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Phillip Smith of Bedford County, Tennessee, takes part in a rally at the Tennessee State Capitol at the Tax Day Tea Party in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, in this April 15, 2009 file photo. Credit: REUTERS/Harrison McClary/Files

Brewing tensions between the Tea Party and GOP

Tea Partiers want it known that they are not Republican Party lapdogs, but are they a fringe movement or a sleeping giant, awakened?  Full Article 

    March 17: Death toll in NY crane collapse up to seven

    Fri May 30, 2008 10:52am EDT

    NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - Three more bodies were found beneath the rubble on Monday, raising to seven the number of people killed when a giant crane fell and crushed a residential building in Manhattan, a police spokeswoman said.

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    The crane flipped over on Saturday, flattening a four-story townhouse with a bar on the lower level and damaging three other buildings, injuring more than 10 people.

    Six of those killed were believed to be construction workers, including the crane's operator. The seventh victim was a woman visiting New York from Florida, police said.

    Authorities were investigating the cause of the collapse. The crane broke during an operation to increase its height. (Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Daniel Trotta and Sandra Maler)



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