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Icy Roads Blamed For Crashes Around Rawlins

Associated Press — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:57:15 +0000

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Icy road conditions are blamed for a number of crashes around Rawlins, including two separate ones involving semitrailers.

One truck slid off Interstate 80 Wednesday night, spilling its load of clementine oranges

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Coal Mine Accidents Kill 19 Workers In U.S. In 2012

Associated Press — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:56:52 +0000

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Preliminary figures show 19 coal miners in the U.S. were killed on the job in 2012, down from 21 the previous year.

West Virginia led the nation with seven coal mining deaths

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Grand Teton National Park Sees Accidents Decline

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:38:20 +0000

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Grand Teton National Park reports a decline in collisions involving wildlife and vehicles last year compared to the year before.

Park officials say 103 animals were hit or killed in the park by vehicles in 2011, down from 162 animals in 2010

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Miraculous Accident Allows Paralympic Cyclist to Walk Again [VIDEO]

Danny Groner — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Normally it’s an accident that causes permanent limb damage and changes the course of an athlete’s career. But for paralympian Monique va der Vorst, the opposite proved to be true. The paralympic cyclist and two-time silver medalist recently got into an accident and found herself left with a bit of a surprise — after 14 years of living in a wheelchair, she could suddenly walk again.

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Risky Grain Elevator Jobs Attract Young Workers

Associated Press — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:06:04 +0000

ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — The men killed in a grain elevator explosion in Kansas included an Iraq war veteran, an avid collector of model John Deere tractors who hoped to farm and a soon-to-be husband looking forward to a wedding only three weeks away

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