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Unions fault railroads for rise in crashes
WASHINGTON -- A train ran off the tracks in Colfax, Calif., in May. And in
Runnels, Iowa. And Kanapolis, N.C. 07/17/02
Feds fine CSX for fatal train accident
WASHINGTON -- The federal agency that oversees the nation's railroads fined
CSX Transportation $20,000 after an Amtrak passenger train derailed 11 years
ago in South Carolina, killing eight and injuring 90. 07/17/02
Rails need upgrade for nuclear waste
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department hopes to ship nuclear waste to Yucca
Mountain, Nev., in rail cars that would be about 40 percent heavier than
today's largest rail cars, which could put more strain on the nation's aging
railroad infrastructure. 07/17/02
Israeli fence inspires anger, if not bombers
SALEM, Israel -- Giant dump trucks lumber along a freshly hewn dirt road
behind the house where Bilan Arifi and his family live in this Israeli-Arab
village. 07/17/02
Teens are most likely to be victims of crime
WASHINGTON -- Teenagers are twice as likely as any other people to be shot,
stabbed, sexually assaulted, beaten or otherwise attacked, according to a
report released Tuesday by two advocacy groups. 07/17/02
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Attackers kill 7, wound 20 near Jewish settlement in
West Bank
JERUSALEM -- Palestinians wearing Israeli army uniforms detonated a roadside
bomb Tuesday in the West Bank as an armored bus passed by and then shot at
civilians as they fled, authorities and witnesses said. Seven people were
killed and 25 wounded. 07/16/02
America's Image Abroad
Terrorists redefine U.S.'s role
WASHINGTON -- The Cold War defined how countries dealt with one another for
50 years, and while the nuclear stakes in the standoff between Washington
and Moscow were frightening, the threat was plain and the lines clear. 07/16/02
Lindh pleads guilty in a deal with feds
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- John Walker Lindh, the young convert to Islam who left
California to fight alongside the Taliban, pleaded guilty to two felonies
Monday in a surprise deal that spares him life in prison and ensures his
cooperation with investigators. 07/16/02
New suspects could risk Pearl convictions
KARACHI, Pakistan -- The convictions of four Islamic militants Monday in the
kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl could be in
jeopardy if authorities reveal evidence and suspects that were kept under
wraps during a three-month trial, according to Pakistani officials and legal
analysts. 07/16/02
9-11 site may get towers, memorials
NEW YORK -- Sixty- to 70-story office buildings, stores, cultural centers
and a memorial to the dead are included in six alternative proposals for the
World Trade Center site that will be released today. 07/16/02