FAA proposes new rules for helicopter safety in wake of rise in fatal crashes

FAA proposes new rules for helicopter safety

Deadliest fire of year in NJ’s biggest city kills 3 in home without power, blamed on candles

Deadly fire in NJ’s largest city blamed on candles

Fire in 3-story brick building kills 3 people, called deadliest of year in NJ’s biggest city

Fire in NJ 3-story brick building kills 3 people

Safety board: Air traffic controller, FAA procedures at fault in Hudson River midair collision

Controller faulted in Hudson midair collision

NTSB chair: ‘Merger of missteps’ led to midair collision between plane and tour helicopter

Merger of missteps led to midair collision

Michelle Obama says site of Flight 93 crash in western Pa. shows how a scar has healed

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Speaking at Pa. service, Laura Bush says Americans ‘chose to overcome evil’ after 9/11 attacks

Laura Bush: Americans united in remembering 9/11

Weakening Hurricane Earl still disrupting air, rail travel as long holiday weekend begins

Waning Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel

Newark, NJ, fire destroys 2 houses, damages 5 other buildings; caused being investigated

Newark fire destroys 2 homes, damages 5 buildings

Firefighters battle 7-building blaze in Newark, NJ, amid stifling heat, low water pressure

7 buildings burn in residential area of Newark, NJ

Firefighters battling 7-building blaze in Newark, NJ, amid stifling heat, low water pressure

Firefighters battling 7-building blaze in NJ

NJ police director says gas cans, wires found in car parked near railroad overpass not a bomb

Police say gas cans, wires in NJ car not a bomb

NJ police: Gas cans, wires found in car parked near railroad overpass not a bomb

NJ cops: Car with gas cans, wires didn’t have bomb

Former University of Delaware student among World Cup watchers killed in Uganda explosions

Ex-Univ. of Delaware student killed in Uganda

East Coast heat wave sets records again as temperatures reach 100 in NJ, Philadelphia

Records fall again in East as heat swelters on

‘It’s just too hot’: Unrelenting sun scorches East Coast, with no respite from heat forecast

‘It’s just too hot’: East Coast scorched by heat

Extreme heat slows or cancels rail travel across much of the rail-reliant Northeast

Heat slows down train travel in rail-reliant East

Easterners seek a respite as temperatures soar above 100 degrees in some cities

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Post-holiday temps soaring in the East; utilities bracing for possible record usage

Heat blankets US as workers return after holiday

Hydraulic problem forces Continental jet to make emergency landing in NJ; no injuries

Continental jet makes emergency landing in NJ

Probe: Controller on personal phone call missed pilot error before Hudson River plane crash

Hudson crash probe: Controller missed pilot error

Opponents dominate NJ hearing on plan to allow offshore drilling along Eastern Seaboard

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Yankee hospitality: Americans open homes _ and wallets, and parks _ to stranded travelers

In US, welcome mat goes out for stranded travelers

No body? Prosecutors say no problem most of the time despite challenges; cases more common now

No body? No problem convicting, 90 percent of time

Rhode Island, battered by economy and now water, watches with rest of East as rivers rise

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Rain brings more flooding to storm-weary East Coast; RI gov. warns of worst flood in 100 years

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After 32 years, NJ victims’ families vent anger, sadness as suspects appear in court

3 decades’ worth of tears, anger flow in NJ court

2 men plead not guilty to burning 5 New Jersey teens alive in long-unsolved case

Men accused of killing 5 NJ teens plead not guilty

Cold case thaws: 2 men charged with murder, arson in case of 5 NJ teenagers last seen in 1978

Murder charges filed in case of 5 missing NJ teens

Cold case thaws: Murder, arson charges announced in 1978 report of missing NJ teenagers

Tip from witness helps thaw 1978 cold case in NJ

Northeast storm leaves 500,000 without power, 500 passengers stuck on NJ train for 5 hours

Northeast storm leaves half-million without power

Continental Airlines lost $25M from Feb. snowstorms as passenger traffic picked up

Continental Airlines says snowstorms cost $25M

Financial toll may prove otherwise, but snowy February not a logistical nightmare for carriers

Northeast snow halts planes, trains, automobiles

Winter storm battering Northeast begins tapering off in NJ, Pa.; roads getting cleared

Eastern winter storm tapering off in points south

Eastern winter storm boasts hurricane-force winds, flooding, deep snow and darkens homes

New England bears brunt of massive winter storm

Huge winter storm cuts power to thousands in Northeast, fans fire and disrupts travel

Huge Eastern storm darkens homes, disrupts travel

Senators: Airline pilots exhausted from long commutes undermine safety, FAA should act

Senator demand FAA address airline pilot commutes

Back-to-back blizzards for the record books help East Coast eclipse seasonal snow totals

East Coast digs out from storm for record books

Latest storm makes this the snowiest winter on record for Washington, Baltimore

Latest storm sets record in DC, Baltimore

STERLING, Va. — The latest snowstorm to hit the Mid-Atlantic has made this the snowiest winter on record in Baltimore and Washington.

2nd major storm in a week howls up the East Coast, spreading misery from Baltimore to New York

Storm pounds snowbound Mid-Atlantic, East Coast

Threat of winter storm forces Delaware home game against UNC-Wilmington to be moved to Sunday

Winter storm postpones Delaware v. UNC-Wilmington

Safety board pins NY crash cause on pilot errors, regional airline safety standards questioned

Safety board pins NY crash cause on pilot errors

Evidence pins NY crash cause on pilot errors, regional airline safety standards questioned

Evidence pins NY crash cause on pilot errors

Protected status program for Haitian immigrants in the United States gets under way

US offers protected status for Haitian immigrants

Immigration officials say Haitians can begin applying this week to stay in US temporarily

Haitians can start applying Thurs. to stay in US

Man of Haitian descent who flew to US after earthquake arrested in security breach at JFK

Man of Haitian descent arrested in breach at JFK

Terminal at JFK airport in NYC is evacuated after person walks through restricted door

JFK terminal is evacuated after security breach

American Airlines terminal at JFK airport in NYC is being evacuated after security breach

JFK terminal being evacuated after security breach

Anxious family members of 2 NJ church groups in Haiti receive word that both may be OK

2 NJ church groups in Haiti reportedly OK

NEWARK, N.J. — One of two New Jersey church groups traveling in Haiti has survived the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation, and a member of the second says that group may be OK as well.

Bird-plane strikes may exceed 10,000 for first time in 2009; planes damaged, destroyed

Bird-plane collisions may pass 10,000, a first