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West Virginia train derails: Fires, oil tanker into river

By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) — Fires burned for nearly nine hours after a train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in a snowstorm in West Virginia, plunging at least […]

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Grandmother, grandson escape Thanksgiving fire in Harrison County

GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — A South Mississippi grandmother is counting her blessings this Thanksgiving Day, despite no longer being able to stay in her home after an early morning house fire. WLOX-TV reports shortly before 7 […]

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35 hurt as second floor collapses at Mississippi church

LAUREL, Mississippi (AP) — The second floor of an activity center at a rural Mississippi church collapsed during an evening youth service, sending about 70 people crashing down and injuring 35 of them, survivors and […]

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Crew extinguishes fire at Mississippi biofuels plant

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A fire at a north Mississippi biofuels plant has been extinguished. The fire, put out about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, had been burning since early Wednesday at the plant near New Albany, […]