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Officials: 37 die in Russian psychiatric hospital fire;
building had been cited as unsafe

• MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's top investigative agency says 37 people have died in a fire in a Russian psychiatric hospital.
• The fire in the one-story hospital in the village of Luka in the northwestern Novgorod region erupted around 3 a.m. Friday and quickly engulfed the structure, which dates back to the 19th century, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
• The Investigative Committee said Friday that rescuers so far have recovered 10 bodies. It did not explain how it knew about the other deaths.

• The agency added that the blaze was apparently sparked by a patient.
• Authorities had long warned that the mostly wooden building was unsafe.
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• Sand dunes save part of Jersey shore boardwalk from fire, not flood, this time
• SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Despite its destruction, Superstorm Sandy proved one thing at the Jersey shore: sand dunes save boardwalks from deadly storms.
• On Thursday, as a raging fire erupted on a newly rebuilt board

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