Posts Tagged ‘people’

Australia: Boat carrying 350 people sinks off PNG (AP)

AP – A boat carrying 350 people sank Thursday off Papua New Guinea, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said.

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Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people (AP)

Firemen hose down a commercial carrier truck on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., after it was involved in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed at least nine people in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)AP – A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed.


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Shabbat.com brings people together for the Sabbath

Jewish Brooklynites pile food on thousands of plates on Friday night, feeding hungry strangers they’ve met on a Facebook-styled site where collecting “invites” is key.

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NYPD looks to scan people for guns

The NYPD is looking at a new way to find people packing heat on the street, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Tuesday.

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Officials: 29 people missing from Italian ship (AP)

AP – Italian coast guard officials say the number of people missing from the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner has risen to 29.

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Gingrich to black people: paychecks, not food aid (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Littleton, N.H.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Thursday he is willing to go before the NAACP and urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps.


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Pope: ‘Young people’ need to be ‘builders of peace’

Pope Benedict XVI in his New Year’s homily Sunday praised young people as key to securing a future of hope despite what he called “shadows on the horizon of today’s world.”

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