Fat Firefighters, Rescue Workers Alarm Researchers

Mar. 19, 2009

Emergency responders are getting heavier, a study finds, and it may undermine their rescue abilities.

30 responders rescue dog from pipe

MORGANTON, N.C., July 24 (UPI) -- Emergency responders in Morganton, N.C., said a hunting dog was rescued from a drainage pipe after a 13 1/2-half hour operation.

Firefighters rescue trapped puppy

NEW YORK, April 1 (UPI) -- A puppy who broke away from her owners and jumped into New York's Hudson River over the weekend was rescued by veteran firefighters.

Tough fines for obstructing responders

LONDON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Britain will take legal action against people obstructing the jobs of emergency workers from this week.

First responders' radios now compatible

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The poor radio interoperability that compounded the loss of life during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been remedied in most major U.S. cities.

Australia welcomes Ground Zero rescuers

SYDNEY, March 8 (UPI) --

Many underestimate white dashed lines

Cross-country drive on 2 gallons of gas

'Darth Vader' robs Ohio bank

Witness: Face-eating man was growling

Sex tape spliced into graduation video

President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington

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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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