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SC finds serious violations in ammonia leak Dec 30 2009 3:24PM
South Carolina workplace safety officials
have fined a chemical company more than $23,000 for seven serious
violations in a July ammonia leak that killed a passing driver.
Authorities say a hose ruptured as workers from Tanner
Industries of Sout
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| New Salem man dies in crash Nov 20 2009 7:21AM
The Mercer County Sheriff's Department
says a New Salem man died after crashing into an anhydrous ammonia
tank being pulled by a semi.
Forty-year-old Tyler Hoherz was pronounced dead at the scene of
the crash late Tuesday afternoon at the inters
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| Part of SD town evacuated after chemical leak Nov 19 2009 7:35AM
About 75 people were evacuated from
about 25 homes in the northeastern [[kxtopic:south-dakota:t[South Dakota]:t]] town of Big Stone
City after a crash left a semitrailer on its side leaking anhydrous
ammonia.
The accident happened about 8 p.m. W
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Nov 17 2009 4:13PM
A Brown County judge has closed the case
on a teenager forced by the court to undergo chemotherapy against
his family's wishes. Judge John Rodenberg says there's no longer a
need for court involvement because tests show 13-year-old Daniel
Hauser of S
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| MN OSHA to investigate Rosemount ammonia leak Nov 17 2009 9:55AM
Federal investigators will try to
determine what caused an [[kxtopic:anhydrous-ammonia:t[anhydrous ammonia]:t]] leak that killed a truck
driver and injured three other people in Rosemount. A truck driver
died and another was critically injured when th
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Base Cleans Up After Accident Sep 1 2009 7:32PM
A semi-trailer truck used to carry intercontinental missiles overturned into a ditch last night.
The incident occured in north-central North Dakota.
Air Force officials say the truck was not carrying nuclear material, but they were initially concerned
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| Cavendish Farms officials to check plant after fire... Sep 1 2009 4:12AM
Officials of Cavendish Farmers are
assessing damage today after a fire at the company's potato plant
near Jamestown.
Fire Chief Jim Reuther says the blaze was reported about 1:30
yesterday afternoon. Firefighters had it under control by 6 p.m.,
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Supreme Court OKs Derailment Lawsuits May 19 2009 7:28AM
The final lawsuits against Canadian Pacific Railway over the 2002 Minot train derailment and chemical spill can go forward.
That's the result of a decision of the US Supreme Court today.
The court refused to get involved in a dispute over whether the r
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 18 2009 11:33AM
The Supreme Court says it won't block a
lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North
Dakota.
The justices declined today to get involved in a dispute between
the Canadian Pacific Railway and residents of Minot. The Minot
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Court allows suit over deadly railroad derailment May 18 2009 10:58AM
The Supreme Court says it won't block a
lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North
Dakota.
The justices declined Monday to get involved in a dispute
between the Canadian Pacific Railway and residents of Minot, N.D.
Th
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| Court allows suit over deadly railroad derailment May 18 2009 10:37AM
The Supreme Court says it won't block a
lawsuit against a railroad involved in a deadly derailment in North
Dakota.
The justices declined Monday to get involved in a dispute
between the Canadian Pacific Railway and residents of Minot, N.
Dak.
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Train Vandals Nearly Cause Collision May 7 2009 7:30PM
A freight train carrying hazardous material came within about 100 feet of colliding with locomotives that had been moved onto the main track by vandals.
The incident happened early Sunday morning.
Minot Police report someone got inside two Canadian Paci
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Train Vandals Nearly Cause Collision May 7 2009 7:03PM
Minot police are searching for vandals who tampered with Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives, nearly causing a collision involving another train carrying hazardous material.
Police say someone got into two parked locomotives on a side track early Su
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... May 7 2009 4:20PM
Bond has been set at $45,000 for a
teenager accused of robbing convenience stores in Grand Forks.
Authorities say 19-year-old Gypsy Watts has been charged with
terrorizing and four counts of robbery.
Authorities say Watts robbed four stores
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| Minot police looking for train vandals May 7 2009 5:43AM
Minot police are looking for vandals who
tampered with Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives, nearly causing
a collision involving another train carrying hazardous material.
Police say someone got into two parked locomotives on a side
track early
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| Large fish kill near St. Charles Apr 21 2009 1:45AM
Officials have found a large fish kill
in the Whitewater River near St. Charles after anhydrous ammonia
was released into the river during the fight to save a
meat-processing plant destroyed by fire.
Pollution control experts initially had hoped
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 19 2009 1:52AM
The White House says President Obama is
"deeply disappionted" by Iran's conviction of journalist Roxana
Saberi from Fargo, North Dakota, for spying for the U.S.
She's been sentenced to eight years in prison. Her father told
National Public Radio
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| Iran sentences journalist...Obama's caution...Pirate attacks... Apr 18 2009 1:53PM
The White House says President
Barack Obama is "deeply disappointed" by Iran's sentencing of an
American journalist. A lawyer for Roxana Saberi says the dual
American-Iranian citizen was convicted of spying in a one-day trial
Monday and sentenced to
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 18 2009 1:46PM
Residents of St. Charles are trickling
home this morning, one day after being evacuated following a large
fire at a meat-processing plant.
Nick Koverman says residents were allowed back to their homes
about 10:30 a.m.
The southeastern Minn
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| Evacuation order of entire Minn. town lifted Apr 18 2009 12:36PM
Residents have started returning to a
town in southeastern Minnesota after city officials lifted an
evacuation order prompted by a large fire at a meat-processing
plant.
The 3,600 residents of the town of St. Charles were evacuated
Friday becau
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| Evacuation order of entire Minn. town to be lifted Apr 18 2009 10:23AM
The St. Charles city administrator
says an evacuation prompted by a large fire at a meat-processing
plant will be lifted sooner than expected.
Nick Koverman says residents will be allowed back to their homes
Saturday about 10:30 a.m. Officials p
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 18 2009 1:45AM
Officials now say an ammonia tank did
not burst inside a burning meat processing plant in the evacuated
southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles Friday night.
Police Chief Bill Eckles had said he got word from the command
center around 8 p.m.
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| Minn. officials now say ammonia tank did not burst Apr 17 2009 11:27PM
Officials now say an ammonia tank did
not burst inside a burning meat processing plant in the evacuated
southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles Friday night.
Police Chief Bill Eckles had said he got word from the command
center around 8 p.m.
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| Ammonia tank bursts at burning meat plant Apr 17 2009 9:42PM
Police say an ammonia tank has burst
inside a burning meat processing plant in the southeastern
Minnesota city of St. Charles.
St. Charles Police Chief Bill Eckles says he got word from the
command center around 8 p.m. that one of the anhydrous
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| Ammonia tank bursts at burning meat plant Apr 17 2009 9:42PM
Police say an ammonia tank has burst
inside a burning meat processing plant in the southeastern
Minnesota city of St. Charles.
Police Chief Bill Eckles says he got word from the command
center around 8 p.m. Friday that one of the anhydrous ammon
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| Plant fire forces evacuation of entire Minn. town Apr 17 2009 6:54PM
Authorities evacuated the southeastern
Minnesota town of St. Charles today as a large fire at a meat
processing plant threatened the anhydrous ammonia tanks inside.
Civil defense sirens blared to warn residents to get out, and
evacuation centers
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| Minnesota city evacuated due to poultry plant fire Apr 17 2009 5:37PM
Authorities have evacuated a community
in southeastern Minnesota as a large fire at a poultry processing
plant threatened the anhydrous ammonia tanks inside.
Civil defense sirens blared Friday to warn the 3,600 residents
of St. Charles to get ou
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| Minn. city evacuated due to poultry plant fire Apr 17 2009 2:42PM
A major fire at a large poultry
processing plant in the southeastern Minnesota town of St. Charles
has prompted evacuation.
Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand says the entire city of St.
Charles is being evacuated because of a fire at North Star
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 12 2009 2:17AM
On Monday, PBS starts airing the first
of a five-part series covering 300 years of American Indian
history.
It starts with the arrival of the pilgrims in 1620 and ends with
the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee on South Dakota's Pine Ridge
Indian R
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| Farmers alerted after meth bust Apr 11 2009 9:34AM
After a drug arrest on Tuesday,
authorities are warning rural residents in the Sioux Falls area to
be on the lookout for anhydrous ammonia tanks.
Anhydrous ammonia, a volatile fertilizer, is a key ingredient in
making methamphetamine.
A Si
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| 12 sent to hospital after Conn. ammonia leak Mar 16 2009 10:45AM
An ammonia leak at a Connecticut ice
cream factory has sent a dozen people to the hospital.
A spokesman for Connecticut's Department of Environment says
there's no immediate information on their conditions.
The leak from refrigeration equip
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Eye on Ag - Fertilizer Outlook Feb 11 2009 8:17PM
Last year when input costs, like fertilizer, soared many farmers put off purchasing product in hopes that prices would come back down before spring planting.
Now with spring just on the horizon, the fertilizer question is at the forefront of many planti
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Eye on Agriculture - Fall Moisture Nov 5 2008 7:23PM
The rain and impending snow may not be a welcome sight by travelers but it is a good omen for farmers.
Last year fields went into the winter months with little to no moisture setting up a very dry spring planting which did affect yields this growing seaso
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| 13 people take to hospital after anhydrous ammonia leak... Nov 3 2008 4:06PM
A total of 13 people were treated at
Fargo hospitals for exposure to anhydrous ammonia after a leak
south of Moorhead (Minnesota) last night.
Fargo's MeritCare hospital saw a dozen patients. Innovis
(IN'-oh-vis)s checked one person over. Neither
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| More than a dozen people take to hospital after anhydrous ammonia... Nov 3 2008 8:25AM
More than a dozen people were taken to
Fargo hospitals after an anhydrous ammonia leak just south of
Moorhead (Minnesota).
Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says none of the injuries is
believed to be life-threatening. The leak happened just be
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| At least 11 injured in anhydrous ammonia leak Nov 3 2008 8:19AM
Authorities say at least 11 people were
injured south of Moorhead when anhydrous ammonia leaked from a tank
being pulled by a farmer.
Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist says their injuries are not
believed to be life-threatening.
Bergquist
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Anhydrous Accident Causes Evacuations Oct 31 2008 9:51PM
Residents of Norwich had to leave their homes after a leak of anhydrous ammonia at a grain elevator on the north edge of the town.
The leak happened around
9:30 this morning and elevator workers quickly notified nearby residents to leave their homes.
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Anhydrous Accident Causes Evacuations Oct 31 2008 9:24PM
Residents of Norwich had to leave their homes after a leak of anhydrous ammonia at a grain elevator on the north edge of the town.
The leak happened around
9:30 this morning and elevator workers quickly notified nearby residents to leave their homes.
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Anhydrous Accident Causes Evacuations Oct 31 2008 7:25PM
Residents of Norwich had to leave their homes after a leak of anhydrous ammonia at a grain elevator on the north edge of the town.
The leak happened around
9:30 this morning and elevator workers quickly notified nearby residents to leave their homes.
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Fertilizer Prices Jun 9 2008 11:14PM
It's the question many of us are asking...
Why are producers paying so much to fertilize their crops?
And now our state is leading the way in finding some answers.
Reporter Sarah Gustin has more on the issue...
(Sen. Byron Dorgan / (D) - ND) "I don't
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Farmers Union Calls For Investigation May 16 2008 10:11PM
We are all feeling the effects of inflation...but one organization thinks what farmers are paying for fertilizer is out of control.
In the past 30 days the price of anhydrous ammonia has increased by 240-dollars a ton.
And now North Dakota Farmers Union
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Probe into High Fertilizer Prices May 16 2008 7:10PM
We are all feeling the effects of inflation...but one organization thinks what farmers are paying for fertilizer is out of control.
In the past 30 days the price of anhydrous ammonia has increased by 240-dollars a ton.
And now North Dakota Farmers Unio
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Eye on Agriculture - Anhydrous Prices Double May 15 2008 10:04PM
Spring planting across much of North Central North Dakota is on hold for a little while as farmers wait for the ground to dry down enough to head back out into the field.
About three-quarters of the crop is in the ground so far and farmers but it's all c
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Eye on Agriculture - Anhydrous Prices Double May 14 2008 10:19PM
Spring planting across much of North Central North Dakota is on hold for a little while as farmers wait for the ground to dry down enough to head back out into the field.
About three-quarters of the crop is in the ground so far and farmers but it's all c
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| Two men burned in Clontarf ammonia leak Apr 18 2008 8:32PM
Two men were flown to a Twin Cities
hospital Friday after being burned by anhydrous ammonia in
Clontarf.
Swift County Sheriff Scott Mattison says 41-year-old Leon Beam
of rural Benson and 62-year-old Thomas Lindstrom of rural Clontarf
were expo
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| Man sentenced to prison on drug charges Apr 17 2008 9:07AM
A man has been sentenced to prison after
pleading guilty in a methamphetamine-making operation that included
a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a stolen fish house buried
underground.
Eddie Evans of Langdon pleaded guilty to manufacturing
m
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| Ark. town faces more evacuations after meat plant blast... Mar 24 2008 2:29PM
Arkansas emergency officials have issued
new evacuation orders for the town of Booneville.
The 4,000-resident town was home to a Cargill meat packing
plant, but a fire and a set of explosions destroyed it yesterday.
No one was injured, but fir
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| Ark. town reevacuated after meat plant blast Mar 24 2008 1:18PM
State emergency management officials say
police today ordered those within a half-mile radius of a
Booneville meat packing plant to evacuate, a day after a fire and
explosion forced an earlier evacuation.
Emergency management spokeswoman Sonya D
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| Cargill: Too soon to know if Ark. plant will be rebuilt... Mar 24 2008 7:36AM
Cargill officials say it's too soon to
know whether they will rebuild an Arkansas meat packing plant that
was destroyed by explosions and fire over the weekend.
Corporate officials are due to visit the Booneville plant early
this week and examin
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Eye on Agriculture - Operating Costs Soar Feb 20 2008 7:46PM
Spring planting is still several week away but already this seeding season is shaping to be a ground breaking experience for farmers in terms of costs.
(Leigh Wagner, Farm Credit Service-Minot) "We've seen a tremendous increase."
Leigh Wagner with Farm
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New Lawsuit Filed Against CP Railroad Jan 23 2008 8:05PM
The legal fight after the January 2002 train derailment just west of Minot has taken a new turn.
Minot attorney Mark Larson and a partner in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit regarding contracts signed by numerous area residents days after the deadly derail
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Derailment Settlement Payments Still on Hold Jan 18 2008 7:58PM
The wait continues for thousands of people who have joined a class-action lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway.
A derailment six years ago today spread anhydrous ammonia over Minot, killing one and injuring hundreds or even thousands.
A class-action
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Derailment Hearing Held Jan 17 2008 7:19PM
Exactly six years ago, residents of Minot went to sleep not realizing that in a few hours, something would happen that would make January 18th an unforgettable date.
About 1:30 in the early morning of that date, a Canadian Pacific Railway train jumped th
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New Restrictions on Anhydrous Jan 14 2008 11:08PM
A deadline for farmers, but not fertilizer companies is being pushed back.
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for farmers and businessespossessing large amounts of certain chemicals to register with the agency.
Distributers that have chemic
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Farmers Deadline for Fertilizer Regulations Jan 14 2008 11:07PM
A deadline for farmers, but not fertilizer companies is being pushed back.
The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for farmers and businesses possessing large amounts of certain chemicals to register with the agency.
Distributers that have chemi
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Meth Labs Down in ND Jan 7 2008 7:07PM
Authorities find meth labs in homes, ditches and vacant buildings.
Dangerous chemicals are involved and the end product, Meth, is pushed on our streets.
But North Dakota has gotten a hold of a problem that was just a few years ago out of control...
Don
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Derailment Settlement Payments Still Not In Dec 31 2007 11:20PM
Thousands of Minot-area residents are still waiting to see their settlement checks from the Canadian Pacific Railway derailment and chemical spill case.
Earlier reports had said the payments from the class-action settlement would be arriving in mailboxes
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2007 in Review, Part 1 Dec 27 2007 8:29AM
It's a tradition to pause as the year ends to remember the big events of the past 12 months.
And it's a tradition we've carried on for years.
So tonight, Jim Olson begins his look at the major local news stories of 2007 with a peek at what was in the he
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2007 in Review, Part 1 Dec 27 2007 8:18AM
It's a tradition to pause as the year ends to remember the big events of the past 12 months.
And it's a tradition we've carried on for years.
So tonight, Jim Olson begins his look at the major local news stories of 2007 with a peek at what was in the he
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Trial Derailment Near Anamoose Dec 24 2007 8:10AM
At around 3:45 this morning a Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying coal had 39 of it's cars derail.
The train was eastbound just west of Anamoose when the cars tipped off the tracks.
No one was injured due to the incident and there are no public saf
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ND Air fresheners go National Dec 10 2007 7:18PM
A North Dakota made product is now available nationwide.
Kari Warberg is the owner of Crane Creek Gardens.
She has developed the botanical rodent repellent "Fresh Cab" to help keep mice out of farm equipment.
Warberg and Tractor Supply Co
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| 3 accused of using stolen fish house in making meth... Nov 27 2007 6:07PM
Cavalier County authorities say three
people have been arrested in a meth-making operation, after a
six-month probe that found a 300-pound anhydrous ammonia tank and a
stolen fish house buried underground.
The sheriff's office says 30-year-old E
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Great year for farmers Nov 10 2007 7:22PM
There's good news for farmers after years of severe draught.
Record crop prices combined with good yields have produced one of the best years for North Dakota farmers in
decades.
The Agriculture Department has revised its estimate for North Dakota's
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| Victim in Ramsom County fatal identified Nov 10 2007 9:34AM
The Highway Patrol has identified an
Englevale woman who died when the pickup truck she was driving
struck two empty anhydrous ammonia tanks being towed by another
pickup in Ransom County.
Nineteen-year-old Jessica Schwab died about 8:30 a.m. Fr
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| Anhydrous leak reported near Hillsboro Oct 30 2007 12:29PM
The [[kxtopic:traill-county-nd:t[Traill County]:t]] Sheriff's Department
says an [[kxtopic:anhydrous-ammonia:t[anhydrous ammonia]:t]] leak caused the release of a gaseous
cloud near Hillsboro.
Authorities say the source of the leak was quickly st
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Minot Derailment: Judge Approves Class Action Settlement Oct 9 2007 9:58PM
Five years after the Canadian Pacific derailment and chemical spill on the west edge of Minot, a federal judge has given final approval to class action lawsuit.
U.S District Judge Dan Hovland approved the 7-million dollar settlement for those filing in t
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Judge Approves Derailment Settlement in Minot Oct 9 2007 12:58PM
A federal judge has given final approval to a 7-million-dollar settlement in a class action lawsuit arising from a January 2002 derailment and chemical spill on the edge of Minot.
The settlement is expected to provide money for thousands of people aff
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| Judge gives final approval to $7 million derailment settlement... Oct 9 2007 10:16AM
A federal judge has given final approval to a
$7 million settlement in a class action lawsuit arising from a
January 2002 derailment and chemical spill on the edge of Minot.
The settlement is expected to provide money for thousands of
people aff
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| Judge gives final approval to $7 million derailment settlement... Oct 9 2007 9:56AM
A federal judge has given final approval to a
$7 million settlement in a class action lawsuit arising from a
January 2002 derailment and chemical spill on the edge of Minot.
The settlement is expected to provide money for thousands of
people aff
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Derailment Court Cases Revived Jul 30 2007 8:04PM
There may again be courtroom testimony about injuries suffered in a chemical spill that enveloped Minot five-and-a-half years ago.
Congress has passed legislation saying federal judges can not protect Canadian Pacific Railway from lawsuits filed in state
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| Chemical leak in Greensburg, KS...Survivor found...Iraq violence... May 7 2007 1:09PM
Authorities in Greensburg, Kansas, have
evacuated part of the tornado-ravaged town after a tank holding
anhydrous ammonia began to leak. The toxic substance is used as a
fertilizer by farmers. Residents had just been allowed back into
the town this m
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| Ammonia leak hampers search effort May 7 2007 12:54PM
Part of the search effort in
tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas has been put on hold.
The northeastern part of Greensburg has been evacuated, after a
tank containing anhydrous ammonia began leaking. It's a toxic
substance that's used as fertiliz
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| Tank leaks ammonia in Cologne Apr 26 2007 7:33AM
A four-mile stretch of Highway 212 near
Cologne (kuh-LOHN') was shut down for about two hours because of an
ammonia leak early today.
Carver County Sheriff Bud Olson says a deputy noticed a strong
smell of ammonia in Cologne just before one a-m.
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| Residents return after 12hour evacuation Apr 24 2007 2:33PM
Residents of Seward (SOO'-urd), Illinois,
have returned home after being evacuated because of a toxic
chemical leak.
They were given the all-clear more than 12 hours after being
forced from their homes by a leak of anhydrous ammonia.
Polic
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| Evacuated town waits for the allclear Apr 24 2007 9:24AM
Authorities in the northern Illinois town of
Seward (SOO'-urd) are conducting house-to-house checks this morning
to make sure there aren't any lingering injuries from a toxic
chemical leak.
The entire town was evacuated after [[kxtopic:anhydrous
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| AlQaida claims it killed US soldiers...Oil field massacre...Cheney has chec... Apr 24 2007 8:54AM
The nine U-S soldiers killed and the 20 more hurt
in a bomb blast outside Baghdad were all from Fort Bragg, North
Carolina. The suicide bombing happened yesterday in the volatile
Diyala (dee-YAH'-lah) province. An al-Qaida linked group is
claiming re
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| One town still evacuated after ammonia leak Apr 24 2007 5:54AM
Residents of two northern Illinois towns are
being allowed to return to their homes this morning after a toxic
chemical leak in an neighboring town. But residents of Seward
probably won't be allowed back home until mid-day.
Seward was evacuated
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| Toyota tops in car sales...Deadly day for US soldiers...Antiterror arrests ... Apr 24 2007 5:45AM
Big news for Toyota. The Japanese car maker is now
the world's top auto seller for the first three months of the year,
surpassing General Motors for the first time ever. While the
figures represent only quarterly sales results, they foreshadow a
toug
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| Toyota topples GM in sales...Deadly Iraq attacks...Chemical leak forces eva... Apr 24 2007 1:55AM
Toyota is now tops in the auto industry. It sold
more vehicles worldwide than General Motors from January to March
topping G-M for the first time to become the world's number one
auto seller on a quarterly basis. Toyota sold two-point-three (m)
mill
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| More people evacuated because of leak Apr 24 2007 1:24AM
Two more northern Illinois communities are
being evacuated because of a toxic chemical leak in the small town
of Seward (SOO'-uhrd).
The residents of Pecatonica (peh-kuh-TAH'-nih-kuh) and Winnebago
were being asked to leave their homes after res
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