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;Disasters and accidents ;Disasters and accidents
*A ] ] passenger train (running north from ] to ]) hits a tractor-trailer in ] resulting in two cars of the train derailing with several people receiving minor injuries. *A ] ] passenger train (running north from ], to ]) hits a tractor-trailer in ] resulting in two cars of the train derailing with several people receiving minor injuries.
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*Two helicopters crash in a remote area of northwest ] leaving at least ten dead.
**Two helicopters ] in a remote area of northwestern ] leaving at least ten dead. Among the dead are a group of ] sports stars participating in a reality-television show called ]:
***] - a yachtswoman
***] - a ] ]
***] - a ] ]


;International relations ;International relations
*Celebrity ] lawyer ] files a case in the ] on behalf of former ] President ]. *Celebrity ] lawyer ] files a case in the ] on behalf of former ] President ].
*] ] signs an ] declaring ] a national security threat to the U.S. *] ] signs an ] declaring ] a national security threat to the U.S.
*The U.S.'s ] (FBI) ], ], announces an increased reward of ]5 million (up from 1 million, issued in 2012) for information leading to the return of a former FBI agent ] (who disappeared March 9, 2007 in ] and who was paid by the ] (CIA) to gather information about Iran's nuclear program). *The U.S.'s ] (FBI) ], ], announces an increased reward of $5 million (up from $1 million, issued in 2012) for information leading to the return of a former FBI agent ] (who disappeared March 9, 2007, in ] and who was paid by the ] (CIA) to gather information about Iran's nuclear program).


;Law and crime ;Law and crime
*A man kills five people in the ]ese city of ] in a prolonged stabbing attack. *A man kills five people in the ]ese city of ] in a prolonged stabbing attack.
*American film director ] pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing and will spend two years in county jail and another eight on probation in regards to the February 20, 2014 death of camera assistant Sarah Jones by a freight train on a bridge over the ] in ], ] (six other crew members were also injured) during filming of a biopic about singer ] called ]. *American film director ] pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing and will spend two years in county jail and another eight on probation in regards to the February 20, 2014, death of camera assistant ] by a freight train on a bridge over the ] in ] (six other crew members were also injured), during filming of a biopic about singer ] called ].
*In a five-day national dragnet last week, Operation Cross Check, the ] (ICE) rounds up 2,059 people who had been convicted of crimes and had been living in the country illegally. Most were not violent criminals (none were implicated in ]; almost all the 912 misdemeanors were for ], DWI; 476 of the felons were charged with an immigration violation, though some were convicted of ], ], ], and ]). *In a five-day national dragnet last week, Operation Cross Check, the ] (ICE) rounds up 2,059 people who had been convicted of crimes and had been living in the country illegally. Most were not violent criminals (none were implicated in ]; almost all the 912 misdemeanors were for ], DWI; 476 of the felons were charged with an immigration violation, though some were convicted of ], ], ], and ]).


;Science and technology ;Science and technology
*]ed aircraft ] begins its circumnavigation of the earth. *] aircraft ] begins its circumnavigation of the earth.
*Explorers of a ] cave in ]'s ] region uncover a small collection of 2,300-year-old silver coins and jewelry believed to have been hidden from the time of ] of ]. The discovery could be the first of its kind to be found from that period in this area. *Explorers of a ] cave in ]'s ] region uncover a small collection of 2,300-year-old silver coins and jewelry believed to have been hidden from the time of ] of ]. The discovery could be the first of its kind to be found from that period in this area.
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March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09) (Monday) Disasters and accidents

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