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TUNOSHNA, Russia (AP) -- A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed into a river bank while taking off Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and leaving two others critically injured, officials said. It was one of the worst crashes ever involving a sports team. Read Full Story...

TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buckhorn wanted a big vehicle, something safe for transporting his children. Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error

Thomas Sawyer, a 62-year-old bladder cancer survivor who made headlines last November after a pat-down left him covered in his own urine, has filed a new complaint with the Transportation Security Administration. Read Full Story: Link Removed

WASHINGTON – Some of the first information gleaned from Osama bin Laden's compound indicates al-Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains on the upcoming anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. But counterterrorism officials say they believe the planning never got beyond the initial phase and have no...

Microsoft and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) on Wednesday announced they will work together to infuse the Japanese auto maker's cars with digital capabilities hosted in the Internet "cloud." Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, pictured in February 2011. Microsoft and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) on Wednesday...

Police in China were stunned to spot a man 'driving' two bumper cars along a street. Officer Liu Yulin was watching CCTV footage of a road in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province when the bumper cars came into view. He said: 'I saw on the screen that a man was driving two bumper cars. He sat in...

wo gigantic concrete pumps — described as the largest such equipment in the world — will soon be on their way to join the machinery being used to pour water on damaged reactors in Japan’s nuclear crisis, company officials said Thursday. Link Removed The two machines are normally used to...

Link Removed due to 404 Error The FBI is investigating what might be a bullet hole, discovered in the side of a US Airways Group Inc plane this week, the airline said Wednesday. The small hole in the Boeing 737-400 was found by a pilot Monday at the Charlotte/Douglas International...

Britain's first so-called Roundabout Idol has been launched, with the aim of finding the Matt Cardle equivalent of the UK's favourite traffic island. Motorists are being invited to send in pictures of their best and most hated roundabouts in a bid to help car leasing service...

Plans to set up a camping site on one of London's biggest commons for visitors to next month's royal wedding have been greeted with horror by local residents, who fear it will resemble the Glastonbury music festival. "Camp Royale" is to be set up on Clapham Common in south London, offering...

A big yellow snake terrified passengers aboard a train in Poland, after it escaped from its carry box and slithered through a carriage. Passengers travelling between Gdynia and Zakopane yanked the emergency brake and climbed up on their seats as the 3.5ft reptile crossed their paths...

Modern technology may be the key to unlock hidden secrets about an ancient monument: Stonehenge. Researchers are using lasers to scan the nearly three dozen stones, or megaliths, that make up the famous circular complex on the Salisbury Plain of southern England. Stonehenge in High...

PARIS (Reuters) – France's government on Thursday ruled out any cut in fuel taxes to alleviate the cost of soaring petrol prices, telling motorists they should inflate their tyres and drive more slowly to save fuel. Rising fuel costs, worsened by the uprising in OPEC-member Libya, are once...

British constructor Perry Watkins has assembled officially the world's smallest licensed car - and it has a top speed of 60kph. At just 41 inches high, 51 inches long and a seemingly impossible 26 inches wide, the miniscule motor is in danger of being overpowered by other vehicles on the...

After receiving a wake-up message from Star Trek's William Shatner Monday morning, the crew of NASA's space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station and began its final voyage back to Earth. Discovery, which will be retired after returning from its 39th mission, fired...

Malaysian police have arrested three suspects involved in the heist of some 725,000 condoms, which have not yet been found. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, the police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says the heist was "an inside job." He said Friday the suspects work for the firm...

Sweden is famous from some time for its eco-friendly culture and politics. Ever since the 1973 oil crisis, Sweden has made a commitment to reduce dependence of fossil fuels. The Nordic country was depending on imported fossil fuels being vulnerable to price changes on the global market. The...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Cold war buffs will soon be able to roll through Berlin in a mini tank built from East Germany's best known car -- the Trabant. Painted camouflage green and decked out with a fake cannon on the roof, the Trabant tank is the latest attraction tapping into the...

With thousands of employees coming to the Microsoft Redmond campus every day, getting around can be a challenge. The Microsoft Connector team manage a large fleet of buses, vans and on-demand cars to get people to and from their meetings, their offices and back home again. Link Removed Link...

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