Buses running out of Chinatown were involved in a pair of back-to-back fatal accidents last year, but it was unclear if the city would gain any new control over safety regulations under the proposal.

WSJ: New Bus Limits Sought

The other two shuttles -- Challenger and Columbia -- did not make it back to Earth after accidents that killed their entire crews.

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That is probably a reference to fears of a liquidity crunch at the end of the year as financial institutions hold back to avoid millennium-bug accidents indeed, such fears may make the Fed delay raising rates until next year.

ECONOMIST: Softly, softly

Ministers backed a "purple" route option but campaigners feared it would damage good farmland, cost more, cause more accidents and close a historic back road.

BBC: Bontnewydd bypass route options

" The notion goes back to Charles Perrow, author of "Normal Accidents.

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Many authorities are trialing a switch-off of street lights at night, including Somerset and Wiltshire, but some have decided to turn them back on, including Milton Keynes, following a 30% rise in accidents and two deaths in unlit areas.

BBC: Councillor Robert Gould, from Dorset County Council

The president ordered Salazar to conduct a review of the oil spill and report back in 30 days on what precautions, if any, should be required to prevent future accidents.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

This was back when plasmas had a bad rap due to rumors were flying around about refilling the gases and HAZMAT accidents, but still, everyone wanted one - except their five digit price tag.

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I've order Secretary Salazar to conduct a thorough review of this incident and report back to me in 30 days on what, if any, additional precautions and technologies should be required to prevent accidents like this from happening again.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Makes Statement on Economy and Oil Spill