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Paul Walker car crash: Two charged with stealing Porshe roof panel

Paul Walker car crash: Two charged with stealing Porshe roof panel

Dan Watson/AP The theft allegedly occurred when the wrecked Porshe Carrera GT Paul Walker died in was being brought to the impound lot. Their stunt backfired, and now two men have been charged with stealing a roof panel off the wrecked Porsche that Paul Walker was riding in when he died, prosecutors said Monday. The Los Angeles County District Attorney ...

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Porsches like one in Paul Walker crash have troubled past

Porsches like one in Paul Walker crash have troubled past

Chris Weeks/WireImage for Silver Spoon A Porsche Carrera GT, like the one involved in the crash that claimed the life of “Fast & Furious” actor Paul Walker.  “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker is not the first high-profile passenger to die in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT piloted by an experienced driver, if in fact autopsies prove that Walker was ...

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Being ‘consciously asleep’ is common and — as is possible in Metro-North crash — dangerous: experts

Being ‘consciously asleep’ is common and — as is possible in Metro-North crash — dangerous: experts

ERIC THAYER/REUTERS Metro-North engineer William Rockefeller Jr. is loaded into an ambulance after the train’s derailment in the Bronx. Rockefeller was described by an investigator as ‘consciously asleep’ during the incident. The engineer at the helm during Sunday’s deadly Metro-North crash has been described by investigators as “consciously asleep” leading up to the incident. “I was in a daze,” William ...

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Death toll rises to nine in Glasgow copter crash

Death toll rises to nine in Glasgow copter crash

RUSSELL CHEYNE/Reuters Wreckage of a police helicopter on the roof of a pub in central Glasgow on Monday. LONDON – Scottish authorities used a crane to remove the wreckage of a police helicopter from the roof of a Glasgow pub on Monday, and raised the death toll from its crash to nine. The helicopter’s crew — two police officers and ...

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Paul Walker dead at 40 after fiery crash

Paul Walker dead at 40 after fiery crash

Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Universal Pictures Paul Walker, 40, reportedly died in a car accident in California on Saturday afternoon. Here, Walker attends the “Fast & Furious 6” world premiere in London, England, on May 7. “The Fast and the Furious” movie star Paul Walker, 40, has died in a car accident Saturday afternoon in southern California, reports TMZ. The ...

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Glasgow pub helicopter crash kills 8, hurts 14

Glasgow pub helicopter crash kills 8, hurts 14

RUSSELL CHEYNE/REUTERS The police helicopter crashed into the pub in Glasgow on Friday night, causing multiple injuries as dust and debris was thrown across the busy drinking hole during a concert, eye witnesses said. Eight people have been confirmed dead and an additional 14 people remain hospitalized in “serious condition” a day after a Scottish police helicopter crashed into a ...

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European satellite expected to crash back to Earth

AP The European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite is set to plummet to Earth on Sunday night, but will likely land in water and will disintegrate while traveling through Earth’s atmosphere. The sky isn’t falling — just a 2,000-pound satellite. The European Space Agency says their research satellite that lost fuel in mid-October will likely crash into an ocean or the ...

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