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NTSB Investigators Examine Site of Slippery Jetliner

CHICAGO – Investigators on Friday studied the crash scene where a Southwest Airlines jet trying to land amid heavy snow plowed off a Midway International Airport runway and into a street, killing a 6-year-old boy in a car. Ten other people, most of them on the ground, were injured in …

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Midway Accident Spotlights Short Runways

CHICAGO – A combination of thick snow and relatively short runways at Midway International Airport can make landing a plane a daunting task for even veteran pilots, requiring precision and allowing scant room for missteps. After Thursday’s deadly runway accident involving a Southwest Airlines jet at the hemmed-in airport, some …

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Saddam Trial Set to Resume Monday

BAGHDAD, Iraq – After another delay brought on by lawyers’ security concerns, the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven of his co-defendants is set to resume Monday. Testimony from the first witnesses will take place inside the old Baath Party regional headquarters in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Despite new measures put …

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