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Rail car with ammonium nitrate didn't cause Texas blast - fire official
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - A rail car filled with extremely hazardous ammonium nitrate did not cause the fiery explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant, investigators said on Tuesday, in their first statement ruling out possible sources of the deadly blast six days ago. Fourteen people died in the explosion at the West Fertilizer Co last Wednesday, and some 200 were injured. Investigators said they also ruled out a weather event such as lightning as the cause of the fire and blast, and said they had narrowed down the possible sources to an accident, arson or an unexplained cause #facebook #United States #China #Business #Brazil #Russia #United Kingdom #Texas
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School resumes after Texas blast, but town's frustration grows
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - The only one of four schools in a Texas town to escape damage from a deadly fertilizer plant blast reopened on Monday with hugs for students and parents, as some residents expressed frustration they had not been allowed to return to damaged homes. Fourteen people were killed and some 200 injured in the huge explosions at the West Fertilizer Co facility that supplied agricultural chemicals and fertilizer to area farmers. The cause of what is assumed to be an industrial accident has not been determined, although the facility stored liquid anhydrous ammonia fertilizer in huge tanks and ammonium nitrate in dry form #facebook #United States #China #Business #Technology #Russia #United Kingdom #Latin America #Texas #Entertainment #Bird flu #lifestyle
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After huge explosion, Texas town reels, seeks familiar comforts
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - West High School student Mason Barton, 17, was heading home from watching friends compete at a track and field meet on Wednesday when she got word of an explosion in her tiny town of West, outside of Waco, Texas. #United States #India #Arabic #NewsTracker #Argentina #Texas #House #opinion
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Unclear how many trapped after Texas blast: Police
Police in Texas say it's not clear how many people remain trapped in the rubble after a fertilizer plant explosion that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others. #NewsTracker #Texas Chemical factory explosion
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Texas factory explosion: Up to 15 dead, say police
Police in Texas say between five and 15 people were killed in a fertilizer plant explosion that also injured more than 160 others. #NewsTracker #Texas factory explosion
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Movie Review : Texas Chainsaw 3D is not just tacky but extremely gory
There is nothing subtle in the movie. If you love blood and massacre, it offers you loads hot and straight on the face. #Texas Chainsaw 3D #Alexandra Daddario #Dan Yeager #Trey Songz #Scott Eastwood
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Indian-American scientist appointed president of US varsity
An eminent structural engineer joined the small but expanding league of Indian-Americans heading educational institutions in the US as he was approved as president of the reputed University of Texas at Arlington. #United States #GoodNews #University of Texas #Dr Vistasp M Karbhari
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Beware Ronaldo! Heading a football may affect brain
Research from the University of Texas suggested that even less forceful actions like heading a football may cause changes in performance on certain cognitive tasks. #football #KickingAround #Real Madrid #Cristiano Ronaldo #University of Texas #Heading
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US set to execute first woman murderer since 2010
Only 12 female inmates were put to death since capital punishment was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. #United States #NewsTracker #Texas #Kimberly McCarthy #execution
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Storms on U.S. Plains stir memories of the "Dust Bowl"
LIBERAL, Kansas (Reuters) - Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust clouds. "There were places you could not see, it was blowing so hard," Faulkner said. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so have experienced storms reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl. #Politics #Brazil #Technology #Arabic #Russia #Texas #Mexico #Kansas #lifestyle