Friday’s front page carried a photograph marking the 30th anniversary of the crash of Air Florida’s flight 90 into the 14th Street Bridge.  The photo was taken using a high dynamic range. Several readers and journalists have questioned its use. On Saturday, Poynter.org ran a story about the photo and some of the reactions to it. Read full article > >

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In the Rockaways, on the 10th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, a bell tolled, and the names of 265 victims were read.

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City Room: Remembering Crash of Flight 587 in Belle Harbor, Queens

A firework display and bonfire near the site of the crash which killed seven people on the M5 is the “major line of inquiry”, police say.

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M5 crash police in bonfire probe

Families will gather in Shanksville, Pa., for a less public memorial to victims of Sept. 11, including a burial of remains in a cemetery at the crash site.

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At Flight 93 Crash Site, a ‘Last Funeral’

MOSCOW — All three engines on a Russian jet that slammed into a riverbank were operating up until the moment of the crash and the plane’s stabilizer and flaps were in a proper position for takeoff, Russian experts said Friday. Still, the Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee, which is conducting the crash probe, had no conclusions yet about the cause of the crash that killed 43 people, mostly members of a top Russian ice hockey team. The comments came as aviation experts examined flight data recorders from the crashed plane and began safety checks Friday on Yak-42 jets nationwide. Read full article > >

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Russian investigators examine flight data recorders, say crashed plane’s engines were running

The operation to recover bodies from the crash of Air France 447, which plunged into the Atlantic Ocean two years ago, has ended, French air accident investigators announced Wednesday.

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Randy Savage, a failed minor league baseball player who became the biceps-popping professional wrestler known as the “Macho Man” and the archrival of Hulk Hogan, died in a car crash May 20 near Tampa. He was 58. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Mr. Savage lost control of his Jeep Wrangler near his Tampa-area home and drove into a tree. His wife survived the crash with minor injuries. Mr. Savage thrived in a multimillion-dollar industry that merges show business and athletics. Read full article > >

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Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage, flamboyant professional wrestler, dies at 58

Malcolm Webster, 52, is found guilty of murdering his first wife in a car fire and attempting to kill his second in another crash to get life insurance.

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Man found guilty of 1994 wife murder

Just a week after recovering the black box flight recorder from Air France 447, investigators have recovered the first body from the crash. The flight from Rio de Janeiro crashed in June 2009 and was lost at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for two…

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Body Recovered From Air France Crash

Two years after it fell out of the sky, the main part of the wreckage has been located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. But will the mystery of the crash ever be solved?

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Magazine Preview: What Happened to Air France Flight 447?

The U.S. has had its first close call in Libya: A U.S. plane crashed in Libya Tuesday after an apparent mechanical failure. Fortunately, the pilot was rescued by Libyan rebels. The U.S. military has confirmed the crash of an F-15E fighter jet to The…

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U.S. Plane Crashes in Libya

Parents who think their children’s car seats and belt-positioning boosters are fully covered by federal safety standards are assuming too much.

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Inadequacy of crash test dummies leaves many child safety seats with no federal standards

A 43-year-old man is killed in a Stirlingshire crash, while a 29-year-old man dies after another crash in Coatbridge.

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Two men die in separate crashes

A former fireman tells the trial of a man accused of murdering his wife he was “extremely suspicious” of the crash in which she died.

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Fireman suspicious of fatal crash

The jury in the case of a man accused of murdering his wife to get insurance money is set to visit the crash scene.

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Jury to visit fatal crash scene