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A freight train, carrying chemical products, burst into flames in Belgium on Friday night after it derailed near the city of Ghent.
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Fear of first regulation loss lingers as streak goes onPride in the Blackhawks has grown for fans with every game this season but so has the fear of losing.
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Fans who have paid up to £120 to see the return of ballet's prodigal son fear they will not get their money back after he pulled out of a new show.
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Amateur video shot through the window of a nearby house shows a chemical-carrying freight train in flames after it derailed near the town of Wetteren in Belgium.
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Garment makers fear that many Western retailers will follow the lead of the Walt Disney Company and end apparel production in Bangladesh over safety standards there.
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My Chemical Romance are no more, but the MCRmy aren't hearing it.After the emo rockers announced they were breaking up in a surprise blog post published on their
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The Flames rebuild is on in Calgary and embraced by the NHL team's management, ownership, veteran players and, apparently, longtime fans, GM Jay Feaster told Hockey Night in Canada Radio on Wednesday.
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Long before the terrible tragedy of the Boston Marathon, there was little question that we’ve been living in the Age of Anxiety. How quaint it seems to think of Franklin Roosevelt’s “Nothing to fear but fear itself” speech. For more than a decade, we’ve had a limitless amount of things to fear.
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The chemistry is over: rock outfit My Chemical Romance has disbanded. The New Jersey-based band announced early Saturday that "it has come time for it to end." The foursome thanked their fans in a statement and said the experience was "a true blessing."
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Alternative rock band My Chemical Romance has called it quits, thanking its fans and describing its 12-year run as a "true blessing."
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