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NYU Hosts Memorial for Slain Law Professor

Summary: NYU hosts memorial for Daniel Markel, the law professor who was mysteriously murdered in July. A spontaneous memorial service…

Tragedy Strikes at Camp Pendleton

It was a gloomy Wednesday when four U.S. Marines were accidentally killed during a range maintenance operation at Camp Pendleton…

Law Student’s Body Found

Tiane Brown was a third year law student who was an aspiring young woman who wanted her town to be…

Runaway Oil Train in Canada Blows Up 30 Buildings — Over 15 Incinerated

On Tuesday night, a train whose fires had recently been put out by firefighters was left idling on a steep…

Cirque Du Soleil Tragedy: Performer Plummets to Death

After 30-years of acrobatic dexterity and complex high-flown displays, Cirque Du Soleil has suffered its first tragedy. One of the…

Bangladesh Garment Factory Building Collapses and Kills 433

Labor conditions in Bangladesh have been bad for a long time, but the collapse of its Rana Plaza building have…

Starving 4-Year-Old Locked in Apartment with his Dead Mother

When police arrived at the apartment where a foul odor had been reported, at union New Jersey, they used the…

History’s Largest Hot Balloon Disaster Kills 19

In what is probably history's largest hot air balloon accident, nineteen people have died in Luxor Egypt, when they hit…

6-year old Dies in Wood Chipper, Town Grieves Together

At 8:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, 6-year-old Jeffrey Bourgeois accidentally fell into his father’s wood chipper and died. Now the entire…

Update: Laid Off Kilpatrick Lawyer Commits Suicide at Office

We reported yesterday that Kilpatrick Stockton had laid off 24 lawyers. This morning, police and firefighters responded when Mark Levy,…