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<title>Minn. grain bin accident puts renewed emphasis on safety</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Frederick Melo The St. Paul Pioneer Press FARMINGTON, Minn. &mdash; Four days after spending more than eight hours trapped up to his chest inside a Farmington grain silo, Mark Malecha returned to work Monday, almost &mdash; but not quite &mdash; ready to answer questions about his ordeal.&quot;I can't today,&quot; said Malecha, manager of the P.H. Feely and Son grain bin, while prepping for his interview ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:21:38 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>NY ambulances must transport patients, sick or not</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WRGB 6SYRACUSE, N.Y. &mdash; A man in suburban Syracuse called for an ambulance 140 times last year -- and he wasn't even sick.Ambulance company officials say he was one of a number of patients who phone regularly even though they don't need treatment.Sometimes the people are just looking for companionship. Other times they need a ride.Full story: State law requires ambulance crews to transport anyone ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:56:47 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Snow provides challenges for Baltimore responders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Andrea K. Walker The Baltimore SunBALTIMORE &mdash; Area hospitals and hospice centers began preparing days ago for the task of getting employees into work despite a large snowstorm &mdash; and put those plans into effect Saturday.Hospitals, including Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland Medical Center, put up doctors, nurses and other essential staff in hotels or on air mattresses and cots at ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:43:53 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>FDA alerts users of potential AED malfunctions </title>
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<description><![CDATA[U.S. Fire AdministrationThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting users of certain Powerheart and CardioVive automated external defibrillators that these devices may malfunction unexpectedly. This can cause a failure to deliver the electric shocks that are needed to treat sudden cardiac arrest or arrhythmias.FDA is alerting users of certain Powerheart and CardioVive automated external defibrillators ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:30:38 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>3 killed in NM Medevac crash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Darren Meritz The Silver City Sun-News MCGREGOR RANGE, N.M. &mdash; The three-member crew of a Southwest Med Evac helicopter died Friday night when they crashed during a training flight at McGregor Range.The helicopter's pilot, William Montgomery of Avondale, Ariz., and two paramedics, John Sutter of Las Cruces and Anthony Archuleta of El Paso, were killed when the helicopter crashed as it prepared ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:19:58 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Investigation doubts credibility of claims in 9/11 health trials</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By David B. Caruso The Associated PressNEW YORK &mdash; As the first cases in a battle over illnesses linked to 9/11 near trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 lawsuits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or how much time they spent at ground zero.One demolition worker who said he developed health problems after toiling ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:28:55 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>5 unaccounted for after Conn. power plant blast</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fire marshal says officials have verified the whereabouts of 95 percent of the nearly 100 workers ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:55:55 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Mass casualties in Conn. power plant explosion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[At least 5 dead in blast Sunday morning; crews with search dogs sift through the rubble for survivors]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 19:05:03 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ark. ambulance refuses to respond to rural medical call</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Heather Crawford KATV 7MCCRORY, Ark. &mdash; Medical emergencies happen everyday, and patients expect an ambulance to come quickly when they call for one. Channel 7 News, however, has learned of an ambulance company that refused to come in certain cases and the next-nearest service was more than 30 miles away.Melissa Bumpers, 57, was at her home in McCrory when she fell to the ground around noon ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:00:27 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Conn. responders deliver baby in ambulance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Ann DeMatteo The New Haven RegisterNORTH HAVEN, Conn. &mdash; It was the day after the baby was due. Kelly Shanley was upstairs in her Quinnipiac Avenue home watching cartoons with her two children Wednesday night when she sneezed, and felt a pop.&quot;I didn't think anything of it. I stood up and said, 'Oh, wait. I think my water broke.'&quot;Kelly and her husband, Bill, called the obstetrician ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 15:54:38 UTC</pubDate>

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