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Russian hockey player dies from injuries after plane crashupdated: Tue Sep 13 2011 11:48:00

One of only two people to survive a plane crash last week in Russia, hockey player Alexander Galimov, died of his injuries on Monday, according to the hospital where he was being treated.

Last surviving hockey player diesupdated: Tue Sep 13 2011 11:48:00

CNN's Matthew Chance reports from Yaroslavl, Russia, as it mourns the loss of its hockey team.

Yemeni defense minister survives assassination attempt, officials sayupdated: Wed Aug 31 2011 10:08:00

Yemen's defense minister was unhurt but two of his guards were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, senior security officials in Abyan province said.

New life begins as Misrata crumblesupdated: Wed Jun 22 2011 06:52:00

A new baby is born to a Misrata family just hours before a Gadhafi rocket slams into their home. Ben Wedeman reports.

Rocket shatters a family's life in Libya's Misrataupdated: Wed Jun 22 2011 06:52:00

Twelve-year-old Faraj Abu Shaiba is burned and in shock -- but somehow he manages a weak smile from his hospital bed.

10 common kid health emergencies and what to doupdated: Mon Mar 14 2011 10:42:00

It was one of those moments that you feel, rather than see, in excruciating, punishing slow motion: Four-month-old Tyler Glowacz fell from his bouncer, which was on the kitchen table, and landed on the ceramic floor. "I was only a couple of feet away, but his bouncer was on the table and he wasn't strapped in. Stupid mistake -- I know," admits his mom, LuAnn, of Austin, Texas. She was relieved that Tyler began crying -- silence would have been a more ominous sign -- but she knew she had to get her son to an emergency room.

Researchers aim to 'print' human skinupdated: Sat Feb 19 2011 11:39:00

Researchers are developing a specialized skin "printing" system that could be used in the future to treat soldiers wounded on the battlefield.

2009: Burned teen heads homeupdated: Wed Feb 16 2011 09:12:00

A severely burned Florida teen was released from the hospital in time for Christmas. WSVN's Rosh Lowe has the story.

Florida teens charged with setting boy on fire due back in courtupdated: Wed Feb 16 2011 09:12:00

Three teenagers suspected of setting another boy on fire are expected to be back in a Florida courtroom Wednesday.

Puerto Rico police: Man torched house and relatives, killing 5updated: Fri Jan 07 2011 23:06:00

A 25-year-old woman from Seattle, Washington, has become the fifth person to die from burns suffered when her fiance's uncle invited them to his house in Puerto Rico and allegedly set them afire.

2 U.S. marshals burned attempting to arrest rape suspectupdated: Mon Dec 06 2010 12:39:00

Two U.S. marshals were burned Monday morning when a rape suspect they were attempting to arrest evidently doused himself with a flammable liquid and set himself on fire, a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service said.

12 dead after cargo plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Sun Nov 28 2010 04:26:00

The death toll from a plane crash Sunday in Karachi, Pakistan, rose to 12 after an official confirmed the deaths of four people who were on the ground.

Cargo plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Sun Nov 28 2010 04:26:00

A cargo plane crashes shortly after taking off from Karachi, Pakistan.

At least 8 dead after cargo plane crashes in Pakistanupdated: Sat Nov 27 2010 20:24:00

A plane crashed early Sunday in the southern port city of Karachi, killing at least eight people on board and sending flames shooting through the night sky, a Pakistani official said.

Burns victims find help amid Afghan miseryupdated: Wed Nov 24 2010 11:56:00

This is not hard to write; it's cathartic. Shooting the story though was anything but: raw emotions accumulated -- anger, sorrow, revulsion, and anger again, jumbled in some subconscious store to be sifted and sorted later.

Desperate women burn themselvesupdated: Wed Nov 24 2010 11:56:00

A teen wife tells CNN's Nic Robertson how she set herself on fire to escape her drug addict husband in Afghanistan.

Man electrocuted in botched copper wire theft, police sayupdated: Sun Oct 24 2010 08:45:00

One man was electrocuted and his female partner was severely burned after the couple attempted to steal copper wire from a vacant property in Southern California, police said.

Burned boy celebrates 16th birthdayupdated: Tue Oct 12 2010 13:14:00

A year after friends set him on fire, the victim says they're getting what they deserve. CNN's John Zarrella reports.

Workers suffer burns in Utah chemical spillupdated: Mon Sep 13 2010 01:33:00

Two workers at an ATI titanium processing plant in Utah suffered burns from a chemical spill Sunday night, a Tooele County, Utah, sheriff's deputy said.

Nurse charged with murder in Romanian hospital fireupdated: Mon Aug 23 2010 18:13:00

A nurse at a Romanian hospital has been charged with murder in the deaths of five newborns killed in a fire in an intensive care unit, prosecutors said Monday.

Fifth baby dies after Romania hospital fireupdated: Thu Aug 19 2010 16:30:00

Medical staff and parents frantically tried to enter a burning intensive care unit in a Romanian hospital to rescue 11 premature newborns, footage released Thursday by the government showed.

3 dead when SUV collides with college cross-country team vanupdated: Tue Aug 10 2010 11:16:00

At least three people were killed and 16 injured -- four of them critically -- after a sports utility vehicle collided with a van carrying members of the California Baptist University's cross-country team, officials said Tuesday.

Hospital: 16th person dies from burns in El Salvador bus attackupdated: Fri Jun 25 2010 14:19:00

A 16th person has died from burns suffered in a Sunday night arson attack on a mass transit bus in El Salvador, authorities said Friday. Two other people were shot to death in a separate attack on another bus around the same time.

Man hurt after homemade rocket explodes during party stuntupdated: Thu Feb 04 2010 04:39:00

A 62-year-old Michigan man was severely burned when a homemade rocket strapped on his back exploded while he slid down a snowy hill on a sled, authorities said this week.

Burned Florida boy is back in hospitalupdated: Mon Jan 04 2010 14:37:00

A 15-year-old boy who was burned over 65 percent of his body in October, allegedly by a group of teenagers he knew, has been readmitted to a Miami hospital after he had trouble breathing, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.

Burned boy leaves hospitalupdated: Wed Dec 23 2009 18:13:00

A boy set afire in a money dispute has been released from the hospital. His mother talks about challenges ahead.

Mom: Burned teen looking forward to Christmas with familyupdated: Wed Dec 23 2009 18:13:00

He wanted to sit outside for a while and enjoy the night air, then took a shower and curled up on the couch to watch a cartoon movie.

Burned Florida teen out of hospitalupdated: Wed Dec 23 2009 10:55:00

A 15-year-old boy who was burned over 65 percent of his body in October when he was set on fire, allegedly by a group of teenagers, was released from the hospital Tuesday, officials said.

Teen set on fire has flashbacksupdated: Mon Dec 14 2009 09:12:00

The parents of a teen who was set on fire says their son relives the incident. WFOR's Shannon Hori reports.

Florida teens accused of burning boy plead not guiltyupdated: Mon Dec 14 2009 09:12:00

Three teens accused of setting a 15-year-old friend on fire pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of attempted murder, a public defender for one of the boys said.

Burned teen's mom: 'I'm proud'updated: Wed Nov 25 2009 13:56:00

Parents of a teen who was set on fire say they are proud of how he is recovering.

Burned teen's mom: 'It's been a roller coaster ride'updated: Wed Nov 25 2009 13:56:00

Just taking a sip of water or walking to the bathroom is excruciatingly painful for 15-year-old Michael Brewer, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being set on fire, allegedly by a group of teenagers.

Boy 'praying' for burned teenupdated: Tue Nov 24 2009 16:08:00

A 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month says he's sorry for what happened.

Teen says he's sorry about Florida boy's burningupdated: Tue Nov 24 2009 16:08:00

A 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month apologized Tuesday, saying he is praying for the boy's recovery and he is sorry for what happened.

Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgeryupdated: Fri Nov 20 2009 14:32:00

A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Teen's burns called horrificupdated: Thu Nov 12 2009 09:42:00

Three boys charged with setting a friend on fire will be tried as adults. John Zarrella reports.

Dive in pool saved burned teen's life, paramedic saysupdated: Thu Nov 12 2009 09:42:00

It's a call that no firefighter ever wants to have to answer.

No bond for 3 teens charged as adults in burning of 15-year-oldupdated: Wed Nov 11 2009 17:55:00

Three teens accused of setting a 15-year-old friend ablaze were held without bond Tuesday on adult charges of attempted murder.

3 teens accused of setting boy on fire face attempted murder chargesupdated: Tue Nov 10 2009 08:49:00

Three teens who allegedly set a 15-year-old friend ablaze were charged Monday as adults, and with attempted murder, prosecutors said.

Burned boy expected to surviveupdated: Tue Nov 03 2009 15:56:00

The doctor treating a 15-year-old boy who was set on fire says he expects the boy to survive the burns.

Set afire, teen now struggles for survivalupdated: Tue Nov 03 2009 15:56:00

He lies in a bed on a balloon-type mattress, to reduce pressure on his burned body. He is covered with bandages; a ventilator breathes for Michael Brewer because he can't do it for himself.

Police: Juveniles laughed after setting 15-year-old on fireupdated: Wed Oct 14 2009 13:21:00

Five juveniles were in custody Tuesday after a 15-year-old was intentionally set on fire at a Deerfield Beach, Florida, apartment complex, police said.

Spanish forest fire claims sixth firefighter in weekupdated: Fri Jul 24 2009 11:00:00

A firefighter who was trapped in a fast-moving forest fire in eastern Spain Tuesday and hospitalized with severe burns, died Friday near Barcelona, the Catalan regional government said on its Web site.

Jackson and painkillersupdated: Mon Jul 20 2009 12:25:00

A commercial shoot accident may have led Michael Jackson to become addicted to painkillers. CNN's Ted Rowlands reports.

Scalp burns painful, need urgent careupdated: Mon Jul 20 2009 12:25:00

The special effects exploded too early while Michael Jackson filmed a Pepsi commercial in 1984 and his hair caught on fire, causing burns to his scalp.

Italy train explosion kills at least 15updated: Wed Jul 01 2009 05:43:00

The death toll climbed to 15 on Wednesday in western Italy after a cargo train loaded with liquefied petroleum caused an explosion, civil protection agency officials said, warning more victims could be found.

2 dead, 1 missing after Slim Jim plant explosionupdated: Thu Jun 11 2009 11:31:00

Two people were found dead and a third person is still believed missing in a North Carolina food plant heavily damaged in a morning explosion, police said Tuesday night.

Food plant explodesupdated: Thu Jun 11 2009 11:31:00

An explosion at a food plant in North Carolina causes the roof to collapse. WRAL reports.

Deadly Mexican fire started in warehouse, official saysupdated: Mon Jun 08 2009 20:07:00

A fire that claimed the lives of 44 children at a day-care center in Hermosillo, Mexico, started Friday in an air-conditioning unit in an adjacent warehouse, the attorney general of Sonora said Monday.

Parents rammed cars into burning day careupdated: Sun Jun 07 2009 23:39:00

Parents in northern Mexico on Sunday began to bury the children who died in a horrific day care fire as Mexican authorities raised the death toll from the blaze to 41.

Death toll grows to 38 in Mexico day care fireupdated: Sat Jun 06 2009 22:56:00

President Felipe Calderon traveled to Hermosillo on Saturday to meet with health officials as the death toll of a day care center fire there grew to 38 children.

35 dead in day care fireupdated: Sat Jun 06 2009 22:56:00

The death toll in a deadly day care fire in Mexico rises to 35 with many more badley burned. CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reports.

People.com: Martha Stewart's Dog Killed in Explosionupdated: Mon Mar 09 2009 15:50:00

Her beloved pooch Ghenghis Khan died in a blast at a kennel in Pennsylvania

Group accuses Israel of firing white phosphorus into Gazaupdated: Mon Jan 12 2009 19:34:00

The international group Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of firing weapons containing white phosphorus into Gaza. The group demands that the alleged practice cease.

Controversial Israeli weaponupdated: Mon Jan 12 2009 19:34:00

CNN's Ben Wedeman reports that Israel is hesitant to answer questions about its use of white phosphorous weapons.

Cops: Suspect in Santa massacre had planned to fleeupdated: Fri Dec 26 2008 22:29:00

The man who, dressed as Santa Claus, killed nine people at a Christmas Eve party planned to flee to Canada the next day, but California police believe he decided to kill himself instead because of severe burn injuries.

People.com: DJ AM Files Lawsuit in Fatal Learjet Crashupdated: Thu Dec 25 2008 18:40:00

He joins Travis Barker in blaming the pilots and the equipment for the crash that killed four

People.com: DJ AM: How Plane Crash May Have Saved My Lifeupdated: Fri Oct 17 2008 13:34:00

He learned of a potentially fatal blood clot while being treated for his burns

People.com: Travis Barker Released from Hospital, Heading to L.A.updated: Tue Sep 30 2008 12:03:00

"Travis is in good condition and discharged this morning," a burn-center rep tells PEOPLE

People.com: New Details on How Travis Barker and DJ AM Survived Plane Crashupdated: Wed Sep 24 2008 13:28:00

A police responder tells PEOPLE how the friends escaped the fiery wreckage

People.com: Mandy Moore Flies to DJ AM's Bedsideupdated: Mon Sep 22 2008 19:58:00

The singer-turned-actress visits her injured ex in a Georgia burn unit

People.com: Doctor: Travis Barker & DJ AM Expected to Recoverupdated: Mon Sep 22 2008 12:18:00

Healing from their burns may take as long as a year, but they had no other injuries

People.com: Travis Barker and DJ AM in Jet Crashupdated: Sun Sep 21 2008 20:47:00

Both are in a burn unit and four others are dead after their plane took off in South Carolina

Doctor: DJ AM, Blink-182's Barker severely burned in crashupdated: Sun Sep 21 2008 16:41:00

Musicians DJ AM and Travis Barker should fully recover from severe burns they suffered during a fiery jet crash in South Carolina that killed four people, a doctor said Sunday.

Time.com: Dozens of Homes Burn in Calif. Firesupdated: Wed Jun 11 2008 08:20:00

Fires fed by raging winds raced across parts of Northern California on Tuesday, destroying dozens of homes, threatening hundreds of others and leaving a firefighter severely burned

Boiling water, pepper used in hazing, police sayupdated: Wed May 07 2008 16:28:00

Ten fraternity members at Tulane University face criminal charges in an alleged hazing incident in which pledges were repeatedly burned with hot water, cayenne pepper and vinegar, police said.

'Miracle Marine' diesupdated: Fri May 02 2008 20:24:00

A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq has died. KABB's James Keith reports.

Explosion at sugar plantupdated: Sat Feb 09 2008 19:05:00

Firefighters are on the scene of a sugar refinery explosion near Savannah, Georgia.

Death toll rises at Georgia refineryupdated: Sat Feb 09 2008 19:05:00

Firefighters recovered a fifth body Saturday from the ruins of a sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia, gutted by a massive explosion and fire Thursday night, authorities said Saturday.

CNNMoney: HSN pays to settle pressure cooker caseupdated: Thu Dec 27 2007 14:12:00

HSN - formerly known as the Home Shopping Network - has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle allegations that it failed to report safety information related to the recall of about 3,900 Wellbilt Electronic Pressure Cookers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

Fortune: Stem cells bring sight to the blind in Indiaupdated: Wed Oct 24 2007 06:54:00

Eye surgeon Virendar Sangwan has perfected a procedure so cutting-edge that most who have tried it have failed. In an operating theater in the central Indian city of Hyderabad, he surgically implants corneas grown in a petri dish from stem cells by his colleague Geeta Vemuganti in patients with damaged eyes. Together they perform about 80 corneal regeneration procedures a year, making the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute where they work one of the most prolific facilities in the world using stem cells to regenerate tissue of any kind.

U.S. soldier: I cried for Youssifupdated: Fri Sep 21 2007 06:33:00

A U.S. soldier who served in Iraq was so moved by the story of Youssif he had to do something.

Youssif's personality emergesupdated: Fri Sep 21 2007 06:33:00

Youssif has been in America less than a week but already has opened up in ways he did not in Iraq. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.

Time.com: Experts: Too Many Burn Units Closedupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 10:00:00

U.S. hospitals are increasingly shutting down their burn centers in a trend experts say could leave the nation unable to handle widespread burn casualties

Plane crashes into homesupdated: Tue Jul 10 2007 06:24:00

Plane crashes into homes

5 killed, including 2 children, when plane crashes into homesupdated: Tue Jul 10 2007 06:24:00

A small plane crashed into two homes Tuesday in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, killing five people -- the pilot, his passenger, and an adult and two children inside the houses.

Time.com: Fifth U.K. Terror Suspect Arrestedupdated: Mon Jul 02 2007 04:15:00

Three terrorist suspects were in police custody Sunday and a fourth man was under guard in a hospital after a flaming jeep crashed into a Scottish airport and two car bomb plots were foiled in central London

Police: Arson suspect may have info on California fireupdated: Wed Nov 01 2006 15:56:00

A man arrested Tuesday in connection with a June wildfire is a "person of interest" in last week's wildfire in Southern California that killed five firefighters and ravaged more the 40,000 acres, authorities said.

California blaze claims 5th firefighterupdated: Tue Oct 31 2006 23:47:00

A firefighter who was the lone survivor of a five-man U.S. Forest Service crew that was overtaken by flames while fighting a Southern California wildfire last week has died.

'I grew a new face to cure my burns'updated: Tue Dec 27 2005 06:28:00

More than five years ago Katherine Dowling, from Manchester, England, was badly burnt in a house fire. A year ago, she discovered a procedure called Isolagen, which has healed the skin on her face. This is her story:

Arrest made in Karachi bombingupdated: Wed Nov 16 2005 03:28:00

A day after a powerful car bomb exploded in the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistani law enforcement agencies arrested a suspect, President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday.

Police hunt Karachi bombersupdated: Tue Nov 15 2005 07:17:00

Police are hunting bombers who attacked a KFC fast-food restaurant in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 15.

CNNMoney: Tissue from corpses in strong demandupdated: Tue Oct 04 2005 11:59:00

In the 1959 French film "Eyes Without a Face," a doctor kidnaps young women and surgically removes their faces to try and repair his horribly deformed daughter.

'It was like a miracle cure for my burns'updated: Wed Sep 21 2005 06:11:00

Sarah Core was severely injured as a result of a gas explosion in April 2004, suffering burns to 50 percent of her body. She was part of the first controlled clinical study to examine the effectiveness of using "spray-on" cultured skin cells to treat the wounds of burns victims.

Police say Georgia man set girlfriend on fire after breakupupdated: Thu Aug 11 2005 11:07:00

Police in Macon, Georgia, arrested a man Monday who they say doused his girlfriend with gasoline and set her on fire after she broke off their engagement.

Then & Now: Lauren Manningupdated: Thu Mar 10 2005 09:55:00

On September 11, 2001, a fireball engulfed Lauren Manning as she arrived to work at the Twin Towers. Now, after suffering burns to more than 80 percent of her body, and being given a 10 percent chance of survival, Manning is nearing the end of physical therapy and savoring every moment of a life nearly lost.

Police: Marine's father won't face chargesupdated: Fri Aug 27 2004 11:48:00

The man who suffered serious burns Wednesday when he set a vehicle ablaze after being told his Marine son had been killed in Iraq will not face prosecution, police said Friday.

Deadly gas explosion rocks Belgiumupdated: Fri Jul 30 2004 07:58:00

At least 10 people were killed and 100 others injured when a leaking underground natural gas pipeline exploded in southern Belgium, officials said.

Girl burned when cell phone catches fireupdated: Thu Jul 01 2004 20:53:00

A 16-year-old California girl suffered second degree burns Thursday when her cell phone caught fire in her back pocket, according to the Ontario Fire Department.

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