Sentences Handed Down in Ohio Bridge Bomb Plot
Hemera/Thinkstock(AKRON, Ohio) — Three men convicted of a plot to blow up an Ohio bridge last spring received stiff prison sentences Tuesday in an Akron courtroom.Douglas Wright, the admitted ring leader who goes by the name of “Cyco,” got an 11-year …
Minnesota Bridge Collapse Anniversary: How Safe Are Drivers Now?
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s been five years since more than 100 cars were traveling over a bridge on I-35W during a Minneapolis rush hour when it suddenly collapsed, dropping cars from the interstate into the 15-foot-deep Mississippi…
NYPD Officer Talks Man from His Hometown Down from Bridge
ABC(NEW YORK) — A minor miracle on the upper deck of New York City’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge may have helped save the life of a suicidal Chinese-American man. Soon after police responded Monday afternoon to a report of a man who had parked his car on…
FBI Arrests Five In Alleged Ohio Bomb Plot
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The FBI has arrested a group of anarchists who allegedly plotted to use high-powered explosives to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, Ohio, and enlist homeless people to attack financial institutions in downtown Cleveland. Douglas…
Chuck Norris…the Bridge? It’s Possible, In Slovakia
Bob Levey/WireImage(LONDON) — American actor Chuck Norris is globally known as a legendarily tough movie tough guy, and apparently his Slovakian fans are hoping to impart some of his fortitude to a bridge named in his honor.According to the U.K.&rsquo…
Cargo Ship Plows Through Kentucky Bridge
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BENTON, Ky.) — A cargo ship plowed through a Kentucky bridge, leaving a 300-foot gap in the middle of the structure and carrying off a load of the bridge’s asphalt and metal on the ship’s bow.The 312-foot-long ship, the De…