Houston: Four firefighters died and five others were injured on Friday when a roof collapsed during a blaze at a hotel and restaurant in southwest Houston, fire department and city officials said.
Fire Chief Terry Garrison told a news conference that firefighters were searching for people who may have been trapped inside when the roof gave way. "They were in the highest amount of risk possible because we thought we had some civilians in the structure," he said.
"Unfortunately, the building had much more fire in it than we originally thought. The structure collapsed, and our members, while trying to save lives, were trapped."
At least one of the firefighters was in critical condition at a local hospital, officials said....
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06:36 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Washington: Moon dust samples gathered by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 lunar mission have been discovered inside a California lab warehouse after sitting in the dusty storage unnoticed for more than 40 years. Vials of Moon dust brought back to Earth by Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were found last month by an archivist while tidying up a storage space at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "We don't know how...
10:08 PM, May 26, 2013
Fort Worth, Texas: Jeff Overton expressed his frustration on Twitter about his disqualification midway through the third round of the Colonial for illegally using a putting aid after starting play. With threesomes going off the No. 1 and 10 tees after the weather-suspended second round was completed earlier on Saturday, there was a backup when Overton's group had completed the ninth hole. He went to a nearby putting green while...
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New Delhi: A recently slain cop joins a team of police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Directed by Robert Schwentke, the film stars Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker and Stephanie Szostak in the lead roles. ...
10:41 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Mike Jeffries, the eccentric CEO of the US clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has done it again. Vocally against large sized men and women, Jeffries has been quoted as saying in news reports that he doesn't want "larger people shopping in his store" triggering a social media backlash. Robin Lewis, author of The New Rules of Retail, told the Business Insider about the kind of people Jeffries wants...
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Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron's book analyses how mobile phones have revolutionised business, politics and ordinary life in India. ...
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