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• Hundreds Evacuated After Train Derails, Spills Acid

  Pete Strom | October 30, 2007 1:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A train derailed in Minnesota early Monday morning, spilling acid and causing hundreds to evacuate and schools to close. The train struck a parked train at about 4 a.m., causing at least one car to leak hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid is a highly corrosive liquid that causes burns if it comes into contact with skin or eyes.Approximately 50 cars derailed near Clara City, Minnesota as a...

• Voluntary Recall of Ground Beef in South Carolina

  Pete Strom | October 18, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Arko Veal Co. of Forest Park, Georgia has voluntarily recalled a shipment of ground beef to South Carolina because the shipment may contain E. coli.More than 1,900 pounds of ground beef are being recalled, with some of that meat having been shipped to South Carolina. The recalled beef includes fifty-pound cases of "Beef Patties Mix," "80/20." The recalled cases include the establishment number...

• South Carolina Ranks First in Violent Crime

  Pete Strom | October 01, 2007 2:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics show that South Carolina's violent crime rate was the highest in the nation in 2006, with two areas in the top five. Rising 0.5 percent, South Carolina's violent crime rate is 765 per 100,000 people, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2006. Violent crimes were up almost 2 percent nationwide. Included in violent crimes...