Radio station owner settles in deadly fire
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PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island  - The largest U.S. radio station owner has agreed in principle to pay $22 million to victims of a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed more than 100 people, the latest in a string of settlements that total more than $70 million.
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By Rodney Foo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--The family of a Santa Clara County firefighter who was electrocuted last year while battling a blaze at a Los Gatos home has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the property owners and PG&E.   Capt.
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Radio host Mike Dickin was killed earlier this week shortly after he was involved in a six car pile-up in Britain's Cornwall region.  The former Radio 4 host, who was born in 1935, had been traveling on Britain's A30 roadway Monday when the deadly crash occurred, the BBC reported.
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Two firefighters are killed and another injured while dealing with a fire in Bray, County Wicklow.
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By Jennifer Mooney Piedra, The Miami Herald  Sep. 12--A man was hospitalized this morning after the barbecue grill he left burning in his Pompano Beach apartment sent smoke floating from the unit.
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A fire set by a homeless person affected the A and the C lines. Full service may not be restored for three to five years.
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All the papers focus this morning on the accident at the Deutsche Bank building at 130 Liberty Street on Thursday afternoon that injured two firefighters. It came on the same day as the funeral of Joseph Graffagnino, 33, one of two firefighters who died in the fire at the tower on Saturday. A worker lost control [...].
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By Debbie Garlicki, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 15--Midway through trial, a monetary settlement was reached Wednesday between a North Whitehall Township woman who was hit in the head by a hunter's stray bullet and the landowner who allowed the hunter on his property.
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They are the vilified public faces of a tragic fire that killed 100 people at their Rhode Island nightclub more than three years ago. On Friday, the owners of the nightclub, Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, plan to plead no contest to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the Feb. 20, 2003, blaze.
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The owner of a North Carolina beach house where seven college students died in a weekend fire said Monday that his family's "lives were just changed forever" by the tragedy.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 24--DURHAM -- The fire at the Durham Yard Waste Compost Facility -- the cause of respiratory problems among frustrated neighbors as it burned for 13 days -- was extinguished Saturday.
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IMMOKALEE, Fla., March 4 -- Four people were killed and six injured after a fire thought to be caused by arson trapped them inside a mobile home early Sunday, authorities said.
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By Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 2--A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.
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A radio listener helped save a disc jockey who suffered an on-air seizure and pleaded for help before passing out in his studio.
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The owners of a nightclub where a 2003 fire killed 100 people will plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges, and only one will have to serve prison time, their lawyer said Wednesday. Victims' relatives were outraged.
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By Gene Warner  A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.  Volunteer firefighters responded to a 2:46 a.m.
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A plea agreement for the owners of a Rhode Island nightclub that burned in 2003 has drawn criticism from many relatives of the 100 people who were killed.