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Watchdog says warned DC metro of weakness before crash - Yahoo! NewsSafety watchdogs warned Washington's metro operators three years ago about weaknesses in aging subway cars like the one involved in a collision that killed nine people Monday, investigators said. National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman said on Tuesday the US capital's subway ...
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Sofia opens long-delayed subway line, 28 years laterAuthorities in Sofia on Friday opened a second stretch of its sole subway line, 28 years after work first began. The new stretch, running south from the city centre, has five stations and is six kilometres (3.7 miles) long, but has yet to be connected to the existing section of line. That ...
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FAA wants to keep bird strike records confidentialThe Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to keep secret from travelers and the public its vast records on how frequently and where commercial planes are damaged by hitting flying birds. The agency's formal secrecy proposal came just after FAA officials had said they were going to ...
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Rail chiefs put up `no kissing' signThat's the message of a new sign that went up outside a train station in northern England on Monday. The goal is to stop departing passengers from pulling up in their cars at a crowded drop-off point and pausing to kiss each other farewell. Virgin Rail says it installed the sign while ...
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SEC names Robert Khuzami new enforcement chiefThe Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday named a former federal prosecutor as its new enforcement chief to lead the embattled agency's drive to strengthen its pursuit of financial fraud. Robert Khuzami has been a top legal official on Wall Street at investment firm Deutsche Bank since ...
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Heavy snow in Britain causes travel chaos - Yahoo! NewsThe British capital ground to a halt on Monday after the worst snowstorm in 18 years caused hundreds of flight cancellations and virtually shut down public transportation. Shops, schools and courts shut down and long trails of commuters trudged through the streets, looking for scarce taxis or ...
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Airlines sue FAA over crew rest rules - Yahoo! NewsSeveral of the nation's largest airlines have joined in a lawsuit to block stronger federal rules on crew rest during the longest international flights. The airlines say that the Federal Aviation Administration bypassed usual rule-making procedures and denied them the right to comment before it ...
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