A 22-year veteran Toronto firefighter is dead of apparent natural causes after fighting a giant blaze at a propane facility. An employee of the Facility is still missing after the Sunrise Propane Industrial Gas...
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"There is so much inspiration that I am getting from TED Global right now. And although I wasn’t there to experience the event first hand from what I have read it has been nothing short of astounding.
You know what, can I keep it real with you? Well, I’ll assume that...
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Another great opportunity for anxiety: scientists for the NOAA are fretting that powerful solar flares - the type that cause northern lights - are threatening the Global Positioning system, originally built...
"Eric Shipton: Mapping the Blank
The territory west of the Shaksgam river in northern Pakistan—the Sarpo Laggo and Shimshal valleys, the Baltoro, Biafo, Hispar, and Braldu glaciers, and the Aghil range—is Shipton country, severely contoured, and with the highest...
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"Massachusetts - A chemical plant exploded early Wednesday, sparking a massive fire and blowing debris for blocks that damaged nearly 90 homes but caused only minor injuries, officials said. "It looks like a war...
"Massachusetts - A chemical plant exploded early Wednesday, sparking a massive fire and blowing debris for blocks that damaged nearly 90 homes but caused only minor injuries, officials said. "It looks like a war zone," Danvers Fire Chief James P. Tutko said after surveying...
"Workers on snowmobiles delivered food and water to motorists stuck along the New York Thruway, which was shut down for more than 100 miles by the storm. Buffalo's normally busy downtown streets were deserted."