Fire official: Natural gas explosion at Texas home of megachurch pastor believed accidental

August 11th, 2009 7 found dead after coal mine blast in SlovakiaBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Seven bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and 13 other people are also believed to have died, authorities said Tuesday. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said rescue workers initially found six bodies in the Handlova mine in central Slovakia.

August 11th, 2009 16 bodies found after coal mine blast in SlovakiaBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Sixteen bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and four other people are also believed to have died, authorities said Tuesday. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said rescue workers initially found six bodies in the Handlova mine in central Slovakia.

August 11th, 2009 6 found dead after coal mine blastBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Six Slovaks have died and another 14 are believed to have been killed by a fire and explosion in a coal mine. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek says rescue workers have found six bodies of a total of 20 workers who were trapped underground after a fire and explosion hit the coal mine in central Slovakia on Monday.

August 11th, 2009 9 bodies found after coal mine blast in SlovakiaBRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Nine bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and 11 other people are also believed to have died, authorities said Tuesday. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said rescue workers initially found six bodies in the Handlova mine in central Slovakia.

July 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked Texas plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.

July 31st, 2009 Official: Welding likely sparked TX plant fireBRYAN, Texas — Officials believe a welding job likely sparked a fire at a central Texas chemical plant that forced thousands of people from their homes and closed Texas A&M University's main campus. John Salsman with Brazos County emergency management said Friday the investigation is continuing but "the best information we have" indicates the blaze started during a welding job.

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 5th, 2009 Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US MuslimsWASHINGTON — Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems. "Some problems are so big you have to team tackle them," evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren addressed the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America.

June 26th, 2009 Same NY house catches fire two night in a rowLAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Authorities said the same house caught fire two nights in a row this week.

June 22nd, 2009 Texas teen charged in shooting death of sisterGALVESTON, Texas — A 16-year-old Texas girl faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in what investigators say was the accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sister. Galveston police say the teenager was playing with a gun Sunday morning at home when it accidentally fired, striking her sister in her upper torso.

June 19th, 2009 3 die in house explosion in Texas' Corpus ChristiCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Three people are dead in a house explosion in southeast Texas. Police and fire officials are investigating the blast that blew part of the roof off the home late Thursday morning in the Flour Bluff area of Corpus Christi.

June 19th, 2009 3 killed in house explosion in southern TexasCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An adult couple and a teenager were killed Thursday in an explosion at the home where they had recently been remodeling. The cause of the blast was being investigated, but police were "leaning" to the conclusion that it was an accident, Capt.

June 17th, 2009 Coroner says kids' deaths appear accidentalSPRINGDALE, Ark. — A coroner in Arkansas says he believes the deaths of two young siblings found in the trunk of the family car was accidental.

June 14th, 2009 Pastor Jakes says he barely avoided home blastDALLAS — Dallas megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes says a last-minute change of plans saved him from being killed in a natural gas explosion at his home.

May 10th, 2009 RI gas explosion injures 6 firefighters, 1 officerPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver has hit a natural-gas line at a Rhode Island apartment building, setting off an explosion that's injured six firefighters and a police officer.