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Local Waste employees narrowly avoided a dangerous situation on Wednesday when an oxygen tank exploded in the back of a sanitation truck as they were dumping garbage into it. “Super fortunate,” said Ryan Jensen, with Local Waste Services, “a couple inches there would’ve been serious injuries or fatality.” Whitehall Police said the explosion was so loud that it set off the city’s gunshot notification system. “It sounds like a bomb went off,” said AJ Strickler, “it was chaos, there was trash everywhere.” The tank was discovered illegally placed in a garbage can in the 4000 block of Elbern Avenue. …

EXPOSED: Real ID of Oxygen-Tank Woman “Assaulted” at Trump Rally… Beyond Sick A Donald Trump supporter who was accused of punching an elderly woman last month during a Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina, has been vindicated by the release of undercover videos that showed Hillary Clinton supporters had inflated the whole confrontation, his attorney said. Richard L. Campbell, 73, was accused of punching Shirley Teter, 69, who uses an oxygen tank, in an incident that was picked up by the national media. A warrant was even issued for his arrest by the local authorities. However, a video released by...

Nov. 2, 2006 What would the Democrats do if they take control of Congress? Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., offered his predictions to Sam Donaldson and Mark Halperin on ABC News Now's "Politics Live." Rangel is currently the ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee. If Democrats pick up six seats in next week's crucial midterm elections and gain the majority, Rangel would become chairman of the committee. Donaldson suggested that Democrats seem to be all over the lot on how to handle the war in Iraq. Rangel countered, "The Democrats believe we should withdraw. … This election is...