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February 21, 2012

Truck rollover on the Thruway

NEW: Truck rollover on the Thruway
Catskill Daily Mail
There was no word on injuries or a cause but a HazMat team had been called to deal with the fuel spill. From the contents visible at the rear of the overturned trailer, the truck appeared to be carrying boxed retail items. Traffic was restricted to a
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December 31, 2011

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Driver charged with causing blasts in NY village
Wall Street Journal
Officials say 1200 gallons of gas leaked from the pump before police turned off the store’s power. The fuel flowed into the sewer system and sparked numerous explosions in the neighboring village of Fort Edward. No one was injured.
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Vietnam checks gasoline quality amid rash of vehicular fires
Thanh Nien Daily
Vinh also told Tuoi Tre that although gasoline is flammable and can leak due to corrosive additives, it will not lead to a fire except when an ignition present. Denying that hot weather could burn the leaked fuel, the official said the ignition
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Thanh Nien Daily

Japan’s Kyushu restarts oil unit earlier after repair
Reuters
26 after a boiler tube steam leak. The southern Japan company has maximised fossil fuel-fired power generation as all of its nuclear reactors are shut with no schedule for restart amid public concerns in the wake of the Fukushima atomic crisis.
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Q&A: High-mileage Ford reluctant to start
Bellingham Herald
If the duty cycle is low, look for a vacuum leak. Q: My El Camino has an oil pressure gauge that flickers when you first turn on the key. The needle goes to max and then back to zero, where it quivers a bit. Once you start the car, the needle flickers
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Timeline: Worst nuclear submarine incidents
Reuters
A 2002 report said a torpedo fuel leak caused the massive explosion. February 9, 2001 – The nuclear submarine USS Greeneville’s rudder tears through the Ehime Maru’s lower deck during a fast surface maneuver, sinking the Japanese fishing boat within
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Preventing carbon monoxide leaks in your home
CTV.ca
If a leak is detected, paramedics said they use a cardiac monitor to see if there’s any carbon monoxide in a patient’s blood. “It’s passing a light through my blood, and it’s going to let me know how much carbon monoxide is circulating,” said Darryl
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Plane Crash at Mansfield Airport
Patch.com
According to local sources, the problem arose because of a small fuel leak. The plane, named Jabiru Calypso, was registered to an Attleboro man, Paul LaFratta, said Jim Peters, a spokesman from the FAA. It is not yet known if he was the pilot of the
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Devin McCourty, Patriots CB, talks about the matchup with the Bills on Sunday
WEEI.com
One it would still be a little oil leak in the last regular season you know you you’re grateful for your body’s — helping me a little less. One of the big changes under the new collective bargaining agreement was the a limitation on padded practices
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December 29, 2011

Fuel Spill News

Fuel spill cleanup continues in Warwick
phillyBurbs.com
Cleanup continues at a Jamison gas station where less than 500 gallons of fuel were spilled when a driver ran over a filling hose Dec. 23. Department of Environmental Protection officials examined the site that night and informed the owner that a tank
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Aurora works to clean diesel fuel spill in Fox River
Chicago Daily Herald
By Jessica Cilella Crews were working through the night Wednesday to clean up more than 1400 gallons of diesel fuel that accidentally entered an Aurora storm sewer that discharges into the Fox River. The spill, which originated from the Federal
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WITN Fuel Spill Discovery In Tar River Sparks Investigation
WITN
Greenville Fire Battalion Chief Tony Smart says after the call from WITN fire crews and the city Public Works department traced the spill to a storm drain at 1st and Washington Streets, but they are still not sure the exact type or amount of fuel which
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Fuel spill in North Berwick
Press Herald
About 200 gallons of kerosene spill on private property after an external tank is tipped over. By David Hench dhench@mainetoday.com NORTH BERWICK — High winds late Tuesday and early Wednesday are being blamed for a large fuel spill in North Berwick.
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Officials say wind gusts caused fuel tank to fall, spilling 200 gallons of
The Republic
AP NORTH BERWICK, Maine — State environmental officials say winds that gusted to between 45 and 54 mph toppled a shed and caused an external fuel tank to fall over, spilling about 200 gallons of kerosene. Crews from the Department of Environmental
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Strong Domestic Demand To Fuel Malaysia’s 2012 Growth: Analysts
Bernama
Apart from that, spill-over effects from the implementation of the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) entry point projects would also drive the country into a growth trajectory, they said. RAM Holdings Bhd group chief economist Dr Yeah Kim Leng
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Green chamber says no to Keystone, dirty fuels
SignOnSanDiego.com
The two existing tar sands oil pipelines already have bad records, including an 830000-gallon spill into the Kalamazoo River last year. Proponents of KXL urge we jump at private investment and jobs. The State Department says projected jobs are around
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Evacuated residents of Fort Edward, Hudson Falls allowed back home
Glens Falls Post-Star
Despite the spill starting in Hudson Falls, the danger of explosion was considered greater in Fort Edward because the gas was pooling in the sewers there, said Washington County Sheriff Capt. Bryn Reynolds. The county used the reverse 911 system and
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On this date
Lehighvalleylive.com
1986: In the right place at the right time: “An oil tanker loaded with 7900 gallons of kerosene overturned on Route 611 about a mile north of Portland, closing the road for five hours while workers cleaned up the spilled fuel.
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Kenya inflation rate drops for first time
Daily Nation
Photo/FILE By PAUL WAFULA pwafula@ke.nationmedia.com The rate of inflation has reduced for the first time this year, raising hopes that the rising cost of living will not spill into next year. Official data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
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Daily Nation

Ten Edu-Stories We’ll Be Reading in 2012
Education Week News (blog)
7] “Conservative lawmakers push first two or three states to reverse course and abandon the Common Core, prompting fierce breaks in Republican ranks over the Common Core to spill out into the open. Jeb Bush and leading conservative governors are the
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2011 confirms boxing still alive, swinging
ESPN (blog)
That evolutionary quirk allowing us to garner pleasure from watching two fellow homo sapiens brawl and spill as much blood as a medieval medical procedure clearly lives on. But behind the pugilistic heroics lie stories that fuel the sport itself and
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Do Caribou Really Like Oil?
Washington City Paper
One much-touted fear was that an earthquake might rupture the pipe, but a 2002 quake registering 7.9 on the Richter scale caused only minor damage and no spill. The biggest fiasco connected with the project didn’t happen on land at all, namely the 1989
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Washington City Paper

Russian ship heads to Alaska to help iced-in city
BusinessWeek
The tanker is equipped with a long hose for off-shore delivery, but that plan comes with a host of safety concerns, he said. “It would be extremely unfortunate if there was an accident — a spill on the ice,” Wadlow said.
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Wednesday Papers: Record use made of ECB deposit facility
Citywire.co.uk
Financial Times: A US federal judge has ruled that BP was not negligent in the case of a 2009 oil spill and did not violate the terms of its probation from an earlier accident thus escaping further punishment. The Daily Telegraph: Andrey Prokhorov and
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