Metrolink engineer sent text message moments before fatal crash

More sad developments in the Metrolink saga."A Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cellphone seconds before he slammed into an oncoming freight train in an accident that killed 25 people and injured 135...

Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash

" LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Metrolink engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into a freight train last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said...

Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash

" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday....

Sanchez Wins Cycling Gold for Spain

Samuel Sanchez can now stand next to Carlos Sastre, Alberto Contador, Rapha Nadal and the Spanish National Football Squad as winners in 2008. On the final drag to the finish he managed to hold of Italian birthday boy...

The Tour de France Continues To Thrill Fans

Those of us on the west coast of Canada with cable TV have been treated to another day of incredible racing.  It's well worth getting up at 5 am to watch these superb athletes.  If you miss the live action from France, you can catch it again in the evening. ...

Luxury Sounds: Prada Seeks Short Film Scores

High-end brands and corporate monoliths are more than willing to sponsor your creativity if you're willing to help them hawk their products.Take Prada, for example. The luxurious Italian fashion designer has enlisted...

Oaxaca Reporters Tell of Life in the Trenches

‘Alternative media’ in Oaxaca, Mexico, means graffiti, not the internet. Nancy Davies comments on the latest meeting of Oaxacan journalists this weekend on NarcoNews.com. Many issues were discussed, including the lack of unity amongst journalists and the increasing...

‘Mini-Tsunami’ Wipes Out Mexican Town

 Critics said the Mexican government is not doing enough to help the impoverished areas."OSTUACAN, Mexico (Nov. 6) - Survivors saw relatives swept away by huge waves or buried by debris after a landslide hit a...

Woman's lighter sparks blaze at NM pumps

He said witnesses reported the woman was casually pumping gas and that she had a lighter in her hand. That's when flames shot out of the gas tank.The woman and the immediate area caught fire. A person at the scene put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher.

[Come fix our city, but] HOLD THE TACOS, New Orleans says

This is a couple of days old, but I really wanted to bring some attention to this article. It does a very good job of flushing out the undercurrent of pointedly anti-Hispanic intentions that have been the fuel and...

"Treat Them Like Dogs"

"interrogation operations were only taking place - at prisons under my control, interrogations were only being conducted at Abu Ghraib, and they were only being conducted in interrogation facilities built specifically for interrogations at Abu Ghraib. There was what they...

If You Think Bush Is Evil Now, Wait Until He Nukes Iran

"The war in Iraq is lost. This fact is widely recognized by American military officers and has been recently expressed forcefully by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of US forces in Iraq during the first year of the attempted occupation. Winning is no longer an option....

Organ Donor Mistakenly Declared Dead- Doc: "Pretty Spooky"

Yeah, I hate when that happens. You're a registered organ donor, and some goofball doc says you're dead when you're really not, and you're like, "Dude, I'm still using that spleen!"But seriously, folks, is a nationwide organ shortage leading to trigger-happy doctors? "A man...

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State creates new division to deal with immigration

A step forward in Colorado's response in immigration reform began as three of the more controversial laws approved by Democrats take effect, including a special task force created to enforce these measures.

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