Crews monitor hot spots in Oakland Hills after fire near Joaquin Miller Park
Source: Contra Costa Times
Alameda :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 09:09:29 -0700 | travel-news
Fire crews are monitoring hot spots after controlling a fire that broke out near a park in the Oakland Hills early Monday morning, fire officials said. No homes were damaged and no injuries reported in the fire, which began just...
Powerful storms cause damage, flooding in SE Minnesota
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Spring Valley :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 07:46:51 -0700 | travel-news
A powerful band of storms with strong winds and heavy rain uprooted trees, flooded roads and caused structural damage in southeastern Minnesota. Some residents in the Olmsted County community of Stewartville headed for the basement Sunday when the wind started...
Early morning three-alarm fire heavily damages Kentfield home
Source: KTUV
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 07:42:43 -0700 | travel-news
A three-alarm fire erupted with flames towering 15-feet in the air early Monday, heavily damaging a Kentfield home, guest house and garage before it could be brought under control, fire officials said. The blaze was first reported in the 100...
Minor damage reported in Sedgwick County, official says
Source: Wichita Eagle
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 07:42:18 -0700 | travel-news
Photos Power lines remained down Monday morning in parts of Wichita, forcing at least one road to remain closed, after Sunday's storm whipped through the areas with tornadoes, rain and hail. But overall, the area survived the storm pretty well,...
Dozens killed in wave of violent attacks across Iraq
Source: Fox
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-05-20 07:41:46 -0700 | travel-news
A wave of car bombs and shootings killed at least 70 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting in the country. The attacks, some of which...
Extend P-plates to 25-year-olds: top cop
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Sydney :: Canada | updated 2013-05-20 07:22:50 -0700 | travel-news
Victoria's top traffic cop thinks they should be motoring around with a P-plate until they are 25 years old. With statistics to back him up, Assistant Commissioner Robert Hill told The Age that such a drastic move would help cut...
Solano County: Man killed in crash drove wrong way for 9 miles
Source: The Mercury News
Benicia :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 11:06:24 -0700 | travel-news
Font Resize Bay City News Service A male was killed in a car crash after driving about nine miles in the wrong direction on interstate highways 80 and 680 in Solano County Sunday night, a California Highway Patrol officer said....
Boat carrying 7 hits island in NH Lakes Region
Source: The Boston Globe
Tuftonboro :: NH :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 06:44:33 -0700 | travel-news
N.H. (AP) The New Hampshire Marine Patrol says a boat carrying seven people has been in an accident in the Lakes Region. The patrol says a powerboat operated by 18-year-old Michael Peterson of Londonderry struck Chip Island near Tuftonboro while...
1 dead, 18 hurt as hot air balloons collide in Turkey
Source: CNN
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-20 06:33:14 -0700 | travel-news
Hot air balloons collide in Turkey, killing 1 and injuring 18 From Gul Tuysuz , CNN updated 9:23 AM EDT, Mon May 20, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- At least one person was killed when two hot air balloons collided...
Tourists die in Turkey balloon crash
Source: BBC
Nevşehir :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-20 05:33:18 -0700 | travel-news
One ascending balloon was torn open as it hit the basket of another, and then plunged to Earth, witnesses said. The accident happened in Cappadocia, which is popular with tourists for its spectacular volcanic rock formations...Turkey's civil aviation agency says...
Suspected US drone kills 2 in Yemen
Source: Fox News
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-05-20 06:34:58 -0700 | travel-news
Yemen Yemeni security and military officials say a suspected U.S. drone has killed two militants in a town in the center of the country. The officials said the Monday attack targeted the two men as they were riding a...
Mugger steals woman's phone at Colombian bus stop... and is immediately run over
Source: Mail Online UK
Bogotá :: Colombia | updated 2013-05-20 04:07:51 -0700 | travel-news
20 May 2013 A hapless mugger was lucky to escape with his life after being hit by a bus seconds after stealing a woman's phone. The thief was trying to make his getaway when he ran out of the bus...
Search suspended for helicopter after hoax call
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-20 03:48:42 -0700 | travel-news
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority received a call claiming to be from the chopper pilot just before 1:00 pm. Several aircraft searched bushland where the helicopter was purported to have gone down but found no sign of it...She says the...
Exxon still examining Arkansas oil spill
Source: United Press International
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 03:15:26 -0700 | travel-news
Exxon Mobil is still looking for the cause of the March rupture of the Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas before restating the line, a spokesman said. A 22-foot rupture on the Pegasus oil pipeline spilled about 5,000 barrels of a diluted...
Passenger dies over Sh10 fare dispute
Source: Daily Nation
Kericho :: Kenya | updated 2013-05-20 03:11:49 -0700 | travel-news
A passenger died on Sunday night after being thrown out of a moving matatu by a conductor following a Sh10 fare dispute. Mr Jared Mang'era Ongaga was travelling to Kericho town from his rural home in Manga district. Passengers travelling...
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