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People watch the flames shoot up from a freight train that derailed and some cars burst into flames, early Wednesday morning July 11, 2012 in Columbus Ohio. Lt. Terry Bush says the accident happened at about 2 a.m. Wednesday in a mixed-use part of the city, and people living in one-mile radius of the blast have been evacuated. (AP Photo/Andrew Spear)

Freight train derails, causing fiery blast

Last updated Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 10:21am

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Part of a freight train derailed and caught fire in Ohio’s capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews worked to determine what was burning and contain the blaze.

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(The Associated Press) This file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Reginald Brooks, who is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, for fatally shooting his three sons while they slept in 1982, shortly after his wife filed for divorce. Brooks, 66, of East Cleveland, would be the oldest person put to death in Ohio and the first executed by the state in nearly six months.

Ohio executes man who killed 3 sleeping sons

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 8:38am

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Ohio could execute at least seven condemned killers next year now that an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment has ended in the state and numerous inmates exhaust decades old appeals.

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Copley, Ohio police chief Michael Mier begins a news conference, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, giving details concerning the mass killing in Copley, Sunday. Mier confirmed that seven people were murdered, one victim is in the hospital with gunshot wounds and the alleged killer was shot and killed by police. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Police work to unravel motive in Ohio rampage

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 1:59pm

COPLEY, Ohio -- Investigators worked Monday to unravel the motive behind a shooting rampage that killed seven people and wounded another in a small Ohio town before the gunman died in a gunfight with police.

Police combed through three homes and searched outside a fourth in a wooded, residential area outside Akron on Sunday, collecting evidence as they tried to piece together what happened during the shootings that shook a quiet neighborhood.

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