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Worse times a number that is scary to calculate now if scientists had not accurately calculated the risks before the storm down to the last three inches. we as taxpayers paid for that scientific work to be done, it was done correctly. those hero transit workers knew to build that dam, not five feet tall, but 8 1/2 feet tall. the science worked. when you have a great big hurricane coming your way, maybe science becomes easier to trust. if you have ever lived through a big weather event, maybe a f...

Florida prison escapees. officials think joseph jenkins and charles walker had a lot of help when they used fake documentses to walk out of jail. both are now back behind bars. the ntsb is on the scene of a deadly train accident near san francisco. two transit workers were struck and killed on saturday. bay area rapid transit workers are currently on strike. back to "caught on camera." dark skies loom over drivers in russia, in this 2012 viral video. a cameras rolling inside a vehicle when...

Commuter train struck and killed two transit workers. the train they say hit the workers who were inspecting a section of track east of oakland. bart is officially shut down as officials remain on strike locked in a dispute over pensions and benefits. this is an incredible story. two out on a homemade sailboat on friday traveling from salem, massachusetts, to bot when the boat they were in cap-sized them. they had no radio. no way to call for help. their only life jacket had drifted away. but ...

This week the school board voted unanimously to fire her. >> she confessed to reserving the hotel room and paid for it with her paypal account. she said the students who used the room reimbursed her. >> that sounds pretty incriminating to me. >> moms, dads, teachers they are not supposed to be friends. they are supposed to be moms, dads and teachers. what are you doing? >> apparently her attorney said this is not a career-ending mistake. i think she needs a new career far, far away from children...

One wound veteran who bravely fought for our country in afghanistan. residents started a petition there protesting the habitat for humanity house thats being built for army sergeant brian wood and his family. the reason they say, is that the home is not made of brick or stone like the rest of the houses there and it, quote, wont fit in. amazing rescue caught on video in boston. a man falls onto the subway tracks and people waiting to board rush in to help him. police say that the man woke up c...

>> new yorkers have become used to subway delays but not for this reason. two train lines were held up for two days, yesterday, after two tiny kittens were spotted on the tracks. the transit workers in brooklyn searched for the cats. thousands of people waited for the subway to hurry up and get going again. >> how did that sit with you? >> i left. >> a waste of money. they could have been doing something else. waste of money. thats mta for you. >> just quickly, two hours, not two days obviously....

Spotted. two kittens spotted on a brooklyn station thursday. they shut down subway service for nearly two hours as transit workers searched for the felines. that did not sit well with some of the travelers. >> its a waste of money. they could have been doing something else. its a waste of money. thats mta for you. >> the kiddens were found and rescued from the tracks. i learned that people that ride the subways are called what? >> strap hangers. >> because of the strap you hang on to? >> apparen...

Executi executions. >> how long before president obama says he must go? >> pretty soon. i mean or at least paris hilton will say it. >> thats -- thats awful. heres a bit better news. "new york daily news," a pair of kittens managed to shut down subway service in brooklyn yesterday. the kittens were spotted on the tracks of the b and q subway lines. yet transit workers couldnt catch them after stopping service for two hours. the cats were spotted again during the evening rush service, suspended f...

But to go there in court, it must have taken a lot of focus and a lot of guts. because it is disturbing. you know what i mean? >> absolutely. shes -- its telling, she was, the only one of the three victims that did that. >> all right. all right. well, a florida woman is under arrest accused of keeping her 30-year-old autistic son in squalid dungeon like conditions. police in sweetwater say the man was kept in his mothers mobile home in a tiny room with an iron door that locked from the outside...

What a brave woman to actually go there in court. you know? >> absolutely. >> who could possibly put themselves in that persons shoes. to go there in court must have take an lot of focus and a lot of guts. because it is disturbing. you know what i mean? >> absolutely. shes -- its telling, she was, the only one of the three victims that did that. >> all right. all right. well, a florida woman is under arrest accused of keeping her 30-year-old autistic son in squalid dungeon like conditions. pol...