refuse to release enrollment numbers, making it unclear if the program will hit the 7 million enrollment target during the six month sign up.
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Washington — Administration
Barack Obama
Congressional Budget Office
Obama
Oval Office
White House
Chelsea prison for sale in Manhattan prime real estate area
In Chelsea Manhattan superintendent Wendy Featherstone tours the empty Bayview Correctional Facility, a former eight story women’s prison damaged by Sandy. The waterlogged building has views of the Hudson, terraces, and renovated spaces, while the state weighs its best use amid budget closures.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Panama City
Joseph Jenkins
Charles Walker
Coconut Grove Motor Inn
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Jenkins
Walker
Franklin Correctional Facility
Panhandle
New York
Manhattan
Wendy Featherstone
Chelsea
Gallery District
Hudson River
Featherstone
Bayview
Hudson
Empire State Development Agency
Jean Nouvel
Chelsea Piers
Highline
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SeaWorld San Diego
Scripps Research Institute
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Catalina Island Marine Institute
Kandahar
U.S. Agency For International Development
Julie Pace
Nyc
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