Style change rescues Kerry
Once written off for dead, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts managed to stage one of the greatest political comebacks in New Hampshire history Tuesday night. About six weeks ago, two...
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Lane Tech cafeteria closed
Health officials closed the cafeteria kitchen at Lane Technical High School on Chicago's North Side Thursday after city inspectors discovered evidence of mice and rats in and around the school,...
Lawmaker urges database aimed at school food safety
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation designed to increase the safety of school meals by creating a national database on the inspection records of school food suppliers. "Putting information...
Durbin aims to fill gaps in food safety
Sen. Dick Durbin will introduce a package of legislative reforms Tuesday designed to bolster the safety of school meals by requiring more stringent tests for disease-causing organisms and by giving...
Miners union blames U.S. in 2001 blast
The United Mine Workers of America union released a report Wednesday criticizing government inspectors and mine operators for an Alabama mine disaster that claimed 13 lives in September 2001. The...
Mine blast, 13 deaths blamed on `negligence’
The worst U.S. mine disaster in nearly 20 years was caused by lax safety practices and a haphazard evacuation system, federal officials said in a report released Wednesday. The explosion...
Rats, mice targeted in 600 schools
Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan ordered rodent extermination at all 600 city schools Friday, as health inspections turned up more signs of rat infestation in school kitchens and food...
Safety is casualty as firms chase profits in coal country
Even as many underground coal mines slowly improve their safety records, America's Appalachian coal cradle is plagued by rising injury rates and growing numbers of safety violations linked to company...
Safety is casualty as firms chase profits in coal country
Even as many underground coal mines slowly improve their safety records, America's Appalachian coal cradle is plagued by rising injury rates and growing numbers of safety violations linked to company...
It’s wet, cramped, but `it gets in your blood’
Twenty feet wide and 35 inches high, the tunnel of Jody Samons' Eagle Ridge mine dips and twists to follow the contours of the eastern Kentucky coal seam. To go...