Reporting from Orlando, Fla. - A killer whale
fatally attacked an animal trainer at
SeaWorld in Florida on Wednesday,
jerking her into the pool and thrashing
her around underwater as dozens of
horrified tourists watched.
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News United States
February 2010
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February 2010February 25, 2010
Animal trainer
killed at SeaWorld
February 24, 2010
Daughter of IRS
Attack Pilot Praises Him
One of the daughters of the pilot who crashed his
plane into an IRS facility in Austin,
Texas, killing an IRS employee and
injuring 12 others, said she hoped his
actions would send a message to the
government.
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February 22, 2010
Endeavour lands
safely in Florida
February 19, 2010
The
space shuttle Endeavour, carrying
six astronauts, touched down in
Florida on Sunday evening despite
some earlier weather concerns.
NASA said the shuttle landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:20 p.m. ET. Read more
Pilot rams plane
into federal offices
An Austin man apparently angry with the Internal
Revenue Services and the rest of the
federal government flew his small,
private plane into a glass-faced office
building next to an Austin highway on
Thursday killing himself and one other
person in an explosive suicidal form of
protest.
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February 17, 2010
Obama's nuclear
power push faces obstacle: Waste
President Obama's announcement Tuesday of loan
guarantees for nuclear power plants may
encourage new construction, but a
problem still remains that has plagued
atomic energy for decades: what to do
with nuclear waste?
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February 16, 2010
Toyota's safety
complaints rise
Toyota's string of recalls and fresh
investigations into sudden acceleration
have triggered a surge of complaints to
federal auto safety regulators that
linked the problem to 34 deaths, up from
21 prior to the recall.
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February 15, 2010
Huge waves at
Mavericks injure spectators
The Super
Bowl of Surfing lived up to its legend
Saturday, and then some. The waves at
Mavericks were so massive - the biggest
in the history of surf contests, some
said - that they caused collateral
damage on the sideLines.
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February 10, 2010
US faces 'snowmageddon'
round two
America's Mid-Atlantic region, which was
blanketed under a massive snowfall only
days ago, is now bracing for another
winter blast.
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February 9, 2010
U.S. engineer
jailed 15 years for spying for China
A Chinese-born engineer was sentenced Monday to
more than 15 years in prison for
hoarding sensitive information about the
U.S. space shuttle that prosecutors say
he intended to share with China.
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February 8, 2010
Snow paralyses US
Mid-Atlantic
Planes were grounded, trains stood still and
Greyhound buses were not rolling in the
Mid-Atlantic, leaving stranded US
travellers wondering when they would be
able to escape the icy, grey mess
created by a major snowstorm.
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5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton
An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew
out the walls of an unfinished power
plant in Connecticut and set off a fire
during a test of natural gas Lines
Sunday, killing at least five workers,
injuring a dozen or more, and leaving
crews picking through debris for more
possible victims.
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February 5, 2010
Jobs vs deficits
in Obama budget
US President Barack Obama faced a delicate
balancing act in presenting his budget
for next year: Stimulating the economy
without bankrupting the government.
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February 4, 2010
Kite surfer killed
by sharks in Florida
The victim was
spotted by a lifeguard as he was
floating encircled by sharks off
Stuart Beach, some 90 miles north of
Miami, the local news website
TCPalm.com said. The local man had
been kite surfing on an unguarded
stretch of beach when the attack
occurred.
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February 3, 2010
Toyota U.S. sales
reel from crisis
Toyota Motor Corp
suffered a sharp drop in U.S. sales last
month as its massive recall and
unprecedented sales halt allowed rivals
to grab market share from the world's
largest automaker.
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February 1, 2010
US serviceman
killed in Afghanistan
A bomb has
killed a US serviceman in southern
Afghanistan, Nato said.
The American death toll has risen as fighting escalates with an influx of 37,000 additional US and Nato forces being sent to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's war strategy. Read more