Feeds 
A man plunged 30 feet through a rusted-out metal plate on a New York City sidewalk as he stepped outside an Off-Track Betting Parlor to smoke a cigar.
A friend says a 9-year-old New York City boy might have been imitating a video game character when he apparently made a plastic parachute and jumped to his death from his apartment building's roof.
The 30-year-old man had been shoved 180 feet down through a thundering curtain of water with a force greater than gravity and now bobbed in the frigid water below Niagara Falls.
A man pulled over on a highway bridge, took his 4-year-old daughter out of the car and dropped her over the side to her death Thursday in Australia's second-largest city, police said.
The Lobster Dip was launched 21 years ago as Maine's first happening where people could raise money for a good cause by stripping down in the freezing winter air and running half-naked into the bone-chilling ocean.
Police in Indiana say five deer that wandered onto a highway overpass have jumped to their deaths on Interstate 69, one of them crashing through a tractor-trailer's windshield.
A faulty computer unit likely caused a Qantas jetliner to experience two terrifying midair plunges within minutes last week, an Australian investigator said Tuesday.
Russian stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday, weighed down by concerns over oil profits following a continuing slide in prices for crude and reports that the Kremlin might not support tax cuts for the industry.
Bolivian police say a truck plunge high in the Andes killed 21 people and left 53 injured.
Police say a 5-year-old New York City boy plunged 10 stories to his death after he jumped from an elevator that got stuck between floors with its doors open.
A tourist is nursing only cuts and bruises after sliding 250 feet down a cliff on California's coast.
A truck packed with revelers traveling to a wedding plunged off a bridge in southern India on Thursday, killing at least 39 people and trapping others in the submerged vehicle, police said.
A bus collided with a van and plunged off a road into a river in central China, killing at least 13 people and injuring 10, a state news agency said Saturday.
A man died after falling several stories in a Hollywood shopping mall while apparently attempting to slide down the banister of an escalator, authorities said.
A trucker hauling a load of Volkswagen cars drove his cab and several cars into San Diego Bay after blacking out at a marine terminal, authorities said.
A horse was rescued after accidentally taking an icy plunge in a swimming pool. Jet, a 6-year-old quarterhorse, walked onto the frozen in-ground pool Thursday and broke through six inches of ice into about 3 1/2 feet of water, becoming trapped.
The families of two police officers who died when they drove off an open drawbridge have settled negligence lawsuits against the state for nearly $2.4 million, a lawyer and a state official said Tuesday.
The realization that weakness in the U.S. housing and credit markets is spreading — and affecting companies and markets abroad — sent Wall Street skidding sharply lower once more.
An architect accused of helping his wife commit suicide by stepping aside as she drove the family minivan off a 300-foot cliff with their two daughters inside has pleaded not guilty.
Girl escapes car's cliff plungeAn 11-year-old girl escaped from a car just before it rolled down a cliff, crashing into rocks and the sea. A Royal National Lifeboat Institution spokesman said the girl was in the car listening to music on Saturday when she accidentally knocked the handbrake off.
Man killed when car plunges into Grand CanyonA man died after his car plunged 600 feet off the edge of the Grand Canyon's South Rim, authorities said Tuesday. The Arizona park's regional communications center received several reports of a car driving off the edge about 6 a.m. Monday, according to a written statement.
U.S. man survives Niagara Falls plungeAn American man survived a fall over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls and became just the second person to live through an unaided and intentional plunge over the massive cataract, Canadian police said on Wednesday.
Driver survives 40-foot freak fall from Dan Ryan ExpresswayA man who lost control of his car overnight on a Dan Ryan Expressway overpass was recovering from his injuries Tuesday after sailing through the air more than 100 feet after being ejected from his rolling car and landing 40 feet below. Joseph Dunmars III, 20, of Chicago, was in …
Autopilot blamed for Qantas plunge Australian air traffic investigators believe the Qantas Airbus which suddenly lost altitude over Western Australia, seriously injuring 14 passengers, may have suffered from computer problems.
Will We Take Our Economy Back?The roller coaster this week has left some ordinary citizens outraged. Many are confused. Some are frightened. Most are disillusioned that their government officials allowed the financial industry to reel this far out of control.
FT.com / Companies / Financial services - IndyMac admits deposit run at 'elevated levels'IndyMac said on Tuesday that depositors had continued to withdraw money at "elevated levels" since June, when a senator urged regulators to monitor closely the bank's condition.
Fannie and Freddie Shares Plunge - NYTimes.comShares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest providers of funding for United States home mortgages, plunged Monday on concern the companies need to raise more capital amid larger-than-expected losses.
You Say Recession, I Say Opportunity to Live HealthyEconomic woes have many of us wondering how much further our house values will plunge, how low the stock market will dive, and how high gas and food prices will continue to soar.
World leaders urge calm amid fresh market turmoilFinancial markets have continued to plunge across the globe. The major European markets are down by 2 to 3 per cent on the back of heavy falls in Asia. Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo all fell by 2 per cent or more by the close of trade.
Death leap father 'murder charge' in Crete"I feel that once he recovers and understands what he has done he should commit suicide."
Dog safe after 50ft cliff plungeA dog had to be rescued by a lifeguard after falling down a 50ft cliff in Cornwall while chasing rabbits. Jasper, a whippet-spaniel cross, went missing on Thursday while walking with his owners, Clifford and Joan Day from Worcestershire, at Pentire Point.
Google's Stock Plungs 11% After Growth "Slows"The chief financial officer of Google Inc. on Tuesday said overall growth is slowing and is largely organic, according to cable network CNBC.
Log In | Register
