Bus Owner Pleads Not Guilty in Blast
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The owner of a tour company whose bus exploded and killed 23 nursing home residents as they fled Hurricane Rita pleaded not guilty in McAllen to conspiracy and safety violations.
Global Limo Inc. and its president, James H. Maples, 65, are accused in a three-count federal indictment of conspiring to falsify driver time records and failing to inspect buses to ensure their safety.
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