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Schoolboy Burned by Overheating PlayStation Portable

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A Detroit-area seventh-grader suffered burns to his leg Wednesday after a Sony PlayStation Portable video game overheated in his pocket during band class. Fire officials told The Detroit News the burns were caused when the game’s battery leaked. A teacher removed the game from the student’s …

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House Committee Subpoenas 2 Owners of Utah Mine That Collapsed

WASHINGTON – A congressional committee on Friday subpoenaed two of the owners of Utah’s Crandall Canyon mine where six miners died in a roof collapse last August. The subpoenas order Robert E. Murray, CEO of the Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., and P. Bruce Hill, president of UtahAmerican Energy, to give …

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UN Chief Pushes for Cease-Fire in Darfur

UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Sudanese government and all rebel groups on Wednesday to agree to a cease-fire in Darfur, saying deteriorating security is undermining efforts to help thousands of civilians caught in an upsurge in fighting. In his monthly report to the Security Council, Ban singled …

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