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Signs of the Times for Thu, 13 Jul 2006

N.M. power outage blamed on snake, bird

AP
Wed Jul 12, 2006

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A power outage that blacked out about 2,000 customers in Las Cruces is being blamed on the combination of a snake and a bird.

The customers lost their electricity Tuesday after a bird dropped a bull snake on a power line, shorting out the line, El Paso Electric Co. spokeswoman Teresa Souza said.

"I know that's weird. ... I've never heard anything like that and I've been working here for 10 years," Souza said.

She said she did not know how large the snake was, and she would not speculate on what type of bird dropped it.

Power was restored in less than an hour.

5 killed in fiery van crash in NYC

AP
Thu Jul 13, 2006

NEW YORK - A van from a home for the mentally retarded spun out of control, smashed into a tree and erupted into a fireball, killing five people inside and injuring several others, police said.

The force of the collision Wednesday knocked the van's engine into the passenger compartment and sent flames as high as the top of a nearby telephone pole into the air, authorities said.

Fire on liquid-gas ship injures 19 in Jordan

AFP
July 13, 2006

AMMAN - Fire swept through a ship loaded with liquid gas anchored in Jordan's Red Sea port of Aqaba, injuring 19 people, including four seriously, officials have said.

"Thirteen Filipinos, one Russian, one citizen of Montenegro and four Jordanians have been taken to hospital because of the fire," Lieutenant General Farid al-Shara said on Thursday.

Earlier, a port official said 12 people had been injured including eight Filipinos, four of whom were in a serious condition, and four Jordanians who were members of the maritime forces.

The Panamanian-flagged vessel, chartered by a Jordanian company, was carrying 4,200 tonnes of gas, of which 2,144 tonnes had been transhipped, the official said.

The cause of the blaze, which firemen had brought under control, was not immediately known.

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