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Police: Disabled teen steals bus, hits cars in Pa.
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a mentally disabled teenage boy stole a bus in suburban Philadelphia and hit several cars before crashing to a halt and being arrested....
Kids, teens key to flood fighting effort in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Some children lugged sandbags that weighed more than they did. Determined teens showed up just after dawn with groups of friends, ready and willing to shovel. New groups of kids arrived by the busloads, all ready to join the race to protect their city from the rising Red River....
Activist's family sues over Mass. wheelchair death
BOSTON (AP) -- A wheelchair company and its technicians are to blame for the death of a disability advocate who died after his wheelchair malfunctioned during routine repairs, pinning his legs under a tabletop and causing him to suffer seizures, according to a lawsuit brought by the man's family....
NY Gov.'s press aide quits in scandal; 4th to fall
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson's press secretary on Wednesday became the fourth top staffer to quit amid dual scandals, resigning just hours after her boss publicly proclaimed for the first time that he did nothing wrong when he talked to a woman who had accused one of his top aides of abuse....
Broken drive shaft likely caused Texas bus crash
CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) -- A broken drive shaft likely caused a Mexico-bound bus to veer wildly on a Texas highway before flipping over, killing two passengers and injuring 40 others on board, investigators said Wednesday....
Nation, world go green for St. Patrick's Day
NEW YORK (AP) -- All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish, or at least Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick's Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration....
44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June
DETROIT (AP) -- Doors are expected to shut on more than a quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said Wednesday....
Carter laments 'unprecedented' partisan divide
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday called the divide among Republicans and Democrats in Washington "unprecedented," and said President Barack Obama should hold private meetings with GOP leaders to make sure the gap doesn't grow....
Landmark exoneration in NC almost never happened
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Nearly two years ago, North Carolina's groundbreaking innocence panel received the evidence it needed to free a man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongly convicted of murdering a prostitute....
Judge in Ohio bodies case backs off from reporter
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A judge threatened to arrest a newspaper reporter who saw a psychiatric evaluation of a serial-killing suspect, then backed off Wednesday when she learned that her predecessor in the case had made it available....
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