Igloo Contains About 2,500 Rockets
May 11, 2005 9:58 am US/Eastern RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) Vapor from the deadly nerve agent sarin leaked from a stockpile of old rockets at the Blue Grass Army Depot, but officials said it posed no danger to the public.
The sarin vapor did not escape the sealed container, or “igloo,” where the weapons are kept. Officials were filtering the air inside the igloo Tuesday before trying to enter the structure to secure the leaky rocket.....
Explosion, Fire Leaves Thousands Without Power (VT - 5/10/05)
Worker Sent To Hospital With Injuries MANCHESTER, N.H. -- An explosion at an electrical substation cut power in parts of Manchester Tuesday and sent a utility worker to a hospital.
The explosion at the Public Service of New Hampshire Brook Street substation could be heard for blocks and resulted in a fire that shot 60 feet into the air. Firefighters doused the electrical fire with foam and had it under control within about an hour....
One year ago: A video on an al-Qaida-linked Web site showed the beheading of American hostage Nicholas Berg, who’d been kidnapped in Iraq.
Six Israeli soldiers were killed when their armored personnel carrier was blown up by Palestinian militants in Gaza City.