Month: May 2008

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – A medical helicopter crashed on the roof of a hospital Thursday, catching fire moments after the two people on board escaped with minor injuries, authorities said. The pilot and passenger were in stable condition after the crash at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, said Richard Breon, president and CEO of Spectrum

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – A medical helicopter crashed on the roof of a hospital Thursday, catching fire moments after the two people on board escaped with minor injuries, authorities said. The pilot and passenger were in stable condition after the crash at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, said Richard Breon, president and CEO of Spectrum

EL PASO, Texas – Fire crews responded to a hazardous spill on the train tracks above the Cotton Street overpass in central El Paso Friday afternoon. That is near the 1500 block of Overland. Officials told ABC-7 when two carts were being attached, one spilled hazardous material. One person was exposed to the spill. That

EL PASO, Texas – Fire crews responded to a hazardous spill on the train tracks above the Cotton Street overpass in central El Paso Friday afternoon. That is near the 1500 block of Overland. Officials told ABC-7 when two carts were being attached, one spilled hazardous material. One person was exposed to the spill. That

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico – Sunland Park residents recently received a letter in the mail telling them their water may have high levels of arsenic. The water system there routinely checks the water for contaminants and this past April 10th, they found levels of arsenic above the standard. The standard level is 10 milligrams per

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico – Sunland Park residents recently received a letter in the mail telling them their water may have high levels of arsenic. The water system there routinely checks the water for contaminants and this past April 10th, they found levels of arsenic above the standard. The standard level is 10 milligrams per

HOUSTON (AP) – No relief is in sight from the skyrocketing retail gasoline prices Texans are paying, according to a weekly survey released Friday. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey found that regular self-serve averaged $3.84 per gallon, up 11 cents from last week. Nationally, the average price rose 12 cents to $3.952. Another

HOUSTON (AP) – No relief is in sight from the skyrocketing retail gasoline prices Texans are paying, according to a weekly survey released Friday. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey found that regular self-serve averaged $3.84 per gallon, up 11 cents from last week. Nationally, the average price rose 12 cents to $3.952. Another

AUSTIN (AP) – A state report released today shows most Texas eighth-graders passed the state’s standardized test and will advance to ninth grade. This is the first year that eighth-graders were required by law to pass both the math and reading parts of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills to move to the next

AUSTIN (AP) – A state report released today shows most Texas eighth-graders passed the state’s standardized test and will advance to ninth grade. This is the first year that eighth-graders were required by law to pass both the math and reading parts of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills to move to the next

WASHINGTON- Matthew Evans heard the bell, slumped his shoulders, lowered his head and slowly walked offstage. He stayed in the comfort room for more than a half-hour, and his eyes were still red when he emerged, his hopes of winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee dashed before he could even reach the finals. “It’s disappointing,”

WASHINGTON- Matthew Evans heard the bell, slumped his shoulders, lowered his head and slowly walked offstage. He stayed in the comfort room for more than a half-hour, and his eyes were still red when he emerged, his hopes of winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee dashed before he could even reach the finals. “It’s disappointing,”

FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) – Fort Bliss stood for years as the last Army post in America where if you were old enough to fight and die, you were old enough to have a beer. But the party’s over at the military base in the far West Texas desert near El Paso. The new commanding

FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) – Fort Bliss stood for years as the last Army post in America where if you were old enough to fight and die, you were old enough to have a beer. But the party’s over at the military base in the far West Texas desert near El Paso. The new commanding

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) – A Grupo TACA airplane overshot a runway and slammed to a stop on a city street Friday in the Honduran capital, leaving at least one passenger dead and injuring several others. Television images showed the plane’s fuselage was buckled and the cockpit smashed under a billboard. Firefighters hosed down at least

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) – A Grupo TACA airplane overshot a runway and slammed to a stop on a city street Friday in the Honduran capital, leaving at least one passenger dead and injuring several others. Television images showed the plane’s fuselage was buckled and the cockpit smashed under a billboard. Firefighters hosed down at least

NEW YORK (AP) – A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York’s Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing two construction workers and seriously injuring another. It was the second deadly crane accident in 2 months and the latest of several construction mishaps in the city,

NEW YORK (AP) – A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York’s Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing two construction workers and seriously injuring another. It was the second deadly crane accident in 2 months and the latest of several construction mishaps in the city,

EL PASO, Texas – The Pacemaker Award is considered the Pulitzer Prize of high school journalism, and Burges High School’s year book is the 2008 recipient. On Thursday’s Estela’s Escuelas, ABC-7 took you inside “hoofbeats” territory where the journalism department puts together the award winner. Sixteen journalists-in-the-making have been hard at work all year taking

EL PASO, Texas – The Pacemaker Award is considered the Pulitzer Prize of high school journalism, and Burges High School’s year book is the 2008 recipient. On Thursday’s Estela’s Escuelas, ABC-7 took you inside “hoofbeats” territory where the journalism department puts together the award winner. Sixteen journalists-in-the-making have been hard at work all year taking

By ABC-7 Reporter/Anchor Stephanie Valle A chunk of your tax dollars pay to operate schools and its facilities. So if you want to use the facilities – like a meeting room or high school gymnasium – why do you have to pay? An ABC-7 viewer wrote us, asking “Why is that at some schools the

By ABC-7 Reporter/Anchor Stephanie Valle A chunk of your tax dollars pay to operate schools and its facilities. So if you want to use the facilities – like a meeting room or high school gymnasium – why do you have to pay? An ABC-7 viewer wrote us, asking “Why is that at some schools the

EL PASO, TX – A murder suspect was arrested as he crossed into El Paso from Juarez. Customs and Border Protection officers say Joel Flores, 26, was caught entering the country at the Paso Del Norte Bridge on Tuesday night. The officers say when Flores presented his Colorado driver’s license, they learned he was wanted

EL PASO, TX – A murder suspect was arrested as he crossed into El Paso from Juarez. Customs and Border Protection officers say Joel Flores, 26, was caught entering the country at the Paso Del Norte Bridge on Tuesday night. The officers say when Flores presented his Colorado driver’s license, they learned he was wanted

By ABC-7 Reporter Martin Bartlett EL PASO, Texas – The city has been trying for weeks to clean-up the gutted, graffiti-ridden hull of an old Howard Johnson Motel on Gateway West Blvd near Hawkins, officials told ABC-7. The city streets department can only clean-up graffiti if they can get the eyesore’s owners to cooperate. “We’re

By ABC-7 Reporter Martin Bartlett EL PASO, Texas – The city has been trying for weeks to clean-up the gutted, graffiti-ridden hull of an old Howard Johnson Motel on Gateway West Blvd near Hawkins, officials told ABC-7. The city streets department can only clean-up graffiti if they can get the eyesore’s owners to cooperate. “We’re

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) – A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, causing more than a dozen injuries as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said. Government officials reported that 15 to 20 people from Selfoss, 30 miles southeast of the capital

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) – A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, causing more than a dozen injuries as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said. Government officials reported that 15 to 20 people from Selfoss, 30 miles southeast of the capital

AUSTIN (AP) – An Austin firefighter who stopped to pick up a hamburger before rushing to help a woman in respiratory distress has been fired. Officials say Michael Pooler’s decision to stop at the Burger House next to his fire station before jumping onto a fire truck delayed the emergency response by two minutes. The

AUSTIN (AP) – An Austin firefighter who stopped to pick up a hamburger before rushing to help a woman in respiratory distress has been fired. Officials say Michael Pooler’s decision to stop at the Burger House next to his fire station before jumping onto a fire truck delayed the emergency response by two minutes. The