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4/21/2013

Search Ends For Fishermen Missing Off Texas Coast

Posted 4:47 PM 4/21/2013

HOUSTON - The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for four fishermen who went missing off the Texas Gulf Coast after their boat sank.The effort was suspended at 12:30 p.m. Sunday after rescue crews searched a 5,400-square-mile area with planes, helicopters and boats. (More)...

4 Fishermen Missing off Texas Gulf Coast

4/20/2013

Some Residents Allowed Back Home After Texas Blast

Some Residents Allowed Back Home After Texas Blast

Posted 11:01 PM 4/20/2013

WEST, Texas  - Stranded families growing weary and frustrated since a deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion left them barricaded from their battered homes finally began returning Saturday, but only under a curfew and strict warnings to not wander beyond their own yards. (More)...

4/19/2013

Gov. Perry: Search and Rescue Largely Complete in West

Posted 6:42 PM 4/19/2013 by Associated Press

WEST, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says search and rescue operations have been largely completed in the small town where a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people and injured about 200 others. Flanked by local officials, Perry told a Friday afternoon news conference that all (More)

2 More Bodies Recovered in West, Death Toll at 14

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4/18/2013

Crews Seek Survivors, Bodies after Fertilizer Plant Blast

Posted 5:42 PM 4/18/2013 by Associated Press / Photo: Attorney General Greg Abbott

WEST, Texas (AP) - Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris or bodies of the dead. Initial reports put the number of (More)

Former Official Charged in Texas DA Slayings

Search Continues for Survivors of Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast

Regulators Fined Texas Fertilizer Plant for Safety Violations

Gov. Perry: Plant Explosion a 'Nightmare Scenario'

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