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**FILE** Law enforcement officers console each other Nov. 4, 2012, as others investigate the scene of an Atlanta Police Department helicopter crash that killed two officers aboard the chopper when it crashed near a shopping center late Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

Crash of Atlanta police helicopter kills 2 officers

By Norman Gomlak - Associated Press

** FILE ** This July 11, 2012, aerial file photo shows a freight train after an early morning derailment in Columbus, Ohio. Part of the freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored the blaze. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Eamon Queeney)

Common type of rail car has dangerous design flaw

By Jason Keyser - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2011 file photo, A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show in Reno, Nev, leaving 11 people dead and 70 seriously injured. The National Transportation Safety Board, meeting in Washington, will determine the cause of the September 2011 crash of a modified World War II-era fighter plane into a spectator area during the 2011 National Championship Air Races in Reno on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Ward Howes, File)

Probe of Reno race crash says modifications weakened aircraft

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

A P-51 Mustang airplane approaches the ground right before crashing during an air show in Reno, Nev., on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. The vintage World War II-era fighter plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunged into the grandstands during the popular annual air show. (AP Photo/Garret Woodson)

NTSB: Trim tab failure caused 2011 Reno air race crash

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

A United Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Airbuses suffer cockpit power failure, await fixes

By David Porter - Associated Press

A worker monitors water in Talmadge Creek in Marshall Township, Mich., near the Kalamazoo River in 2010 as oil from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc., is trapped by booms. Federal investigators said Tuesday that the Canadian company should be held responsible. (Associated Press)

Canadian firm named in 2010 oil spill case

By John Flesher and David Runk - Associated Press

The crash scene of a heavy air tanker is seen from the air on June 4, 2012, near Hamblin Valley, Utah. The P2v Heavy air tanker crashed the previous day as it dropped retardant on a 5,000-acre wildfire, killing pilots Todd Neal Tompkins and Ronnie Edwin Chambless, both of Boise, Idaho. (Associated Press/The Deseret News)

Investigator visits fatal Utah tanker crash site

By Brian Skoloff and Scott Sonner - Associated Press

NTSB: Poor safeguards caused Metro accident

Associated Press

CEO of chip maker Micron dies in plane crash

By TODD DVORAK and REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press

Micron CEO dies in plane crash

By TODD DVORAK and REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press

** FILE ** Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward's souped-up World War II-era fighter plane, a P-51 Mustang, crashes into the edge of the grandstands, sending shrapnel into the crowd, at the Reno Air Show in Reno, Nev., in September. Eleven people died and about 70 more were badly injured. (Associated Press)

Big changes not likely for plane shows

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

A P-51 Mustang airplane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunges toward spectators Sept. 16 at the National Championship Air Races. The plane had climbed, rolled and then abruptly plunged nose-first into spectators. Eleven people were killed and more than 70 hurt. (Associated Press)

Reno air races on despite deadly crash

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

2 Mayo Clinic workers die in Fla. helicopter crash

Associated Press

Full ban on driver calls could be tough to enforce

By MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

Full ban on driver calls could be tough to enforce

By MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

Dan Johnson uses a hands-free device to talk on a cellphone Dec. 14, 2011, while driving in San Diego. Johnson, an operations manager, uses his cellphone while driving frequently for business. (Associated Press)

Research shows hands-free phones just as risky

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

** FILE ** A driver in Brunswick, Maine, holds a cellphone on Sept. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

U.S. urges ban on texting, talking while driving

By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer - Associated Press

Feds urge states to ban texting, talking on roads

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER - Associated Press

US urges ban on texting, talking while driving

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER - Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman discusses in Washington on Tuesday the NTSB's recommendation to ban all cellphone use by drivers except for emergencies. (Associated Press)

NTSB backs ban on cellphones, texts while driving

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press