Read more collapse stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7695/collapse.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:53:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69816/leonard-cohen-collapses-in-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeonard Cohen collapsed onstage in Spain last night and was rushed to a hospital with stomach pain, the CBC reports. The 75-year-old singer, who fainted while singing "Bird on the Wire," suffered from stomach cramps and vomiting before losing consciousness. Cohen was released this morning and said he wants to...http://www.newser.com/story/69816/leonard-cohen-collapses-in-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 17:26:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68750/floridas-a-dying-ponzi-scheme-but-i-love-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlorida resident Diane Roberts isn’t surprised—or even upset—that her state is collapsing. The Sunshine State's population is dwindling for the first time since World War II as tourists and snowbirds pull out, eroding the tax base that funded just about everything. "Our whole economy is more or less...http://www.newser.com/story/68750/floridas-a-dying-ponzi-scheme-but-i-love-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 15:47:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64688/marseilles-cops-probe-madonna-stage-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice in Marseilles have launched a manslaughter investigation into the Madonna stage collapse that killed two and injured ten others, the Times of London reports. Police plan to question dozens of witnesses, analyze videotape, and read over commercial contracts. The company that built the stage—and constructed a Madonna stage...http://www.newser.com/story/64688/marseilles-cops-probe-madonna-stage-collapse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 19:03:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62977/shanghai-building-collapses-intact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 13-story building under construction in Shanghai collapsed almost completely intact today, Reuters reports, killing a construction worker who entered the block of apartments to fetch his tools. The Chinese construction industry has been accused of dangerously shoddy work as the country rushes to build out its cities and infrastructure...http://www.newser.com/story/62977/shanghai-building-collapses-intact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 6:54:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57887/cowboys-tent-collapses-asst-coach-breaks-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis broke his back and 11 more were injured when winds just shy of tornado strength ripped through the roof of the team's indoor practice facility during a rookie minicamp today. Former coach Dan Reeves, DeCamillis' father-in-law, said the first-year Dallas coach has broken...http://www.newser.com/story/57887/cowboys-tent-collapses-asst-coach-breaks-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 19:07:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52364/us-will-collapse-by-2010-russian.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe “collapse of the American dream” is complete, says a Russian scholar, and President Obama will declare martial law and the US will splinter into six regions by the end of 2010, the AP reports. Igor Panarin, the dean of Russia's Foreign Ministry school, cited school shootings, the prison population,...http://www.newser.com/story/52364/us-will-collapse-by-2010-russian.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Mar 2009 11:24:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49009/finance-crisis-topples-icelands-govt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIceland’s coalition government collapsed today amid financial upheaval, with PM Geir Haarde planning to resign. “I really regret that we could not continue with this coalition. I believe that that would have been the best result,” he said. The coalition had been in turmoil since October, when the financial crisis...http://www.newser.com/story/49009/finance-crisis-topples-icelands-govt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Jan 2009 11:55:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45613/big-dig-manslaughter-charge-dropped-after-16m-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe legal wrangling around a 2006 Boston tunnel collapse that killed one woman appears to finally be over, the Globe reports. In exchange for a $16 million fine, prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against Powers Fasteners, which manufactured a supposedly fast-setting epoxy that failed to support ceiling panels. Powers must...http://www.newser.com/story/45613/big-dig-manslaughter-charge-dropped-after-16m-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 15:02:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45113/cholera-is-raging-whatever-mugabe-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRobert Mugabe says that the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has ended, but health experts say that 60,000 people could succumb to the disease, and half of the country's population is at risk. Zimbabwe's socioeconomic collapse has frighteningly accelerated, writes Celia Dugger in Harare, and daily life has become impossible....http://www.newser.com/story/45113/cholera-is-raging-whatever-mugabe-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Dec 2008 6:51:06 CST