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US Court Awards $35 Million To Woman Who Suffered Brain Injury After Glass Door In Office Collapsed
A former JP Morgan analyst, aged 36, has been granted a $35 million verdict nearly a decade after a traumatic incident involving a shattered glass door at a New York City skyscraper left her with permanent brain damage.
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Portion Of Crane Collapses In New York's Manhattan, 2 Injured
The top portion of a construction crane caught fire and collapsed in Manhattan on Wednesday, injuring at least two people and snarling traffic during the morning rush hour, authorities and local media said.
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Kids Exposed To 9/11 'Dust' Showing Signs Of Heart Disease Risk
Sixteen years after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers sent a "cloud" of toxic debris across Lower Manhattan, children living nearby who breathed in the ash and fumes are showing early signs of risk for heart disease, a study says.
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Crane Comes Crashing Down In Manhattan, Crushing Cars
A massive construction crane collapsed in downtown Manhattan on Friday morning, killing at least one person and seriously injuring two others, a spokesman for the New York City Fire Department said.
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Body Found at Site of Collapsed New York Buildings
New York police recovered a body Sunday from the rubble of a Manhattan site rocked by a massive gas explosion.
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Major Blaze Rips Through New York Building
A major blaze tore through a commercial and residential block in New York's East Village on Thursday following a building collapse and possible explosion, the fire department said.
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PwC is sued for $1 billion over MF Global collapse
According to a complaint filed in US District Court in Manhattan, PwC committed professional malpractice by offering "flatly erroneous" advice concerning, and approval of, the off-balance-sheet accounting treatment for the debt by MF Global and its then-chief executive, Jon Corzine.
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Seventh person dies after New York blast, building collapse: police
The death toll from an explosion that collapsed two New York apartment buildings after an apparent gas leak rose to seven on Thursday, and the number of injured is close to 60, police said.
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Gas blast destroys two New York buildings; six people dead
A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least six people, injuring more than 60 and leaving four others missing.
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Two New York buildings collapse in explosion, 1 dead
An explosion has leveled two New York City apartment buildings, killing one person and injuring 15 others. A utility company says a resident in a nearby building reported smelling gas shortly before the explosion.
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New York building explodes, 11 minor injuries reported
The New York City fire department says an East Harlem apartment building has exploded and collapsed, leading to 11 minor injuries.
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New York City building explosion injures 10: fire department
At least 10 people were injured when part of a five-story building containing businesses and residences in Manhattan's Chinatown district collapsed after an explosion, fire officials said on Thursday.
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Superstorm Sandy: Crane dangles from New York high-rise, clearing streets
A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds on Monday and dangled precariously, prompting plans for engineers and inspectors to climb to the top to examine it as a huge storm bore down on the city.
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9/11 memories: What we kept
After the roar, after the first ground-trembling collapse sent clouds of pulverized matter billowing through Lower Manhattan, a man paused from his hurried retreat to take in a world now coated with the dust of uncertain gray. For reasons he still cannot explain, he bent down, scooped some of this grayness into an envelope - and kept on moving.
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US Court Awards $35 Million To Woman Who Suffered Brain Injury After Glass Door In Office Collapsed
A former JP Morgan analyst, aged 36, has been granted a $35 million verdict nearly a decade after a traumatic incident involving a shattered glass door at a New York City skyscraper left her with permanent brain damage.
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Portion Of Crane Collapses In New York's Manhattan, 2 Injured
The top portion of a construction crane caught fire and collapsed in Manhattan on Wednesday, injuring at least two people and snarling traffic during the morning rush hour, authorities and local media said.
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Kids Exposed To 9/11 'Dust' Showing Signs Of Heart Disease Risk
Sixteen years after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers sent a "cloud" of toxic debris across Lower Manhattan, children living nearby who breathed in the ash and fumes are showing early signs of risk for heart disease, a study says.
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Crane Comes Crashing Down In Manhattan, Crushing Cars
A massive construction crane collapsed in downtown Manhattan on Friday morning, killing at least one person and seriously injuring two others, a spokesman for the New York City Fire Department said.
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Body Found at Site of Collapsed New York Buildings
New York police recovered a body Sunday from the rubble of a Manhattan site rocked by a massive gas explosion.
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Major Blaze Rips Through New York Building
A major blaze tore through a commercial and residential block in New York's East Village on Thursday following a building collapse and possible explosion, the fire department said.
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PwC is sued for $1 billion over MF Global collapse
According to a complaint filed in US District Court in Manhattan, PwC committed professional malpractice by offering "flatly erroneous" advice concerning, and approval of, the off-balance-sheet accounting treatment for the debt by MF Global and its then-chief executive, Jon Corzine.
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Seventh person dies after New York blast, building collapse: police
The death toll from an explosion that collapsed two New York apartment buildings after an apparent gas leak rose to seven on Thursday, and the number of injured is close to 60, police said.
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Gas blast destroys two New York buildings; six people dead
A gas leak triggered an earthshaking explosion that flattened two apartment buildings on Wednesday, killing at least six people, injuring more than 60 and leaving four others missing.
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Two New York buildings collapse in explosion, 1 dead
An explosion has leveled two New York City apartment buildings, killing one person and injuring 15 others. A utility company says a resident in a nearby building reported smelling gas shortly before the explosion.
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New York building explodes, 11 minor injuries reported
The New York City fire department says an East Harlem apartment building has exploded and collapsed, leading to 11 minor injuries.
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New York City building explosion injures 10: fire department
At least 10 people were injured when part of a five-story building containing businesses and residences in Manhattan's Chinatown district collapsed after an explosion, fire officials said on Thursday.
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Superstorm Sandy: Crane dangles from New York high-rise, clearing streets
A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds on Monday and dangled precariously, prompting plans for engineers and inspectors to climb to the top to examine it as a huge storm bore down on the city.
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9/11 memories: What we kept
After the roar, after the first ground-trembling collapse sent clouds of pulverized matter billowing through Lower Manhattan, a man paused from his hurried retreat to take in a world now coated with the dust of uncertain gray. For reasons he still cannot explain, he bent down, scooped some of this grayness into an envelope - and kept on moving.
