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Debt believed to be factor in family deaths
The Washington PostThe man who killed his wife and three young children and then himself in a tiny Frederick County town last week was at least $460,000 in debt and owned a Florida house that was in foreclosure, according to property records and police officials. In one of...Tags: Family, Children, Crimes, Drugs and Medicines, Florida
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CSX to pay $2 million to Baltimore
Sun reporterFour and a half years after a derailment and fire in the Howard Street Tunnel created havoc downtown, CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to pay Baltimore $2 million to settle the city's lawsuit against the railroad company. Mayor Martin O'Malley and...Tags: Travel, Justice System, Transportation Accidents, Martin O'Malley, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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'Hidden historical asset of Baltimore' was born of necessity
Sun StaffThe 1.7-mile Howard Street Tunnel that billowed smoke yesterday is not a prominent part of the Baltimore landscape, not a source of great civic pride. Yet the tunnel, mostly ignored and unseen - even unknown to many residents - is hugely important, the...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Travel, Railway Transportation, Locust Point, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Derailed train linked to chemical in sewers
Sun StaffA flammable chemical that mysteriously appeared in Inner Harbor sewers - and may have been the cause of a manhole cover explosion Aug. 11 - came from the CSX Corp. train that derailed and caught fire three weeks earlier, the state said yesterday. An...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Inner Harbor, Transportation Accidents, Explosions, Maryland
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Tests to seek chemical source
Sun StaffAuthorities hope new soil and groundwater tests will show whether the flammable chemical that exploded Saturday under downtown streets leaked into city storm drains from the Howard Street Tunnel, site of last month's train derailment and fire. City...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Inner Harbor, Public Officials, Transportation Accidents, Explosions
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Explosions in city still 'a mystery'
Sun StaffTwo days after six small underground explosions rocked downtown Baltimore, authorities remained stumped yesterday as to how 1,000 gallons of a highly flammable chemical pooled beneath a major intersection without notice before blowing up. City, state and...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Transportation Accidents, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Explosions, Maryland
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Rail inspectors conduct urgent survey of tunnel at city's request
Sun StaffThe Federal Railroad Administration conducted an emergency inspection during the weekend of the Howard Street Tunnel - site of a 2001 derailment and fire in downtown Baltimore - but found no serious safety problems. The inspection was prompted by a...Tags: Travel, Justice System, Transportation Accidents, Trials, Vehicles
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Making Baltimore a hard target
Sun StaffOn the Day After, the morning of Sept. 12, Mayor Martin O'Malley was frustrated. He wanted guidance on what Baltimore should do to protect itself against terrorism, and he couldn't get answers or even a basic checklist from anyone, including federal...Tags: Local Government, Wars and Interventions, National Security, Television, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Train travel still safe, records show
Tallahassee BureauWhen a silver Amtrak train loaded with 452 passengers and crew twisted off the track and crashed north of Orlando on Thursday, four people died, 133 were injured and fears about rail travel were rekindled. The scene of crumpled rail cars strewn side by...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Iowa, Vehicles, Health and Safety at School, Railway Accidents
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Face to Face: A Conversation with John Snow
Interview by members of the Editorial Board and Business staff writersThe Secretary of the Treasury gives his outlook on the nation's economy. Q. What is your assessment of the U.S. economy? What are the strengths and weaknesses? A. The overall economy is in a much, much better posture now than it was a year ago. And we'...Tags: Services and Shopping, Business Trips, Economic Indicator, Medical Services, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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A place where kids grow up, and stay
Special to the SunEven as long-time industrial workers are gradually being replaced by affluent young professionals in Canton, Fells Point and Hampden, Morrell Park remains resolutely working class. And its residents dont seem to mind. Surrounded by railroad tracks and...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Ohio River, Ellicott City, Pikesville, Carrollton
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Chapter Eight: The Debt
James Forman stepped into The Riverside Church in Harlem clutching a cane in one hand and a copy of his "Black Manifesto" in the other. It was May 4, 1969, and the mostly white congregation - 1,500 voices strong - was singing the Sunday service's...Tags: Justice System, Civil Unrest, Aetna Inc., Connecticut Economic Development, Willie Gary
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