Rioting inmates set central Ky. prison ablaze

" Eight inmates were treated for minor injuries, and eight staff were also injured in the melee, although none of the employees were admitted to the hospital, said Cheryl Million, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky...

Jewish sources: Vandals set north Turkey synagogue ablaze

"Vandals set a synagogue in North Turkey ablaze on Sunday, sources within Turkey's Jewish community have reported. No one was apparently wounded in the attack. The extent of property damage caused has yet to be fully assessed. The incident came amid a rift between Israel...

Fan-Created Hate Sites - Britney Spears Leak Sets Fans Ablaze (VIDEO)

"Do not mess with Britney Spears fans. Instead of a ‘thank you’, Intern Adam is getting lashed at by Britney Spears fans after he leaked her comeback single, Womanizer. Why, you may ask? Because the leak by Adam Sevalia, an intern at Nashville’s 107.5, has caused a...

US plans aid to Georgia as Russia rolls into city

"Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.In Washington, President Bush said the...

China Troops Seal Tibet Monasteries, Shops Set Ablaze

More news from Tibet as China cracks down on protests there."Chinese troops sealed off three of Lhasa's largest monasteries after Tibet's biggest protests in almost 20 years deteriorated into violence, with...

Train derails in Southern California, acid clouds fill air

NowPublic member riken reports from the scene: Hi, yes the news are true. I work in Coachella a mere 4 miles from this Mecca Town. My local High school is hosting families that were evacuated from the area and they're staying here...

Famous London Hospital Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out

Developing story"Patients are being evacuated from a world famous London hospital after a fire broke out on the top floor of the building. the roof of the Royal Marsden hospital is ablaze, with smoke billowing...

77 Cops Injured in Paris Rampage, French Pres Plans Security Meeting

Sarkozy is planning a security meeting in the wake of last night's riots, where 77 french police were injured. "French President Nicolas Sarkozy has summoned senior ministers to a security meeting on Wednesday...

Church ablaze, tagged with racial slurs in Jackson

"Arson investigators are at the scene of a small fire at a church in Jackson where vandals have spray-painted racial slurs on the outside of the building. Crews were called out to the fire at the Middlebrook United Methodist Church at 115 Maddox Road just before 8...

Deadly Storms Hammer Texas

Lashing rain and howling, 100mph winds have besieged a huge area in Texas, shutting down travel into and out of Dallas."Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about...

Great balls of fire! Valencia celebrates Las Fallas

I love a good effigy-burning, so I should really be in Valencia this week for their annual Las Fallas (or Falles in Valencian). A whole week of celebrations that leads up to la crema--the burning--with lots of...

HORROR! Jilted man sets lover ablaze

"For more than two years, Folake Oseni and Ayodele Akinyanju remained the envy of many bachelors and spinsters in their neighbourhood at Akinfenwa Close, Ikotun, Lagos. But lately the story turned soar. See what some men can do."

Man's Cell Phone Apparently Sets Him Ablaze

"California - A cell phone apparently ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and caused severe burns over half his body, fire department officials said. Luis Picaso, 59, was in...

Man Trying To Kill Bees Sets Home Ablaze

"Florida - A man who tried to keep bees off his property accidentally set fire to his house instead, causing at least $500 damage. Franklyn Pigott Jr. set his home ablaze Wednesday while attempting to destroy a...

Freak Accident Closes Firehouse

"Pennsylvania - Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayres said two emergency vehicles a pumper and a medic unit are likely totaled after a freak accident on Saturday that injured three firefighters and set the vehicles ablaze inside a now-boarded-up West Oak Lane firehouse. Since the...

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