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Fallout A dying breed await restitution from the government. Associated Press, Feb 12, 2002

S teelworker Stephen Kaurich remembers those mysterious shipments to his mill in the two years after World War II,

the strange metal bars he and his crew were told to roll down to a smaller, more usable size. The shipments arrived hidden under the floorboards of boxcars, and once workers began rolling them through the steel mill's machinery, they noticed the bars did not cool like the materials they were used to shaping. When the work was finished, the factory was washed down with acids, and the boxcars left as mysteriously as they came. "They didn't tell us they were uranium bars," Kaurich said. Now an 80-year-old colon cancer survivor, Kaurich is convinced his illness was caused by exposure to radiation. He is among tens of thousands of sickened nuclear weapons workers and survivors expected to seek federal compensation for having contributed to the nation's Cold War buildup of atomic weapons....

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Jasper Revisiting the single most heinous crime of 1998.

(Chapter 6)

Dead Wrong Mistaken paramedics dispose of live baby.

(Chapter 3)

Dead Wrong — Again Mistaken paramedics dispose of live granny.

(Chapter 3)

Lawn Blower Just when you thought it was safe to mow the lawn ...

(Chapter 4)

Suicide by Cat Despondent zoo visitor decides to share his grief — with 10 lions.

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Smothered With Love Being smothered with love can be fatal — when your mother's a hippo.

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