Nightclub Blaze in Venezuelan Capital Kills 47


A fire ripped through a packed basement nightclub in downtown Caracas early Sunday, killing 47 people, most of them suffocated by smoke in what was one of the deadliest blazes in Venezuela's recent history.

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Fire rages on Japan cargo ship


A fire is raging onboard a cargo ship carrying almost 4,000 cars and thousands of gallons of fuel oil off the coast of Japan. The Hual Europe, which has been stranded off Izu Oshima since running aground two months ago, caught fire on Monday. The cause of the fire is not known.

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Pilot who apparently jumped from plane was being investigated for theft of NASA computer


A man who apparently jumped to his death from a single-engine plane at 9,000 feet was the target of a federal investigation involving the theft of NASA technology, authorities said.

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