Archive for February, 2010
Chile tsunami reaches Japan; Pacific damage small (AP)
AP – The tsunami from the deadly earthquake in Chile hit Japan’s main islands and even reached the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves didn’t cause significant damage. Hawaii and other Pacific islands in their path were also spared.
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At least 300 killed in Chile earthquake; tsunami waves do little damage to Hawaii, Japan
One of the most powerful earthquakes on record struck Chile early Saturday, sparking fires, causing homes, highway bridges and hospitals to collapse, and triggering a tsunami that rolled threateningly across the Pacific.
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Chile assesses damage from mammoth earthquake (AP)
AP – A weeping man strokes the hand of a dead woman in a collapsed cafe. Survivors huddle around bonfires in the rubble of their homes. Smashed cars lie beneath bridges torn asunder by one of history’s strongest earthquakes.
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Tiny tsunami reaches Japan; Pacific damage small (AP)
AP – The tsunami from an earthquake in Chile hit Japan’s main islands on Sunday, but the initial waves washed ashore without causing any damage after sparing most of the Pacific islands that were in its path.
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Chile struck by one of strongest quakes ever (AP)
AP – One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and the head of the emergency agency said authorities believed at least 300 people were dead.
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Thousands still lack power after Northeast storm (AP)
AP – Frustration turned to resignation Saturday for hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast struggling to survive another day waiting for utility crews to restore electricity after powerful storms socked the region with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.
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Feds interview New York Mets’ Jose Reyes about link to Tiger Woods’ doctor, Anthony Galea
Federal agents have interviewed Mets shortstop Jose Reyes about his association with a Canadian doctor who is under investigation for drug violations, including conspiring to smuggle human growth hormone into the United States.
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