http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us A Russian passenger plane that caught fire as it fell from the sky likely suffered engine failure before it crashed, killing all 88 people on board, investigators said. The right engine of the Boeing 737-500 caught fire as it prepared... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1315827 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:06:26 -0700 Losing its devastating punch as a major hurricane, Ike nevertheless drubbed the Midwest with powerful winds and floodwaters that are being blamed for at least 15 deaths. The violent weather in the Midwest brought Ike's total death toll to at... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1314523 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:05:43 -0700 Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 25 people said they want to review cellphone records to determine if an engineer blamed for running a stop signal before the crash may have been text messaging at the time.... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1314416 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:57:38 -0700 More than two days after Hurricane Ike slammed the Gulf Coast, rescuers flew for the first time Monday into areas cut off by the storm and found a scene of devastation, with whole subdivisions obliterated, and began evacuating survivors. A... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1314374 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:53:59 -0700 On a sweltering August morning, a small group of Iranians crowded outside the green metal door of a cemetery. They wanted to go in to look at the remains of one particular tomb: the tomb of biblical Eve. Like hundreds... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1284819 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:56:47 -0700 Two strong earthquakes rattled Asia on Thursday, triggering alerts for a tsunami that harmlessly lapped Japan's northern coast and another in Indonesia that didn't materialize but briefly sent residents fleeing to high ground. The more powerful of the quakes, with... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1284818 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:51:17 -0700 Israeli divers on Thursday found a red suitcase containing a small skull, bones and clothes, which police said may belong to a 4-year-old French girl whose grandfather is jailed in the slaying. An autopsy was underway, but police said they... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1284817 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:48:22 -0700 Family members, guests and officials marked the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday morning at Ground Zero in New York City, in Shanksville, Pa., and at a new memorial at the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. In New... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1284816 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:44:47 -0700 Beach vacationers in the Carolinas prepared to pack up and head inland Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward the coast, while others decided to ride out the fast-moving storm that had only a slight chance to become a... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1252045 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:34:10 -0700 A weirdly wonderful sight appeared to astronauts aboard the International Space Station this summer — thin blue clouds hovering at the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and the void. The noctilucent or "night-shining" clouds are at an altitude of 47 to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1238764 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:01:28 -0700 The comic book, once the bane of teachers trying to hold the attention of students, is now a learning tool, The Oregonian reported. "Students once sneaked comic books to class, hiding them from teachers who blamed them for juvenile delinquency,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1238694 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:57:44 -0700 Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has issued a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Hanna looms. Hanna is the third storm to threaten Florida in three weeks, and the fourth hurricane of the season. It was forecast to move into the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1238517 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:51:02 -0700 The mayor called it "the mother of all storms." Ray Nagin even warned it could be "worse than a Katrina." Hurricane Gustav may not have lived up to its billing, sidestepping New Orleans to come ashore in Louisiana's oil patch... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1236860 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:39:31 -0700 An air tanker being used to drop retardant on a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada crashed after taking off for its last flight of the day, killing all three crewmembers. Preliminary witness reports suggested the aircraft had lost part of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1236754 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:33:24 -0700 Two explosions at a gunpowder factory in central Turkey on Friday killed two people and injured at least 16 others, officials and reports said. The explosions in central Kirikkale province killed two people and injured 16, Gov. Mustafa Demirer told... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1214665 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:39:01 -0700 A woman has sued a town that refused to allow her to open a dance studio that featured pole-dancing exercise classes on the grounds it was a sexually oriented business. Adams Township officials violated Stephanie Babines' right to free expression... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1214618 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:32:23 -0700 One worker was killed and a second injured in an explosion at a chemical plant that shook an area west of Charleston. The explosion Thursday night sent a fireball shooting into the air and could be felt miles away. The... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1214608 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:30:05 -0700 Clearly a Lamborghini, but nothing quite like it. A super car without equals: the Lamborghini Reventón is a road vehicle with an extreme specification and, at the same time, a limited edition masterpiece - a coherent style, angular with sharp... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1206649 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:36:27 -0700 The U.S.-led coalition says its forces have killed more than 100 militants in four days of fighting in southern Afghanistan. The coalition says militants using gunfire, rocket propelled grenades and mortars attacked a joint patrol of Afghan and coalition troops... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1206456 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:46:01 -0700 Tropical Storm Gustav built toward renewed hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica, while many miles away, New Orleans watched it with a nervous eye. Gustav - the cause of flooding that killed 23 in Haiti and the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1206437 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:33 -0700