(AP) — Japan’s shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines says an explosion, suspected to be an attack, has damaged one of its oil tankers near the mouth of the Persian Gulf. via Explosion rocks Japanese tanker near Persian Gulf – USATODAY.com.

(AP) — A government official says all 152 people on board a plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital were killed. via Plane crash in Pakistan kills 152 people – Yahoo! News.

(PID NEWS) — As of now the information is sketchy, but the RSOE (emergency response) site is reporting that an unamanned aerial vehicle with ‘nuclear material’ as a cargo has crashed in the Sea of Japan off Iwo Jima. The event is recorded as occurring at 06:22:38 UTC on July 24, 2010. Emergency responders arrived [...]

Hat tip to Deon for sending us this link! — PID (THE INDEPENDENT) — An international police sting at a Pretoria petrol station has netted four men involved in the sale of a highly radioactive metal suspected to be destined for use in a dirty bomb. The high-risk operation by the Hawks’ specialised tactical unit [...]

(AP) — Hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil are being allowed to spew into the fouled waters of the Gulf of Mexico while BP engineers prepare to install a new containment system they hope will catch it all in the coming days. There’s no guarantee for such a delicate operation nearly a mile below [...]

TORONTO (AP) — A Toronto man has been charged with possession of explosives in what police are calling a G-20 summit-related arrest. Officers armed with a search warrant went to a home Tuesday in a wealthy neighborhood in Toronto’s north end. via The Associated Press: Man arrested on explosives charge ahead of G-20.

(FOXNEWS) — A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of the Afghan military who have gone AWOL from a Texas Air Force base where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, FoxNews.com has learned. The Afghan officers and enlisted men have security badges that give them access to [...]

(Reuters) – A man and a woman in a vehicle carrying weapons and military-style gear were detained on Monday for attempting to gain unauthorized access to a key military base in Florida, authorities said. The suspects were stopped at a gate outside MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa and taken into custody after they were [...]

See also the report at WBRZ, stating that the child was stabbed in the back and chest, and that his throat was slit. — PID ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA (WAFB) – A Louisiana subdivision is reeling after the brutal murder of an 8-year-old boy Thursday afternoon. A teenage boy was taken into custody in connection with [...]

(AFP) — Seventy-one people in Louisiana have suffered health problems that officials believe are linked to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the state’s department of health and hospitals said Wednesday. Fifty of those who have reported symptoms including throat irritation, cough, shortness of breath, eye irritation, nausea, chest pain and headaches, worked [...]

ER medical personnel identified the mystery chemical as ‘mustard gas’, but the government is downplaying it. Note that the fishermen threw the canisters back into the ocean. By the way, we don’t recommend eating local fish if you live near Long Island. — PID (AP) — A fishing boat dredging for clams off Long Island [...]

JOHNSON COUNTY (DALLAS MORNING NEWS) – A natural-gas line explosion, apparently caused by a worker installing utility poles, left one person dead Monday afternoon and sent several more to the hospital. The spectacular 2:45 p.m. explosion, midway between Cleburne and Granbury on Georges Creek Ranch, rocked homes more than five miles away and shot flames [...]

DENVER (AP) — Power has been restored for nearly 31,000 customers who lost it when a substation caught fire near downtown Denver, forcing a hospital evacuation. Flames shot as high as 70 feet into the air Monday after the blast at about 6:30 p.m. Firefighters needed an hour to contain the fire. via The Associated [...]

A Pennsylvania explosion last week, one in WVa earlier today, and now a gas well (according to FoxNews) explodes near Dallas. Hmm. — PID CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — An explosion in a rural area in north-central Texas has caused a massive fire. Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Jack Snow said he did not yet have [...]