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Nine dead in D.C. Metro rail crash

Jun. 23, 2009
A commuter train rear-ends another, ripping open cars in the system's worst accident in 33 years. A Metro commuter train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring scores as the front end of the trailing...
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D.C. trains collide, at least 6 dead

D.C. trains collide, at least 6 dead

WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- One Metrorail commuter train rear-ended another in the Washington metro area Monday, killing at least six people, officials said.

Two D.C. Metro trains derail

BETHESDA, Md., March 27 (UPI) -- Two Washington Metro trains derailed Friday afternoon south of the Bethesda (Md.) Metro station, causing delays but no injuries, Metro officials said.

Metro train, bus collide in downtown LA

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Thirteen people received minor injuries when a metro train and bus collided Friday in downtown Los Angeles, police said.

A case of armrests that chew up pants

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- New York's commuter-railroad agency has paid more than $102,000 over four years to riders whose clothing was ripped by fabric-snagging train armrests.

L.A. rail system plans safer cars

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles commuter rail system is the first in the country to plan a switch to new cars designed to reduce the severity of crashes.

Argentine protesters burn train cars

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Protesters clashed with police and torched a commuter train in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, days ahead of a hemispheric leaders summit.

Bombadier selling rail cars to MTA

MONTREAL, July 23 (UPI) -- Canada's Bombardier has confirmed 194 orders for commuter rail cars valued at about $425 million, the CBC reported.

Derailment halts commuter trains

CHICAGO, Albania, May 5 (UPI) -- Three cars of a freight train derailed south of downtown Chicago Thursday shutting down commuter rail service for 16,000 Metra commuters.

Metro driver abandons rush-hour train

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A woman driving a rush-hour Metro train in the Washington, D.C., subway system abandoned her train and jumped onto a train going in the opposite direction.

One reported killed in L.A. train crash

BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 6 (UPI) --
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler