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Radiation down at Japan nuke plant after blast
Japan's government spokesman says the metal container sheltering a nuclear reactor was not affected by an explosion that destroyed the building it's in.
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Scenes of devastation at heart of Japan disaster
Miles from the ocean's edge, weary, mud-spattered survivors wandered streets strewn with fallen trees, crumpled cars, even small airplanes. Relics of lives now destroyed were everywhere — half a piano, a textbook, a soiled red sleeping bag.
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Calif., Ore. sustained most damage from tsunami
The warnings traveled quickly across the Pacific in the middle of the night: An 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan spawned a deadly tsunami, and it was racing east Friday as fast as a jetliner.
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Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake
A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes on record slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away ships, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
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Florida wary of potential oil drilling near Cuba
Florida was on edge last summer as oil spewed from the blown out Deepwater Horizon well in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
This summer, Florida could turn a wary eye in a different direction: south toward Cuba.
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Radiation down at Japan nuke plant after blast




