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Kansas family killed in plane crash in Fla. swamp

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — A Kansas community is in mourning after a prominent businessman, his wife and their four children were killed Thursday when their small plane crashed into a swampy area of central Florida.

The single-turboprop, fixed-wing plane was heading home to Junction City from the Bahamas when it ...

U.S. braces for tsunami debris, but impact unclear

JUNEAU, Alaska — More than a year after a tsunami devastated Japan, killing thousands of people and washing millions of tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government and West Coast states don't have a cohesive plan for cleaning up the rubble that floats to American shores.

There ...

PRUDEN: Remembering the boys of summer on D-Day

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

The boys of a distant summer are fading now, unsteady on their feet, many with canes and some on walkers. But when they talk of their longest day, their steps quicken, their eyes grow bright with proud remembrance of duty done.

This was the week when some of us ...

Motorists in tunnel could get refund of speed fines

The Metropolitan Police Department has issued some 7,000 speeding tickets and demanded more than $1.2 million in fines since November from speed cameras in the Third Street Tunnel in Northwest D.C.

But the tickets and the fines could be subject to legal challenge and a refund based on a technical ...

I'll Have Another takes shot at Triple Crown

ELMONT, N.Y. — There's nothing in sports quite like the roar and electricity as horses turn for home in the Belmont Stakes with a Triple Crown on the line.

If I'll Have Another crosses the finish line first Saturday night, it would mean a sport soaking in jubilant celebration like ...

American Scene: Court says HIV-infected saliva not legally a weapon

ALBANY — New York's top court said Thursday that the saliva of an HIV-infected man who bit a police officer doesn't constitute a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument under state law.

In dismissing the aggravated-assault conviction of David Plunkett, the Court of Appeals is sending the case back to a ...

Schilling's 38 Studios files for bankruptcy

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video-gaming company, lured to Rhode Island with a $75 million state loan guarantee two years ago, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, and federal authorities have begun an investigation into the firm.

The filing by Providence-based 38 Studios, which laid ...

LGBT teens find fitting in difficult

A first-of-its-kind survey of 10,000 American youth who say they are a sexual minority finds that most feel accepted by their families, but they often struggle with community acceptance and even believe they will have to leave their hometowns to be happy someday.

This survey is "a stark wake-up call ...

Teens often texting while driving

ATLANTA | More than half of high school seniors admit they text or email while driving - the first federal statistics on how common the dangerous habit is among teens.

An anonymous national survey conducted last year found that 58 percent of high school seniors said they had texted or ...

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