STORY HIGHLIGHTSPyrotechnics, overcrowding, poor exits have contributed to tragic fires in recent yearsYou would think the world would have learned from past incidents, John Barylick saysConcertgoers have to be their own fire marshals, he saysEditor's note: John Barylick, author of "Killer Show," a book on the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, is an attorney who represented victims in wrongful...
US says Iran blast reports not credible
Labels: Technology WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday dismissed reports of an underground explosion at Iran's Fordo atomic plant and also accused the Islamic Republic of adopting delaying tactics on nuclear talks.Iran had previously condemned reports in sectors of the US and Israeli media about the alleged blast as "western propaganda" designed to influence the outcome of its stalled nuclear dialogue...
Netherlands queen to abdicate throne
Labels: LifestyleFrom Francesca Church, CNNupdated 1:52 PM EST, Mon January 28, 2013Dutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateDutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateDutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateDutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateDutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateDutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateDutch Queen Beatrix to abdicateSTORY HIGHLIGHTSQueen Beatrix to abdicate, handing throne to Prince Willem-Alexander She assured Dutch in televised...
Study: Penicillin, not Pill, launched sex revolution
Labels: Health History points to The Pill as one of the main triggers of the cultural revolution of the 1960s. The "Swinging 60s" were a time of sexual revolution. But one economist argues it was a far less sexy pill -- penicillin -- that was a major force behind changing sexual mores. "It's a common assumption that the sexual revolution began with the permissive attitude of the 1960s and the development of contraceptives...
Boy Scouts to Discuss Lifting National Gay Ban
Labels: Business The Boy Scouts of America, under growing pressure from troops across the country to end its 100-year-old ban on gay leaders and members, said today it is "discussing" ending its national discrimination policy, leaving such decisions to the discretion of individual troops."Currently, the BSA is discussing potentially removing the national membership restriction regarding sexual...
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Women in infantry: Tough challenge?
Labels: WorldHospital Corpsman Shannon Crowley packs for a mission as Lance Cpl.. Kristi Baker sits on her bed in 2010 in Afghanistan.STORY HIGHLIGHTSMaren Leed: Ban on women in combat has hurt operations, women's promotionLeed: Integrating women into the physically demanding infantry presents challenges Women are already in combat; she says, the "front line" and "rear line" no longer existLeed: Research into...
Morsi declares emergency, curfews in Egypt riot-hit areas
Labels: Technology CAIRO: President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in three provinces hit by rioting which has left dozens dead, warning he was ready to take further steps to confront threats to Egypt's security.Emergency measures would come into effect in the provinces of Port Said, Suez and Ismailia "for 30 days starting at midnight (2200 GMT Sunday)," Morsi said in an address on...
233 killed in Brazil nightclub fire
Labels: LifestyleHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireHundreds dead in Brazil nightclub fireSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: At least 233 people were killed, Brazil's...
A look at past deadly nightclub fires
Labels: Health Rescue workers are seen outside the Cocoanut Grove club in Boston, Mass., Nov. 28, 1942, after fire tore through the nightclub, killing 492 people. / AP A fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday and killed 232 people appears to be the deadliest in more a decade. Here is a look at some of the biggest nightclub fires in the past century: A blaze at the...
Brazil Nightclub Fire: 232 Dead, Hundreds Injured
Labels: Business Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing more than 230 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.Witnesses said a flare or firework lit by band members may...
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