Date: 8/5/2008 7:23 PM By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) _ The widow of a tabloid photo editor who died in the 2001 anthrax attacks insisted in a $50 million federal lawsuit filed years ago that the U.S.…
Natural gas utility fined $80K in Texas explosion
Date: 8/6/2008 4:27 AM DALLAS (AP) _ A state regulator has fined a natural gas utility and one of its subcontractors $80,000 after finding violations connected to a deadly gas-related explosion in a Dallas suburb. The May 16 explosion destroyed…
Morgan Freeman in ‘good spirits’ after car crash surgery
Date: 8/5/2008 3:48 PM By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand following a car wreck Sunday night, his publicist…
5 dead, 3 hurt after plane hits Oregon home in fog
Date: 8/4/2008 9:53 PM BC-Oregon Plane Crash,3rd Ld-Writethru/379 By JOSEPH B. FRAZIERAssociated Press Writer GEARHART, Ore. (AP) _ A small plane crashed into a seaside house in heavy fog early Monday, killing two people aboard and three children inside the…
Update on Morgan Freeman
Date: 8/4/2008 6:36 PM BC-People-Morgan Freeman,9th Ld-Writethru/529Eds: INSERTS new grafs 3-5 to UPDATE with statement from Freeman’s publicist, highway patrol spokesman; INSERTS new grafs 15-16 to ADD comment from Steve Azar; REMOVES dated material; EDITS to conform. AP Video.Morgan Freeman…
Morgan Freeman injured in car accident in Miss.
We are of course shocked to hear about the serious wreck involving Morgan Freeman, one of America’s great actors. While more details as to what occurred will be forthcoming shortly, our first reaction is what about the tires on this…
Full text of statement from Labeouf lawyer
Date: 8/1/2008 7:30 PM By The Associated Press Full text of statement released Friday by Michael Norris, a lawyer for “Transformers” actor Shia LaBeouf: ___ “As you know, Shia was involved in a traffic collision last Sunday. He and his…
LaBeouf lawyer asks for witnesses to accident
Date: 8/1/2008 10:34 PM By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Shia LaBeouf could have a long road before him as he recovers from the accident that crushed his hand, his lawyer says. LaBeouf, 22, was injured in…
Airport boss: Runway where jet crashed is adequate
Date: 8/1/2008 7:57 PM By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press Writer OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) _ The manager of a regional airport where eight people died in the crash of a business jet said Friday that the 5,500-foot runway is adequate, noting that…
Investigation into US plane crash that killed 8
Date: 8/1/2008 6:07 AM By AMY FORLITIAssociated Press Writer OWATONNA, Minnesota (AP) _ U.S. investigators planned Friday to search the wreckage of a small plane for clues to why it crashed near a regional airport, killing all eight people on…