Hurricane Rita Bus Owner Convicted of Poor Maintenance
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The owner of a Texas bus company whose chartered coach exploded last fall, killing 23 elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees from a nursing home, was convicted today of falsifying logs and poorly maintaining his fleet.
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A U.S. jury convicted a truck driver on Monday for his role in the deadliest known illegal human smuggling case in which 19 immigrants died in a verdict that could result in his execution.
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The Legislature on Thursday approved most of a half-billion-dollar aid package for victims of the four hurricanes that ravaged the state this year.
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By RICHARD BURGESS  Cleanup workers pulling hurricane debris out the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge have tallied an impressive list: 752 tires, 1,190 appliances, 294 propane tanks and more than 1,000 hazardous materials containers, ranging from bucket-sized drums to a 10,000- gallon tank.
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A man who plowed his sports-utility   vehicle into a crowd of Super Bowl revelers in Boston in 2004,   killing a 21-year-old man, was convicted on Friday of   involuntary manslaughter.
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HOUSTON - A Texas jury has convicted two men for their part in a human smuggling operation that left 19 immigrants dead last year.
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A U.S. jury convicted a truck driver on Monday for his role in the deadliest known illegal human smuggling case in which 19 immigrants died in a verdict that could result in his being put to death.
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A motorist who killed a Super Bowl reveler when he drove his sport-utility vehicle into a crowd celebrating the New England Patriots' 2004 championship was sentenced in Boston yesterday to six to eight years in prison.
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The defense rested Saturday in the trial of a bus company and its owner, accused of mismanaging the fleet before an explosion last year that killed 23 passengers during the Hurricane Rita evacuation.
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A bus explosion that killed 23 nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita exposed flaws in government oversight of motor carrier companies, safety investigators said Wednesday.
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A motorist found guilty of killing two police officers has his convictions ruled unsafe and will face a new trial.
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By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Jun. 12--Hurricane Rita caused a ton of damage in Southeast Texas, and Sea Rim State Park was one of its most prominent victims. The park might reopen this Labor Day, nearly two years after Rita.
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Sam Henry swept dead pigs off Highway 87 two days after Hurricane Rita tossed them there. Then his job turned really unpleasant.
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A Marine reservist was found guilty Thursday of dereliction of duty and abuse of prisoners at a makeshift detention camp in Iraq.
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HOUSTON - Two men were convicted yesterday for their role in the nation&#39;s deadliest human-smuggling attempt â- journey that ended in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed in a sweltering tractor-trailer.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Rita Weston survived  Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and  mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the  storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal.
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Well, his house, his business and his car were destroyed.