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A deadly explosion ripped through a Texas fertilizer plant near Waco late on Wednesday, injuring more than 100 people, leveling dozens of homes and damaging other buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities said. They said an undetermined number of people had been killed, and that the death toll was expected to rise as search teams combed through the rubble of the demolished plant and surrounding homes. "We do have confirmed fatalities," Texas Public Safety Department spokesman D.L. Wilson told a news conference about four hours after the explosion. "The number is not current yet. It could go up by the minute. We're in there searching the area right now and making sure that it's safe." The blast, apparently preceded by a fire at the plant, was reported at about 8 p.m. CDT (0100 GMT on Thursday) in West, a town of some 2,700 people about 80 miles south of Dallas and 20 miles north of Waco. West Mayor Tommy Muska told Reuters that five or six

Family awarded $90M , a family from Maryland was awarded $90 million after their 13-year-old was killed while walking across the street to catch her school bus in 2009. According to the Daily Mail, Ashley Davis was hit by a luxury car. The same Lincoln Continental also hit a 17-year-old as well as another vehicle. A Washington, D.C.-area jury located in wealthy Prince George's County, Maryland, made this determination after hearing the facts of this sad case in which lawyer John Costello asserted that the school was negligent. Costello is the family lawyer to Nycole Davis, the mother of Ashley. She explained what happened when her daughter died. "[Ashley] was... doing the right thing. She was going to school. She was a good girl. She didn't deserve this," said Nycole. Costello talked about the school policy regarding what he considered "safe transportation." He said that "the policy was... to pick up Ashley on her own side of the street. They ne

Katherine Webb quits , katherine webb is consoled by "Splash" co-star Louie Anderson (right) (Getty Images) Sad news from the world of college football: Katherine Webb had to withdraw from the ABC reality diving show "Splash." We'll give you a moment to compose yourselves. Webb, the beauty pageant queen and Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron's girlfriend, had been on the show with various celebrities, but she said during Tuesday's episode that a practice dive had left her with a back injury and she had to quit the show. And she was doing so well. "I've had the worst time training this week because even the most simplest dives shot pain all the way from the middle of my back down my leg," she said on the show. "I went to the doctor and unfortunately he told me I'm out for the competition" Webb was replaced by Louie Anderson, which might be the worst trade ever. No, it's definitely the worst trade ever. It makes

Adam Scott girlfriend , an adam scott girlfriend announcement has broken the hearts of women all over the world. According to E Online on April 17, Scott finally admitted to the world that he has a girlfriend. Adam Scott is on a high right now, enjoying his time as the first Australian to win the Masters. He is so popular right now that the producers of "The Bachelor" said they definitely intended to pursue him for a future season of their dating show. However, those plans will definitely never come to fruition now. View slideshow: Adam Scott The Adam Scott girlfriend announcement came on "CBS This Morning" where he laughed about the attention to his looks and said he is in a very happy relationship right now with a woman named Marie. Scott, 32, won the 77th Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club by winning a playoff with Angel Cabrera. Scott sunk a 12-foot putt while Cabrera missed his, and Scott took home the green jacket. It was also a bittersweet mo

A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday night injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others. The blast sent flames shooting into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and leveling buildings for blocks in every direction. The explosion at West Fertilizer in West, a community about 20 miles north of Waco, happened shortly before 8 p.m. and could be heard as far away as Waxahachie, 45 miles to the north. A person looks on as emergency workers fight a house fire after a near by fertilizer plant exploded Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in West, Texas. / AP Photo/ Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte Although authorities said it will be some time before they know the full extent of the loss of life, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman D.L. Wilson said just after midnight that an unknown number of people had died. Earlier, Dr. George Smith, the head of West, Texas EMS had confirmed that there were at least 60 dea

An explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, late Wednesday injured dozens of people, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and causing major damage to nearby buildings, including a nursing home, authorities said. There was no immediate word from officials about fatalities or the severity of the explosion at the West Fertilizer plant, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry said state officials were also waiting for details about the extent of the damage. Glenn A. Robinson, chief executive of Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco, told CNN that his hospital had received 66 injured people, including 38 who were seriously hurt. He said the injuries included blast injuries, orthopedic injuries, large wounds and a lot of lacerations and cuts. The hospital has set up a hotline for families of the victims to get information, he said. The blast was reported at about 8 p.m. local time (9 p.m. Eastern) in West, a town of about 2,700 people about 80 miles south of Dallas and 20 miles north of Waco

Hawking Big Bang , physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking says the Big Bang that set the world in motion did not need any help from God. And the famed British scientist is happy he doesn’t have to explain his theories to a church-run board of inquiry, reports Yahoo News on Wednesday, April 17. “I was glad not to be thrown into an inquisition,” Hawking, 71, joked. The occasion was the British physicist’s annual month sabbatical at California Institute of Technology, and an open-to-the-public lecture titled: “The Origin of the Universe.” People lined up for the free tickets 12 hours in advance, and at least one patron turned down $1,000 for his space. To see and hear Stephen Hawking speak on the Big Bang – or any other topic – is something special. Time is a singularity, Hawking says. The Big Bang happened only once, and physical forces drove it forward. Since that time, more than 13 billion years ago, the universe has moved forward under its own steam, and all the puzzle pieces