
NEW YORK. August 8, 2009. Nine people are believed to have been killed after a private plane and a tourist helicopter collided in mid-air above the Hudson River off Lower Manhattan on Saturday.
The crash happened just before noon EDT, across pier 40. It involved a Piper PA-32 plane, which is a fixed wing single-engine plane, [...]

NEW YORK. August 8, 2009. “Earlier today, a tragic accident occurred over the Hudson River when a small plane and a helicopter collided.
“In addition to its pilot, the tourist helicopter from Liberty Harbor Sightseeing Tours was carrying 5 Italian tourists eager to see the magnificent views of New York City from above. The small plane, [...]

CHICAGO. August 5, 2009. UAL Corp. plans to lease about 450,000 square feet in Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in a deal that will bring 2,800 jobs downtown and is to include about $25 million in city subsidies through a tax-increment financing (TIF) grant, sources say.
UAL will move its massive operations center out of its [...]

PURCHASE, N.Y., SOMERS, N.Y. and MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (August 4, 2009) — PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP ) today announced that it has entered into definitive merger agreements with The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG ) and PepsiAmericas, Inc. (NYSE: PAS ) under which PepsiCo will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock it [...]
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CHICAGO. August 3, 2009. The United States Postal Service has marked 677 post offices nationwide for possible closure or consolidation, according to a document given today to a House subcommittee holding a hearing on the future of American mail delivery.
The following United States Postal Service Station/Branches have been Identified For Full Study.
Area District Station/Branch Name [...]

CHICAGO,. August 3, 2009. Three strong earthquakes struck off of Baja California in Mexico just minutes apart on Monday afternoon.
The first earthquake struck about 68 miles northeast of Santa Isabel in Mexico, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. The tremor struck at 1.55 p.m. EDT, following by [...]

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Three major banks, Wells Fargo , JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have stopped accepting California’s IOU’s on Friday last . Some 60 credit unions, however, continue to accept the registered warrants.
The State of California has issued more than 90,000 IOU’s worth nearly $355 million since July 2 in order to conserve cash [...]

Senator Patrick Leahy opened the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
An abortion protester was removed after a outburst.

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