Topic: West (Texas)
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Opinion: Smoking gun in West, Texas, fertilizer blast: lack of government oversight
While the cause of the blast in West, Texas, is still undetermined, what is clear is that the West Fertilizer Company stored large quantities of reactive products in the middle of a small town with little state or federal oversight. Citizens must be empowered to act when regulators don't.
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Palin: 'Nerd prom' slam targets White House press dinner (+video)
Palin: 'Nerd prom' denigrates the White House Correspondent's dinner, where President Obama joked Saturday. Sara Palin wasn't invited, and according to The Atlantic, she wasn't the first to label the event a 'nerd prom.'
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Perry disgusted: Cartoon depicts 'booming' business
Perry disgusted by cartoon in California newspaper showing an explosion. Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants an apology from the Sacrament Bee for the cartoon that shows him boasting that 'business is booming' in the state.
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2013 NFL draft: Bring on the beef
The 2013 NFL draft started with beefy lineman Eric Fisher. Then came beefy lineman Luke Joeckel, also an offensive tackle. The quarterbacks didn't show up in the 2013 NFL draft till the No. 16 draft pick, Florida State's EJ Manuel.
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Calm in a crisis
A Christian Science perspective: There is hope in the aftermath of the tragedies that took place last week – the explosion in West, Texas, and the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
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Chapter & Verse Texas plant explosion: A deadly 1947 explosion in Texas City was also caused by ammonium nitrate
Bill Minutaglio, author of 'City on Fire,' discusses the 1947 explosion in Texas City of a ship full of ammonium nitrate that killed hundreds and left thousands wounded.
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United in adversity: West, Texas, prays for Boston, which sends pizzas to West
As refugees in West, Texas waited to return to homes devastated by a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant, their talk, concern, and prayers turned to the terrorist attack in Boston. 'I've never been to Boston,' one Texan commented, 'but now I really want to go. It seems like a cool city.'
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Texas fertilizer plant tragedy: Fallen firefighters 'showed their dedication'
Nearly all the members of the West Volunteer Fire Department in Texas are dead or injured after responding to a fertilizer plant fire that sparked a massive explosion. The tragedy puts a spotlight on the role of volunteer firefighters.
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Volunteer firefighting force decimated in Texas fertilizer plant explosion
At least 11 firefighters – most of them volunteers – appear to have died in a huge explosion and fire at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, reports signal. Much of the nation relies on volunteer firefighters.
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Chicago flooding closes airports and highways, opens sinkhole
Chicago flooding opened a sinkhole, shut down expressways, delayed commuter trains, flooded basements, and caused officials to close schools, cancel flights, and evacuate a hospital.
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