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Safety Risks At Regional Airlines Detailed By PBS()  

Workers clear debris from the crash site of Continental Connection Flight 3407 in Clarence, N.Y., Fe

The crash of Continental Flight 3407 last February — in which 50 deaths were attributed to pilot error — sparked an inquiry that found safety problems. Among them: long hours and low pay at regional carriers, where some pilots become captains with less than a year of experience.

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Criminal Probe Is Launched In Conn. Plant Blast()  

February 8, 2010 Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a Middletown power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause. The powerful explosion blew apart large swaths of the nearly completed 620-megawatt Kleen Energy plant Sunday.

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All Tech Considered

Digital Tears: Breakups And Social Networks()  

Illustration of how it can be hard to stop looking at your ex's social networking page.

February 8, 2010 Separations are hard enough. But then there's the question of what to do when it comes to the social networking ties you share with your former significant other. To break or not to break? It's a question many people are grappling with as they examine their digital personas.

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Politics

Rep. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, Dies At 77()  

Rep. John Murtha introduces Democratic presidential hopeful  Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008.

February 8, 2010 U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.

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Doctor Pleads Not Guilty In Michael Jackson's Death()  

February 8, 2010 Michael Jackson's doctor has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star. Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25, entered his plea Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court just hours after he was charged. Murray could face up to four years in prison if convicted.

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U.S.

Mid-Atlantic Cleans Up From Snow; More Coming()  

Steve Sawyer and Edie Folkes shovel their driveway

February 8, 2010 The federal government was closed Monday while the mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that left tens of thousands without power, and blocked trains, planes and cars, with another storm looming. With more snow coming, travelers and those with no electricity wondered when they would escape.

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