According to preliminary accounts, the worker suffered a fatal electric shock at 1:38 p.m. at a Con Edison plant at 20th Avenue and 31st Street in Astoria, Queens.
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February 7, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheney said that the methods made up ?a tougher program, for tougher customers? and might have averted another attack on the United States.
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February 7, 2008
The space shuttle Atlantis rumbled into space on Thursday afternoon, carrying the European scientific laboratory Columbus to the International Space Station.
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February 7, 2008
Recent findings on the effects of lowering blood sugar are unlikely to change the way most people with Type 2 diabetes manage their illness, doctors said Thursday.
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February 7, 2008
Even before the federal reinforcements arrived, a Democratic senator was warning FEMA to do better than past disasters.
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February 7, 2008
Mitt Romney, who sought to position himself as the true conservative choice for the Republican nomination, announced Thursday that he had ended his campaign.
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February 7, 2008
The question now for John McCain is how far he needs go now in reaching out to the conservatives who have been wary of him.
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February 7, 2008
Metropolitan Ieronymos of Thebes, a seasoned cleric who has avoided conflict, will be the new leader of the Greek Orthodox Church.
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February 7, 2008
The Iraqi Parliament again deferred a vote on the budget but made progress toward approving a law that would outline provincial powers.
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February 7, 2008
The government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across much of Chad Thursday in the wake of a coup attempt that nearly toppled the president.
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February 7, 2008
The company named Katharine Weymouth, passing the title to the fourth generation of the family that has controlled the paper for 75 years.
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February 7, 2008
Jérôme Kerviel, the Société Générale trader accused of losing $7.1 billion in illegal trades, could spend months in a jail while an investigation runs its course.
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February 7, 2008
Europe?s top two central banks highlighted rising hazards to economic growth on Thursday, with the Bank of England cutting interest rates and the E.C.B. signaling that it might follow suit.
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February 7, 2008
In this latest flare-up of a dispute over money and energy in Eastern Europe, Gazprom threatened to halt fuel supplies unless Ukraine settled a $1.5 billion debt.
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February 7, 2008
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