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Feb 5, 2010 at 10:23 PM PST
Two employees of a motivational speaker facing manslaughter charges told authorities they had no reason to be alarmed when participants in a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony began vomiting and passing out, because their boss told them such responses were to be expected, according to documents released Friday.
Feb 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM PST
Naming a 7-year-old girl as the drum corps queen for the Viradouro samba group is raising eyebrows even in a city that has seen everything during the annual Carnival mega-party that begins next week.
Feb 4, 2010 at 8:51 AM PST
There's no ice and no puck, but no matter. Canadian troops still get their ice hockey fix - even in the middle of a war.
Feb 3, 2010 at 6:04 PM PST
I installed a propane heater (see picture) this year to save money. It was non vented but supposed to be safe for indoor use. To be safe I bought and installed a carbon monoxide detector (see...
By littlebird
Channel: Home & Garden
Feb 3, 2010 at 12:02 PM PST
Boeing is showing off its first 787 with the passenger cabin installed. The new plane features higher ceilings, adjustable led lighting and new windows that darken with the touch of a button.
Feb 3, 2010 at 9:30 AM PST
Carelessly discarded cigarettes caused a house fire that resulted in $130,000 in damage to a home and its contents in Beaverton this afternoon. Someone called 9-1-1 at 3:50 p.m. reporting smoke and flames near the roof of a home at 12070 SW Bruce Lane in Beaverton. Firefighters from TVF&R’s Station...more 53 arrived just three minutes after being dispatched to the fire to find heavy smoke coming from the back of the home. Firefighters determined that the fire had spread into the home’s attic and began attacking the flames. As more fire companies arrived at the home, firefighters made entry and were able to confirm that no-one was inside. They also cut holes in the home’s roof to allow heat and flames to escape from the attic, which makes it safer for firefighters to fight the fire. The fire was especially difficult to extinguish because the attic was heavily loaded with combustibles. A TVF&R investigator was able to determine that a resident of the home dumped an ashtray into a trash can
Feb 3, 2010 at 8:34 AM PST
Slapping Republicans with one hand, extending olive branches with the other, President Barack Obama is playing a dangerous political game. It's not a new one. And it just might work.
Feb 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM PST
Feb 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM PST
Feb 2, 2010 at 8:56 AM PST
Exxon Mobil's earnings fell by more than half to $19.3 billion in 2009, the lowest total in seven years, as company refineries struggled with a plunge in global fuel consumption.
Feb 2, 2010 at 7:32 AM PST
The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow.
Feb 1, 2010 at 11:32 AM PST
Already so good in the aerials and moguls, the Canadians found another freestyle event to dominate.
Feb 1, 2010 at 11:24 AM PST
Feb 1, 2010 at 9:12 AM PST
The new leaders of Japan Airlines said Monday the carrier will decide on its alliance partner "as soon as possible" but wouldn't provide a timeframe for a decision on sticking with American Airlines or shifting to Delta.
Jan 31, 2010 at 4:07 PM PST
Above: Firefighters attack the blaze at a Beaverton home Sunday morning.A working smoke alarm saved the life of a Beaverton woman early Sunday morning, reports a spokesman for Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.A fire at 16602 Somerset Drive was reported at 1:04 a.m. Six minutes later the first...more arriving Tualatin Fire crew members reported 20-foot flames coming from the back of the home. Neighbor Victor Risk, who shot the photo below, said his immediate concern - when he woke to find his neighbor's home engulfed in flames - was 64-year old Jo Rail inside. Rail reportedly lived in the home alone.Risk said that as soon as he ran out of his own house he started calling out for Rail."I was never so glad to hear a person's voice in my entire life," Risk told firefighters at the scene.Rail said she had been awakened by a smoke alarm. Medical technicians confirm that she managed to flee her home unharmed. However, firefighters report that two cats were killed in the blaze. About 20 firefighters