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<BEIJING A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China's showcase transportation system.A former railway minister was among 54 officials found responsible for the crash, a Cabinet statement said Wednesday. Several were ordered dismissed from Communist Party posts but there was no word of possible criminal penalties.The crash report was highly anticipated by the public. The disaster near the southern city of Wenzhou also injured 177 people and had triggered a public outcry over the high cost and dangers of the bullet train system, a prestige project that once enjoyed lofty status on a level with the country's manned space program.Regulations had required the report to be released by Nov. 20. When that date passed, the government offered little explanation, drawing renewed criticism by state media, which have been unusually s
MyFoxChicago.comDecember 27, 2011: Onlookers stand outside the scene of a shooting in Chicago.CHICAGO Two people were killed and five more wounded after a gunman opened fire in a Chicago fast food restaurant Tuesday night.Police say the gunman appeared to be arguing with someone, who he then chased into the Church's Chicken in Englewood. He then began shooting.Police say two victims died at the scene and four others were currently in the hospital. A fifth person was reportedly injured, but their condition is unknown.The survivors included a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old boy and a 51-year-old man, who were all shot in the legs, and a 58-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshots wounds, MyFoxChicago.com reported.Friends at the scene said one of the dead was a 17-year-old junior at Prosser High School. "He didn't bother nobody," said Dimitrious Doughty. "This is crazy. They just took him. I don't understand."The gunman has not been arrested and police do not
TERNATE, Indonesia Officials say fast-moving mudflows streaming from the mouth of a volcano in eastern Indonesia have killed four villagers. About 1,000 others have fled their homes.Mount Gamalama, located in the Molucca Islands, sprang back to life this month with a powerful, non-fatal eruption.Government spokesman Yusuf Sunnya said Wednesday that days of heavy rains triggered flows of cold lava, rocks and other debris that slammed into villages near the base Tuesday night.He said four people were killed and more than a dozen others were hospitalized with injuries ranging from broken bones to head wounds.Indonesia is a vast archipelago with millions of people living on mountains or near fertile flood plains. Seasonal downpours here often cause landslides.
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western Massachusetts.Prince hanged herself in January 2010 after classmates taunted her after she dated a popular boy. She had recently moved from Ireland to South Hadley, a rural town about 100 miles west of Boston.Five students later accepted plea deals in criminal cases connected with bullying that preceded her death. None involved prison time.Prince's death drew international attention and was among several high-profile teen suicides that prompted new laws aimed at cracking down on bullying in schools. All school districts in Massachusetts are now required to develop bullying prevention plans.After unsuccessful attempts to gain access to details of the settlement, which was reached with the town and its insurer in November 2010, Bazelon sought a court order to release the information under the state's public records law.In an order dated Dec. 23, Superior Court Judge Mary Lou-Rup ruled in favor of Bazelon, saying the town had not shown what harm would be c
Phase 4 FilmsDemi Moore looked like she was back in action during a mother-daughter Christmas vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.Though the actress has kept a very low profile since her split with estranged husband Ashton Kutcher, she seemed to shake off any malaise from her impending divorce with some holiday booty-shakin' in the Caribbean.The "Margin Call" star and svelte mother of three, 49, was spotted with her daughter, Rumer Willis, at the uber-private Parrot Cay resort, where the two shared a rocking Christmas Eve at a poolside bar and Moore "danced up a storm."Spies said that when Rumer took over DJing duties, Moore began to boogie.Follow FOX411 on Twitter."Demi was dancing seductively for all the guys [at the bar] and they were going nuts," one spy said. Another added, "Demi could do 'The Wiggles' dance and still look hot."The slinky moves even earned the raven-haired beauty the nickname "Single Hot Demi" or, simply, "SHD," from other hotel gues
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