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....

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. ...

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...

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.

"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...

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...