20-year-old man critically injured in house explosion in central Indiana city of Alexandria

September 6th, 2009 Police: 1 dead, 2 critical in prisoner van crashHATTIESBURG, Miss. — Police say a driver of a prisoner van has been killed and two people critically injured after the van carrying 14 people drove off an interstate embankment near Hattiesburg.

August 25th, 2009 City names first black chief after DUI resignationALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Washington suburb is naming the first black police chief in its 260-year history to replace a chief who resigned after he was charged with drunken driving.

August 24th, 2009 2 workers hurt in downtown DC electrical explosionWASHINGTON — Authorities say an explosion in an electrical vault in a busy section of Washington, D.C., has sent two workers to the hospital with injuries. D.C. Deputy Fire Chief Ken Crosswhite says the two men were contract employees working in an outdoor electrical vault when there was an explosion in downtown D.C.'s busy Dupont Circle area.

July 28th, 2009 Alexandria police chief resigns after arrestALEXANDRIA, Va. — Alexandria Police Chief David Baker is resigning following his arrest on drunken driving charges.

July 27th, 2009 Alexandria, Va., police chief charged with DUIALEXANDRIA, Va. — The police chief of a Virginia city is accused of driving drunk at more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit.

July 17th, 2009 2 injured in an explosion at a Chicago factoryCHICAGO — Two people have been injured in an explosion at a factory in Chicago that sent bricks and debris flying hundreds of feet in the air. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the 9 a.m.

July 17th, 2009 Police: 1 injured in explosion at Chicago factoryCHICAGO — Police say at least one person has been injured in an explosion at a factory on the west side of Chicago. Police Officer Robert Perez says the explosion happened just before 9 a.m.

July 16th, 2009 5 NJ cops shot in gunbattle; 2 suspects deadJERSEY CITY, N.J. — Five Jersey City police officers were shot, and two of them are in critical condition, after a gunbattle that broke out when they approached a car connected to a robbery.

July 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least four people were killed Wednesday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in eastern Pakistan, TV reports said. The incident occurred in Muridke city of Punjab province.

July 11th, 2009 JAMMU - A 15-year old shepherd was killed and two of his teenaged friends were critically injured in an accidental landmine explosion in Mendhar area of Poonch district along the border with Pakistan Saturday morning, officials said. The shepherd Wakar and his friends were grazing cattle in the Bhatta forest area in Mendhar, about 180 km north of Jammu close to the Line of Control that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, when the explosion occurred, police officials said here.

July 3rd, 2009 Auto parts maker shutting down Indiana plantSHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Meridian Automotive Systems is idling a central Indiana factory, putting 295 people out of work.

June 30th, 2009 NJ transformer blast causes fire, power failureNEWARK, N.J. — A utility spokeswoman says power has been restored to most of downtown Newark after a transformer explosion that injured three people.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper was critically injured after he fell on a Delhi metro railtrack and was hit by a train at the Civil Lines metro station in the capital Tuesday. Constable Jaipal Singh fell on the tracks around 8:50 a.m.

June 12th, 2009 Inmate shot during fight at US prison in IndianaTERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Officials at a federal prison in western Indiana say two inmates were injured when guards opened fire while breaking up a fight at the prison's recreation yard.

May 10th, 2009 12 hurt in pleasure boat explosion in FloridaTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say 12 people have been injured in a pleasure boat explosion in Florida's Tampa Bay.