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Why Are So Many Companies Collapsing So Suddenly?

Question: Can you explain why, when these huge companies collapse, the bleeding isn’t slow and steady? Is it that they cannot forecast months ahead of time and see the end approaching? Or, have they just been operating with leveraged assets…

CO2-tracking Satellite Crashes after Failing to Reach Orbit

By Admin, PBS News Hour

A NASA rocket carrying a satellite built to track carbon dioxide emissions crashed into the ocean near Antarctica, ending a project nine years in the making at a cost of $273 million.

US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River, but All Aboard Survive

A US Airways Airbus 320 crashed into the icy waters of the Hudson River Thursday, apparently after birds struck the engine, but rescuers were able to pull more than 150 passengers and crew to safety. Reporters covering the story provide…

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US Airways Plane Crashes Into Hudson River

By PBS News Hour

A US Airways passenger plane bound from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, N.C., crashed into the frigid waters of the Hudson River shortly after takeoff Thursday afternoon, but all passengers appeared to survive.

Marine Helicopter Crashes in Iraq, Killing 31

By PBS News Hour

Thirty-one people, all believed to be Marines, were killed when a U.S. military transport helicopter crashed in bad weather in Iraq's western desert Wednesday.

U.S. Helicopter Crashes in Iraq; Nine Killed

A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed Thursday near a stronghold of the anti-American insurgency in Iraq, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the U.S. military said.

U.S. Helicopter Crashes, First Coalition Deaths Reported

Eight British royal commandos and four U.S. Marines were killed Thursday when a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed south of the Iraqi border in Kuwait, Pentagon officials report. The crew of 12 became the first coalition casualties of the war with…