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Thursday, March 14, 2013  According to officials, the Dawson Police Department was using Terrell Academy as a training facility Wednesday night when they smelled a strong odor in the lunchroom area.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  The Tuesday afternoon blast in West Virginia cooked the green enamel off highway signs and burned utility poles, while leaving a huge hole in the highway.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  No regs are good regs: Rand Paul single-handedly blocks pipeline safety bill on principle

Saturday, June 25, 2011  See how the base is becoming more energy efficient with vehicles.

Friday, February 25, 2011  On Thursday, the Board of the Albany Water, Gas and Light Commission approved spending $7.7 million to begin using natural gas to make some of the electricity it provides to millions of customers.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010  Utility regulators in Georgia could soon decide whether Atlanta Gas Light can charge its customers more money for natural gas service.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  The Obama administration wants Congress to tighten oversight of the nation's pipelines and more than double penalties for some safety violations in response to a deadly gas explosion in California and a major oil spill in Michigan.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  The tragic explosion of a gas pipeline in a San Francisco suburb has shed light on a problem usually kept underground: Communities have expanded over pipes built decades earlier when no one lived there.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Patrick Yu has nightmares and headaches since a fireball from a natural gas explosion caused his ceiling to crash down next to him while he slept.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  Thursday evening's blast and fire devastated a San Bruno neighborhood, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 60.

Saturday, September 11, 2010  Gas line rupture sparks safety questions as California crews search area where fireball killed 4

Friday, September 10, 2010  Investigators searched the smoldering rubble of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood tucked into the hills overlooking San Francisco on Friday, looking for answers to why a gas line ruptured and fed a giant fireball that killed at least four people.

Friday, September 10, 2010  A Northern California fire chief says one fatality has been confirmed in amassive blast and fire in a residential neighborhood south of San Francisco.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010  Workers have capped a natural gas leak that closed busy Windy Hill Road in south Cobb County.

Monday, January 11, 2010  Georgia's top court is considering whether a natural gas company overcharged its customers.